Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology: Recent submissions
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Physical activity in 6-10 year old children : variations over time, associations with metabolic risk factors and role in obesity prevention
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-03-27)Background and Aims: Childhood overweight and obesity are emerging health problems in all western countries and also in urban areas in developing countries. In Sweden, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has ... -
Systemic stress response and hyperglycemia after abdominal surgery in rat and man
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2008-10-23)Surgical trauma results in a complex neuroendocrine and metabolic response known as the systemic stress response, which is initiated by neuronal and humoral signals from the site of the injury. These signals converge at ... -
Voice function and quality of life in laryngectomees
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-01-23)Individuals who undergo laryngectomy, surgical removal of the larynx, loose their normal voice. The breathing pattern is altered to permanent tracheostomal breathing. A new voice can be established by use of a segment in ... -
Observations on essential biochemical data profile in connection with restorative proctocolectomy in humans : vitamin B12 and fat absorption cited
(Centrum för kirurgisk vetenskap CFSS / Center for Surgical Sciences CFSS, 2001-10-18)PATIENTS: The material includes 99 patients who consecutively received handsawn pouch and ileoanal anastomosis, after mucosectomy. Sixty-five patients were men and forty-four were women. The mean-age was 31.4 (range 17-59) ... -
Idiopathic menorrhagia : studies of angiogenesis and surgical therapy
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2003-11-21)Background: Excessive menstrual bleeding, menorrhagia (i.e. > 80 nil loss of blood) is a com-mon gynecological problem in women of reproductive age, accounting for over 20% of visits to gynecology outpatient clinics. The ... -
Female stress incontinence and uterovaginal prolapse : collagen turnover and hormone sensitivity in urogenital tissue
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-01-02)Background: Prevalence of both stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and uterovaginal prolapse (UP) is high and rising with age. Risk factors include multiparity, obesity, chronic obstructive lung disease and previous ... -
Regenerative medicine of the airway cartilage : a morphological and immunohistochemical study with focus on cricoid cartilage defects treated with BMP-2
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2005-05-18)Background: Cartilage provides flexible support for upper airway. Induction of cartilage healing is required for the success of many surgical interventions in the head and neck that are used as treatments for several ... -
Carbon dioxide de-airing in cardiac surgery
(Centrum för kirurgisk vetenskap CFSS / Center for Surgical Sciences CFSS, 2004-01-09)Background: The risks connected with the presence of air microemboli in open-heart surgery, have recently been emphasized by reports that their number is correlated with the degree of postoperative neuropsychological ... -
Endothelin receptor antagonism and hypertonic solutions in experimental endotoxin shock
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2007-05-18)Sepsis is a common and serious condition among patients in the intensive care unit. It is characterized by a systemic inflammatory response, resulting in cardiovascular instability and impaired organ tissue oxygenation due ... -
Studies of ischemia and reperfusion in muscle and liver on glutathione and amino acid metabolism in man
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2007-11-23)Oxidative stress increases the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can induce damage and breakdown of enzymes and lipoproteins. This leads to impaired cellular function and ultimately to death of cells and ... -
In vivo protein synthesis determinations in human immune cells
(Centrum för kirurgisk vetenskap CFSS / Center for Surgical Sciences CFSS, 2005-02-18)Intact immune responses are essential for defeating severe infections in individual patients. Insufficient function of the immune system contributes to a poor prognosis in these patients, in particular the ICU patients. ... -
Tissue prostatic specific antigen (T-PSA) : a way to predict and understand the development of prostate cancer
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2001-09-21)Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most prevalent malignancy among men in Sweden. One major problem associated with CaP is the choice of treatment since the disease may develop very differently from patient to patient. Many ... -
Aspects on diverticular disease
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2006-10-20)Objective: The aims of this thesis were to evaluate the influence of ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors on the rate of diverticular disease (DD) (Paper I), to compare findings specific for DD and acceptance of ... -
Regulation of human ovarian folliculogenesis in vitro
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2008-04-02)Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue containing immature oocytes is one approach to preserving the potential fertility of young women who risk losing their oocytes as a consequence of treatment with anti-cancer agents, ... -
Surfactant metabolism in the newborn : the impact of ventilation strategy and lung disease
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2005-03-18)Developmental deficiency in pulmonary surfactant leads to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm infants, but all newborns may have impaired surfactant metabolism secondary to lung disease or ventilator induced ... -
Prevalance of upper airway symptoms and aspects on treatment of nasal polyposis
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-01-16)Background: Non-allergic rhinitis is a disease that is often trivialised, leading to inadequate management and unnecessary costs. One of the most common types of severe non-allergic nasal inflammation is nasal polyposis. ... -
Endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoid effects in a model of allergic airway inflammation.
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2008-08-15)Allergic asthma and rhinitis are inflammatory diseases of the airways. Allergic asthma is characterized by eosinophilic inflammation, reversible bronchoconstriction and airway hyperresponsiveness, whereas patients with ... -
Physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and lumbar fusion surgery
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2010-05-14)Over the last two decades, the economic costs and rates of lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain has risen dramatically in western industrialized countries. Data from the Swedish National Spine Register suggest ... -
Caesarean section on maternal request : personality, fear of childbirth and signs of depression among first-time mothers
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2007-05-15)Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study healthy first-time mothers requesting and undergoing an elective caesarean section (CS) and to compare these to healthy first-time mothers planning a vaginal delivery. The ... -
Nasal airway nitric oxide : methodological aspects and influence of inflammation
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2004-04-02)Nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenously formed free radical gas involved in numerous biological processes. In 1991 NO was discovered to be present in exhaled air of humans. Soon after, it was reported that the largest amounts ...