Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology: Recent submissions
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Students’ and supervisors’ experiences of supervision and training in clinical learning environment
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-19)Clinical training for health profession students is important prior to commencing their future professions. The literature describes a tension between the education assignment and patient care in clinical environments with ... -
Sex hormones in gastric mucosal physiology and the development of oesophageal, gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-19)The aim of this thesis was to continue to test the hypothesis that sex hormones play some part in the aetiology and seem to protect women from the development of oesophageal, gastric, and colorectal adenocarcinoma. All ... -
Renal function decline and optimized planning for kidney replacement therapy
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-18)Chronic Kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing health problem world-wide, and the prevalence increases with age. CKD is a life-threatening condition, with high risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Patients with ... -
Long-term outcome after hypothermia-treated hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-13)Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a major cause of acquired brain injury in newborn infants. It is a potentially life-threatening condition that leaves survivors at substantial risk of life-long debilitating sequelae ... -
Clinical use of prognostic markers in head and neck cancer
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-12)Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a heterogeneous group of tumors where squamous cell carcinoma is the most dominant. In 2020, 1640 new cases of HNC were reported in Sweden which accounted for 2.3% of the total cancer incidence. ... -
Nutritional status, body composition and diet in older adults with chronic kidney disease
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-12)Kidney disease is a public health problem worldwide. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Sweden is 6% whereas in people above 75 years of age the prevalence is 28%. Diabetes and hypertension are common causes ... -
Surgical reconstruction of functional and anatomical defects in the diaphragmatic hiatus
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-10)Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is characterized mainly by heartburn and acid regurgitation but in the more severe forms even organic manifestations can occur. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is the main medical ... -
Immunological aspects on prognosis in resectable cholangiocellular cancer
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-06)Background: Biliary tract cholangiocellular cancers, cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and gallbladder cancer (GBC), are malignancies with poor prognosis. Even after resection surgery with curative intent, a majority of patients ... -
Targeting innate and adaptive immune responses to achieve long-term allograft acceptance following transplantation
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-05-03)Organ transplantation outcomes have gradually improved over the last 50 years. The development of more effective immunosuppressive drugs has been a major contributor to this improvement. However, current immunosuppressive ... -
Perfusion computed tomography of the liver
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-04-29)Background: Perfusion CT (P-CT) is a relatively new imaging technique that permits the visual and quantitative assessment of the micro- and macrocirculation of a target organ and focal lesions. P-CT has shown promising ... -
Quantitative evaluation of liver function using gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-04-29)Before liver resection, a reliable and accurate assessment of the liver function is essential to ensure a safe surgery and avoid unfavorable complications such as post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF). Gadoxetic acid ... -
Psychotropic drug treatment during pregnancy and lactation : effects on mother and child
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-04-28)The common major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders are often treated with antidepressants. Treatment with mood-stabilizers and antipsychotics are important for pregnant women with bipolar and psychotic disorders, ... -
Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for non-seminomatous germ cell tumour
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-03-29)Background: The Swedish and Norwegian Testicular Cancer Group (SWENOTECA) is a multidisciplinary collaboration with an aim to improve the testicular cancer care for patients in Sweden and Norway by publishing guidelines, ... -
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is useful for the evaluation of focal liver lesions in children
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-03-28)Introduction: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a widely used diagnostic method. In adults, it has been proven to be a useful alternative to CT and MRI for the characterisation of focal liver lesions (FLLs). However, ... -
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for identifying circulatory complications after liver transplants in children
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-03-28)Our main goal with this study was to share our off-label experience with CEUS for identifying circulatory complications after liver transplantation in children. A total of 74 CEUS examinations performed on 34 pediatric ... -
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound using sulfur hexafluoride is safe in the pediatric setting
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-03-28)Background: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) by using sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles is not licensed for use in children, but its off-label use is widespread. Purpose: To outline our experience with the off-label ... -
New technologies for the further advancement of ERCP
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-03-17)Background: The capabilities of conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are hampered by several limitations. Newly developed adjunct technologies such as single operator peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy ... -
Diagnosis and recovery patterns in patients with apraxia of speech after stroke
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2022-02-10)Background: Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability. One of its most common consequences is a communication disorder. Beside aphasia (a language disorder), a motor speech disorder may occur, manifested as dysarthria ... -
Delayed babbling at 10 months : observation, detection and a two-year follow-up
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2021-11-24)Babbling variables that can predict later expressive language, such as presence and onset of canonical babbling (CB), presence of anterior stops and consonant inventory, are suitable targets for a CB screening and the ... -
Fewer kids not always by choice : the link between endocrine-disrupting chemicals and female reproductive health
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2021-11-11)Fertility rates are declining from five children per woman in the 1950s to less than three children per woman in 2019. While this is partly due to women choosing to have fewer kids, there are growing evidence that ...