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Mother and newborn adaptations after birth : influence of administration of oxytocin and epidural analgesia during labour
(2009-08-31)
infusion (EDAnon-OT group, n=7). Data were collected two days postpartum in connection with a morning breastfeed. Maternal blood samples were drawn with an interval of 30 seconds during the first 7.5 minutes and at 10, 20, 30, and 60 minutes after start...
Knowledge acquisition in patients with heart disease
(2007-09-07)
The general aim was to evaluate different aspects of the knowledge
acquisition process in patients with heart disease. Three different
education programs were evaluated.
In Paper I 208 patients with systolic heart failure ...
Psychological health and life situation in spouses of stroke patients
(2007-05-25)
About 30,000 people in Sweden are affected by stroke each year. The
effect on physical functioning, and also consequences such as depression
and aphasia, are likely to affect not only the life of the patient, but
also the ...
Functional and diagnostic aspects on adrenocortical adenoma
(2007-04-13)
Adrenocortical tumours are frequently detected due to increased use of imaging techniques like computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound. The majority of the patients have tumours that do not have any ...
Socioeconomic consequences of obesity : population-based longitudinal studies of Swedish men
(2008-03-28)
The overall aim of the thesis was to study if Swedish obese male
adolescents become socioeconomicly disadvantaged in later life. Among
Swedish men born 1951-79, who went through military conscription
examination at age ...
Caesarean section on maternal request : personality, fear of childbirth and signs of depression among first-time mothers
(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 ...
Human serum transferrin glycosylation pattern : population differences, analytical methodology and application as a biomarker for testing of alcohol abuse and CDG
(2007-11-16)
Alcohol use and abuse is a major social and economic problem in many
societies. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a widely used and
highly specific biochemical alcohol marker of prolonged alcohol abuse.
Increased ...
Fetal programming and subsequent risks in adulthood : are the associations confounded by genetic and/or environmental factors?
(2007-08-31)
The fetal origins hypothesis proposes that fetal growth is inversely associated with subsequent adult disease risk. The objective of this thesis was to investigate whether familial (shared environmental and genetic) factors ...
Effect of genetic polymorphisms on urinary bladder neoplasms
(2007-01-19)
Urinary bladder neoplasms (UBNs) are among the most common malignancies in the world and are mainly attributed to exogenous risk factors such as, smoking, exposure to industrial aromatic amines and certain medicinal drugs ...
The rheumatoid forefoot : surgical treatment and epidemiological aspects
(2007-01-12)
Background: The forefoot is frequently involved in rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) resulting in a painful, handicapping deformity. The prevalence
stated has long been based on a study from 1956. The most common surgical
treatment ...