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Turning guidelines into clinical practice : findings from an implementation study
(2010-05-19)
Aim: The general aim of this thesis is to describe factors of importance
when implementing clinical guidelines in psychiatry, and more
specifically contribute to a better understanding of the implementation
process. The ...
Imaging the organ of Corti in vitro and in vivo
(2009-05-19)
acquired pixel along the time dimension. Technical improvements resulted in faster acquisition times while using larger image format (512x512pixels) and increased sound stimulation frequency interval up to 500Hz. Data measured at different sound stimulation...
Peripheral venous catheters : quality of care assessment
(2009-12-31)
About half of the patients admitted to hospitals receive intravenous
therapy through peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). Unfortunately, the
use of PVCs is associated with the risk of complications that may lead to
increased ...
Influence of renal dysfunction on therapy and prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction
(2010-04-30)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the influence of renal dysfunction on the presentation for myocardial infarction (MI), its treatment and outcome. Patients between 2003 and 2006 were selected from the nationwide Swedish ...
New apheresis techniques in transplantation
(2008-11-21)
The shortage of organs for transplantation is a global problem and therefore it is of outmost importance to increase the number of donations and improve long term graft survival. As an effort to increase kidney donations, ...
Cardiovascular disease prevention after spinal cord injury : a new challenge
(2010-05-07)
Spinal cord injury (SCI) typically leads to permanent infralesional motor
and sensory functional losses, pathophysiological aberrations in most
organ systems and a lasting vulnerability for a variety of complicating
conditions. ...
You are how you eat : decelerated eating may protect from obesity and eating disorders
(2009-05-14)
On a new framework for anorexia nervosa, learning to eat is central intervention; as patients regain a normal pattern of eating their problems dissolve. Mandometer®, a development of previous methods, allows simultaneous ...
Drug treatment in children with focus on off-label drug use
(2010-08-06)
There is a lack of paediatric documentation concerning efficacy and
safety of many drugs, which contribute to drug use outside the terms of the product license (off-label). In the present thesis, four studies (I-IV), using ...
Self-esteem, sense of coherence and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : a longitudinal study from childhood to adulthood
(2009-10-23)
contacted in four different waves. Wave 1 was in 1994 (twins were 8-9 years old) and wave 2 was in 1999 (twins were 13-14 years old). In 2001, a clinical study with a sub sample including the twin pairs living in the Stockholm county area (twins were 15...
Transcriptional profiling of the kidney glomerulus
(2010-05-20)
The kidney glomerulus plays a crucial role in ultraltration of the blood through the glomerular capillary wall. Glomerulus injury may occur in many systemic and primary kidney diseases or as secondary eects to drugs and ...