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Nurses in paediatric care : competence, professional identity and research utilization
(2010-04-08)
Paediatric health care is becoming highly specialized and there is a need of nurses with specialist knowledge in the field. A large turnover of personnel and shortage of specially trained paediatric nurses have resulted ...
Elbow kinematics : studies of the elbow joint under normal conditions and after joint replacement
(2010-05-28)
Background: Total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) is used for treatment of
patients with severe pain and disability due to reumatoid arthritis. Long
term results are not as good as for hip and knee replacements. Further
development ...
Diabetes mellitus in patients with coronary artery disease : cardiovascular risk assessment and impact of available treatments
(2008-11-28)
A majority of patients with coronary artery disease have abnormal glucose
regulation and as many as 30% overt diabetes mellitus. Despite
considerable improvements in the management of cardiovascular diseases,
patients ...
Genetic content of clinical pneumococcal isolates and its relation to disease outcome
(2009-09-30)
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram-positive bacterium that can cause a wide range of diseases. These include otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis. It can, however, also cause asymptomatic carriage thereby ...
Stimulus evoked transient dynamics in the primary visual cortex in vivo : voltage sensitive dye and extracellular recordings
(2008-05-22)
In this study we investigated how the primary visual cortex responds to a
change in the visual scene. In analogy to dynamical systems theory such
temporal step input gives information about the rules governing ...
Body and soul : studies on health and psychosomatic complaints among adolescents in Sweden
(2008-10-07)
Objective: The aim of this thesis is to describe the health of the
adolescents with special emphasis on psychosomatic complaints.
Method: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to get a
insight into ...
Tobacco smoking, high body mass index and the outcome after surgery : the role of intervention
(2008-11-07)
The negative effects of smoking and obesity on public health are
well-known. Despite this knowledge, the smoking-attributable morbidity
and mortality is estimated to rise rapidly in the forthcoming years, and
obesity ...
Regional pulmonary vasoreactivity, with special reference to nitric oxide, prostacyclin and body posture
(2009-10-02)
The primary aim of the study was to investigate possible mechanisms behind the improved arterial oxygenation in ventilator-treated patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) when ...
Sex steroid hormone receptors : inner ear and hearing
(2009-04-29)
It is well known that hearing loss is more profound in elderly males than
females, regardless of noise exposure. Also, an age-related hearing
decline starts much earlier in males, already after the age of 30, while
in ...
Epidemiology and care of epilepsy in Vietnam
(2010-05-12)
among males, 5.1(4.1-5.9), than females, 3.8(3.0-4.6), and among those with lower compared with higher education and among single compared with those married. CT-scan of the brain revealed the etiology of epilepsy in a very small proportion...