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Efficacy of artemisinin based combination therapy and effectiveness of rapid diagnostic test for management of patients with plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zanzibar
(2009-05-19)
. Some 1887 patients were enrolled between February and August 2005. Follow-up was 14 days. ACT was to be prescribed to patients diagnosed with malaria in both groups.
Results: Study I. PCR adjusted cure rates by day 42 were 188/206 (91%) for ASAQ...
Smärta, infektion och återanpassning till livet efter en brännskada
(2010-01-22)
was qualitative and interviews were
conducted with 12 adult burn patients (8 men, 4 women) 6-12 months
post-burn and interviews were analysed inspired by Kvales method for
structuring analysis.
The results of study I showed significantly higher self reported...
Childhood brain tumours : health and function in adult survivors and parental fears
(2009-05-22)
The general aim of the present research was to investigate health and
functional ability of patients treated for childhood brain tumour and
systematically examine parental fears after a child s brain tumour. The
aims ...
Genetic analysis of type 1 diabetes susceptibilty
(2008-11-21)
. It is thought that both environmental as well as genetic factors act in concert to cause T1D. The HLA region located on chromosome 6 accounts for about 50% of the genetic risk to develop T1D. However, several other genes are also known to contribute to disease...
Studies of diagnosis and differential diagnosis in primary aldosteronism
(2010-05-14)
This thesis comprises three studies with the general aim to improve our knowledge on the prevalence and diagnostics in primary aldosteronism (PA). PA is a hypertensive disorder with an estimated prevalence of 5-18 % in the ...
Studies of innate immune stimulation with CpG in HIV infection
(2008-10-01)
Two types of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may cause acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS): HIV-1, the most pathogenic virus of the two
and found worldwide, and HIV-2, which is mostly detected in West Africa
and ...
Post-operative delirium after elective cardiac surgery : risk factors and cognitive long-term outcome : results from a clinical study
(2009-05-07)
-up.
Ninety-four patients completed the 2-year follow-up, drop outs were 20 %
in the delirious group and 6.3 % in the non-delirious group. At the four
time-points, cognitive function and possible presence of delirium was
assessed using MMSE and CAM...
Prevention and intervention therapies in auditory trauma
(2009-01-16)
Hearing impairment is one of the most common health conditions in
developed countries. It is estimated that approximately 70 million people
worldwide are deaf. For patients with a severe to profound hearing loss a
cochlear ...
Optimisation of dengue diagnostic tools in order to increase the knowledge of the pathogenesis
(2008-10-03)
convalescent samples (<6 weeks), complemented by late convalescent samples (>5 years) from 20 patients, previously serotyped by PCR were included in the study. The correct serotype was determined in 80% (16/20) of the late convalescent samples, while...
Injury profile and injury risk factors in junior tennis players
(2010-05-28)
-nine players sustained totally 100 new and recurrent injuries, 73 injuries in boys and 27 injuries in girls. Injury incidence for both genders was 2.3 injuries/1000 hours of tennis playing time, for boys 1.7 injuries/1000 hours and for girls 0.6 injuries/1000...