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Brain MRI and CT morphology in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2010-02-05)
Background: The brain atrophy in individual Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients includes not only specific atrophy from AD pathology, but also atrophy induced by normal aging and cerebral vascular diseases. Although medial ...
Aprotinin for reduction of bleeding and transfusions in patients on clopidogrel undergoing urgent coronary surgery
(2009-05-08)
percentile) adenosinediphosphate mediated platelet aggregation before and after aprotinin, was 84% (76/91) and 94% (86/97, p<0.01). Clopidogrel non-responders with >90% aggregation (n=4) had a median aggregation of 94.5% (91.5/97.5) versus 82% (73/87, p<0...
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 ...
Oral health in patients with chronic kidney disease
(2009-11-13)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex disorder in which active intervention leads to longer survival expectancy. Oral diseases are complex disorders caused mainly by bacterial, fungal, or viral infections, where primary ...
The applicability of patient-reported outcomes in primary care : monitoring of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2009-08-28)
questionnaires detected improvement or deterioration of patients at the group level (paper I). Overall correlations between the criterion measure SGRQ and CCQ were strong for all patients with clinical COPD (0.84). These correlations between CCQ and SGRQ were...
Studies of cannabinoid receptor 1 in mantle cell lymphoma
(2008-11-21)
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a malignant B-cell lymphoma that affects
older individuals and has a male predominance. MCL has one of the worst
prognoses among lymphomas and currently there is a search for a curative
therapy. ...
Health enhancing physical activity, sociodemographic factors and the neighbourhood environment
(2009-05-05)
groups were observed. The environmental module showed good test-retest reliability, with intra-class correlations ranging from 0.36 regarding questions of a subjective nature to 0.98 for questions of an objective nature, with minor differences...
Mass spectrometric investigation of intoxications with plant-derived psychoactive substances
(2009-05-08)
The flora of the world contains many plants and fungi with stimulant, hallucinogenic and narcotic effects. For centuries, many of these have been used in initiation rites, physical and spiritual healing and rites of ...
Brain volume reduction over four decades in multiple sclerosis
(2010-05-07)
Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disease causing intermittent or cumulative disability, predominantly among women of child-bearing age. MS is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central ...
Living with eczema : a multidisciplinary approach
(2008-11-28)
Background: Eczema is one of the most common diseases in the population,
affecting individuals of all ages. The impact on physical and
psychosocial wellbeing is important. This thesis describes some aspects
of this ...