Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health: Recent submissions
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Tailoring and standardizing the assessment of ability and disability in ADHD and autism : the development of WHO ICF core sets
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-29)The concept of health has evolved over time and is today considered a multidimensional construct that involves not only absence of impairments or pathologies, but also quality of life and individual functioning. This ... -
Post abortion care in Uganda : improving access and quality of care through task sharing and exploring the perspectives of young women and healthcare providers
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-28)BACKGROUND. Unsafe abortions in Uganda continue to cause significant harm to women’s health and lives and pose a heavy burden on the health system. The consistent shortage and maldistribution of healthcare providers impede ... -
The development of the human immune system during the first five years of life
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-24)Systems immunology is a scientific field combining high-throughput analytic technologies and integrative data analysis to study the immune system from a holistic perspective. As the immune system is a complex integrated ... -
The role of new ultrasound modalities to refine the diagnostic workup on women with cervical carcinoma
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-24)Background: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common female cancer in the world and has traditionally been clinically staged not including imaging. Despite that, clinicians depend on diagnostic imaging in the management ... -
Hand assessment for infants : development, internal scale validity, reliability and normative reference values
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-20)Infants use their hands to explore the world and neural event in the developing brain can affect the infant’s ability to use the hands. An infant that has suffered a brain lesion may show clinical signs of unilateral ... -
Molecular characterisation and prophylactic treatment strategies among women with benign gynecological disorders
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-05-20)Background: Female reproduction is controlled by hormones in a timed and well-coordinated manner by the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. In response to the ovarian hormones such as estrogen, and progesterone, endometrium, ... -
Patent ductus arteriosus in extremely preterm infants : characteristics, risk factors and treatment decisions
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-04-23)Survival rates in infants born extremely preterm, before 28 weeks of gestation, are increasing and the focus has shifted towards decreasing morbidites after extremely preterm birth and promoting life-long health for the ... -
Chlamydia among youth in Stockholm : testing habits and evaluation of a mobile phone intervention to promote safe sexual practices
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-04-10)Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 350 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each year. Prevention of STIs include both primary and secondary prevention ... -
Perinatal snus exposure and cardiovascular function in the child
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-03-15)Maternal use of smoking tobacco during pregnancy is one of the most important preventable risk factors during pregnancy. Maternal smoking is associated with alterations in autonomic cardiac control and long-term cardiovascular ... -
Neonatal thrombocytopenia : from bleeding risk to new therapies on the horizon
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-03-15)Background: Thrombocytopenia is common in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and if severe, it is treated with platelet transfusions to prevent bleeding. Previous studies found a weak correlation between thrombocytopenia and ... -
Lung function measured with SPECT in infants and children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia : correlation with respiratory management and clinical grading
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-03-15)Chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common and severe complication among extremely preterm born infants and infants with lung hypoplasia. Clinical grading of BPD is performed at 36 weeks postmenstrual ... -
Long-term effects of pre- and postnatal glucocorticoid treatment in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-02-15)Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder mostly caused by mutations in the CYP21A2 gene leading to impaired production of cortisol and aldosterone. Precursors in the steroidogenic pathway are ... -
More than a foot : gait, gross motor skills, neurodevelopmental difficulties and health-related quality of life in children with idiopathic clubfoot
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-01-17)Introduction: Idiopathic clubfoot (IC) is one of the most common congenital musculoskeletal deformities and can affect one or both feet of the child. However, knowledge beyond the structural deformity is still limited. ... -
Bidirectional relationship between eating disorders and autoimmune diseases
(Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2018-11-26)Background: Immune system dysfunction may be associated with eating disorders, and associations could have implications for detection, risk assessment, and treatment of both autoimmune diseases and eating disorders. However, ... -
Communication over language barriers in paediatric oncology care : a prerequisite for equity in care
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-11-22)Background: Out of Sweden's more than two million children under the age of eighteen, 23% have a foreign background, which means that every fourth child has a foreign background. We know that migration and the mixed ... -
Robot-assisted laparoscopy and sentinel node biopsy in high risk endometrial cancer
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-11-15)Surgery is standard treatment for early stage endometrial cancer (EC), the most common gynaecological malignancy in developed countries. Traditionally, surgery has been performed by laparotomy (LT). Comprehensive surgical ... -
Muscle composition, reach, physical activity and botulinum toxin treatment in children with cerebral palsy
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-11-09)Cerebral palsy (CP), the most common cause of movement disorders and physical disability in children all over the world, is caused by an injury to the developing brain. Although this injury is not progressive, the ... -
Auxological tools for following growth in extreme short stature and for evaluating growth promoting interventions
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-11-07)Growth charts are inevitable tools for following children in clinical practice and also when evaluating growth promoting therapy. Growth is a concern especially for families to children of extreme short stature such as in ... -
Children with low anorectal malformations and their parents : quality of life, physical and psychosocial function
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-10-31)Anorectal malformations (ARM) are congenital anomalies affecting 1 in 3 000 births. The malformation varies from very minor to complex and can be divided in to low, intermediate, and high form of ARM. Children with a low ... -
In vitro models aiming for fertility preservation
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2018-10-11)Fertility preservation is considered a great hope to people suffering from infertility as a consequence of developmental or genetic cause, a disease itself or its treatments sequelae. In vitro models are fundamental to ...