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Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up
(2009-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual
life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among
new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and
minor ...
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...
Postpartum psychosis and the association with sociodemographic and obstetric factors
(2009-01-30)
Objective: To examine the association between postpartum psychosis and the
sociodemographic factors age, education, marital status and year of
delivery (study 1). To examine the association between neighbourhood
socioeconomic ...
Screening for intimate partner violence in healthcare in Kano, Nigeria : barriers and challenges for healthcare professionals
(2010-05-05)
Background: Though there has been increased advocacy for screening for Intimate
partner violence (IPV) in healthcare over the past decades, data from
developed country context suggest that only one in ten healthcare
providers ...
Clinical aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium infection
(2010-01-15)
The microorganism Mycoplasma (M.) genitalium was first isolated by culture in 1980. Further attempts to culture this mycoplasma were difficult because of its slow growing nature. The development of polymerase chain reaction ...
Role of genes and environment for the development of rheumatoid arthritis : results from the Swedish EIRA study
(2009-01-09)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease with autoimmune features primarily causing destruction in the joints of the body. Knowledge regarding risk indicators and causes are increasing but so far only a few genetic ...
Cost analysis and policy implications in psychiatric care
(2009-04-01)
in Sweden in 2001 (Study I) was estimated at MSEK 85 774 (M€ 9 426, €1= SEK9.1). Indirect costs were totally predominant and constituted about 80% of the total cost, i.e. production losses due to early retirement, sickness absence and premature death...
Amoebiasis : diagnosis and prevalence in León Nicaragua
(2009-05-04)
About ten yearly cases of liver abscess are presented in University
Hospital, León, Nicaragua. Based on serology most of them have been shown
to be amoebiasis cases. This raised the question of Entameoba histolytica
prevalence ...
Asthma treatment in primary care : studies of variability and health economic aspects
(2009-05-15)
Background: Most asthma patients in Sweden are treated in primary care, but little is known about economic aspects of asthma treatment in that setting and about the regional variation in the use of antiasthmatics drugs and ...
Etiological aspects of esophageal atresia
(2010-03-05)
(p for trend=0.94). EA patients had an almost 12 times higher risk of mortality compared to the background population (SMR 11.8, 95% CI 10.3-13.5). Survival improved substantially, however, during the study period (p for trend=0.0001). Occurrence...