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Exhaled nitric oxide : influence of mechanical ventilation and vasoactive agents
(2004-11-12)
Nitric oxide (NO) is produced at various locations within the respiratory
tract and is present in exhaled breath. It is firmly established that the
levels of NO in exhaled air are increased in inflammatory disorders ...
On lumbar spinal stenosis and disc herniation surgery
(2005-04-01)
. The mortality rate declined despite ageing spinal stenosis patients. The length of stay after surgery was reduced to half. Patients operated on for spinal stenosis and disc herniation have a risk of being reoperated after one and ten years of 2-3 %, and 10...
Heart failure : aspects on treatment and prognosis
(2006-05-02)
The aim of this thesis was to describe aspects on treatment and prognosis in heart failure. In paper I, we studied two hundred and seventy-nine hospitalised heart failure patients, and related clinical and demograhic data ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
Background & Aim: Tobacco smoking exerts a harmful effect on the periodontal tissues manifested by periodontal pockets, attachment loss and periodontal bone loss. Current evidences on the effects of tobacco on periodontal ...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults : the Kalixanda study : a population-based endoscopic study
(2006-12-21)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common burden on health care
resources in the Western world and deteriorates the health-related
quality of life of those affected, but its manifestations in the general
population ...
The family triad : the interaction between the child, its mother, and father from birth to the age of 4 years old
(2006-10-06)
The aim of this thesis was to describe how early triadic interaction between the newborn child and its mother and father begins, develops, and matures over the child's first 4 years of life. Systemic family theory and ...
Diabetes, physical activity and endometrial cancer
(2006-11-22)
cancer, we identified 16 studies (3 cohort and 13 case-control studies), and found that diabetes was statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer incidence, (summary RR = 2.10 95% CI= 1.75-2.53). Analysis of 2...
Studies on alcoholic liver disease
(2006-11-17)
of alcohol related liver disease. We found that rats had appearance of IgG against rat CYP3A 1 and CYP2E 1 during chronic ethanol feeding We found that patients had reactivity against CYP3A4 and CYP2E I in about 20 to 30% and 10 to 20% of the alcoholic sera...
Family history and breast cancer susceptibility : clinical and molecular studies
(2006-09-15)
with a more modest increased risk of the disease. Mutations in the known high risk genes BRCA1, BRCA2 and p53 account for less than 25% of the familial risk for breast cancer, while the remainder remain genetically unexplained despite a large effort...
Diagnostic tests for adiposity and metabolic risk factors in adolescence : results from the Stockholm weight development study (SWEDES)
(2005-03-25)
Background: Despite growing concern about the development of pediatric
obesity, there is still controversy about its classification.
International classification systems have been proposed and national
systems are in ...