Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset: Recent submissions
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Antiepileptic drug utilization : need of sex-specific information and decision support
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-09-17)Antiepileptic drugs are used for the treatment of epilepsy and for other neurological and psychiatric conditions, and therefore is prescribing of antiepileptic drugs a concern for physicians from many disciplines. The age ... -
Support for physical activity in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in primary care : the Sophia step study
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-09-14)A health promoting-care approach includes supporting the individual to increase control over and to improve his or her health to obtain the best possible wellbeing and quality of life. In prediabetes and type 2 diabetes ... -
Factors of importance for labor induction
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-09-14)Background: What initiates the onset of labor is still not clarified, and it is debated whether expectant or active management is the best for the woman and the fetus. Active management means induction of labor (IOL) which ... -
Recurrent abdominal pain in children : the concept, aetiology, diagnostics and prognosis
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-08-10)Background: Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) due to an abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorder (ap-FGID) is one of the most common disorders of childhood and it accounts for much suffering and many ... -
Prehospital advanced airway management in the Nordic countries
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-05-24)Tracheal intubation (TI) is often the preferred technique to secure the airway of an unconscious patient in the prehospital setting. Prehospital TI is associated with several challenges, including limited assistance, few ... -
Equal health-care services from a prehospital emergency care perspective
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-05-23)All health-care service should provide good health and care on equal terms for the entire population, regardless of their place of residence, age, sex, disability, education, social status, ethnic or religious affiliation ... -
Coronary care networks in the resource-limited setting : systems of care in South Africa
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-05-15)BACKGROUND: Owing to an epidemiological transition observed throughout Sub- Saharan Africa, South Africa is experiencing an increase in the incidence of myocardial infarction. ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) ... -
Diagnostics and treatment of nut and peanut allergy
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2018-05-02)Background: The prevalence of allergy to foods has increased over the last decades and among children in Europe as many as 8 % have an allergy to one or more types of food. However, many children have received an incorrect ... -
Hip arthroplasty : infections, thromboembolic events and surgical environment
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-11-16)Background: Each year hip arthroplasties increase the quality of life for over 1 million patients worldwide. Although the complication rates are low, the absolute numbers are rising as the numbers of procedures increase. ... -
Determination of the role of oxygen in acute myocardial infarction
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-10-30)Background: Oxygen therapy has been used routinely in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for more than a hundred years. Even today, supplemental oxygen is widely recommended in guidelines and implemented ... -
Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease : clinical and immunological aspects on remission treatment
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-10-05)Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are lifelong conditions characterized by abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and fatigue. The incidence and prevalence ... -
Patients' and nurses' perception of pain management in the emergency department
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-09-28)Background: Pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to seek care in the Emergency Department (ED) and pain management should have a primary focus since effective pain management is associated with patient ... -
Epidemiology and emergency cardiac care services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Qatar
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-05-31)Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common cause of cardiac emergency and death. Worldwide, there is wide variation in epidemiology and survival of OHCA. Racial and ethnic disparities are important ... -
Lifestyle, dietary and environmental exposures in infancy and the development of allergic sensitization
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-05-08)Allergy related diseases have increased in the Western world, affecting nearly half of the children. Lifestyle, dietary and environmental changes are thought to be important for disease risk and disease development. The ... -
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer : aspects on indications and limitations
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-03-29)Axillary lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was introduced in the late 1990s and has replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as the gold ... -
Methodological aspects on carotid artery intervention
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2017-02-17)In Sweden, approximately 25000 patients suffer a cerebral infarction (stroke) annually. Stroke ranks as the third-leading cause of death, and is the leading cause of functional impairment. Carotid artery stenosis accounts ... -
The influence of childhood asthma on puberty and height in Swedish adolescents
(Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-01-16)BACKGROUND: Evidence relating to the effect of asthma on puberty or height is inconclusive. We aimed to examine whether the exposure of childhood asthma, including timing and phenotypes, and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) ... -
Sequencing-based breast cancer diagnostics as an alternative to routine biomarkers
(Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-01-16)Sequencing-based breast cancer diagnostics have the potential to replace routine biomarkers and provide molecular characterization that enable personalized precision medicine. Here we investigate the concordance between ... -
Asthma during pregnancy in a population-based study : pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes
(Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-01-02)BACKGROUND: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases, and prevalence, severity and medication may have an effect on pregnancy. We examined maternal asthma, asthma severity and control in relation to ... -
Treatment of septic patients : fluids, blood and timing of antibiotics
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2016-12-22)Background: Fluid therapy is an important component of the treatment of septic shock. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends early fluid resuscitation with at least 30 ml/kg and there is no recommendation on when to stop ...