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Group based antenatal care : expectations, attitudes and experiences from parents’ and midwives’ perspective
(2014-05-15)
Group based antenatal care (GBAC) is a model of antenatal care that has been implemented in Sweden since year 2000. Sparse research has been conducted in Sweden but in the USA, where the model is more common, the research ...
Varicella immunity and vaccination
(2008-01-04)
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is an air-borne, extremely contagious herpesvirus. It causes chickenpox, which usually is a benign illness in childhood. Adults, pregnant women and immunocompromised patients often get a severe ...
Coronary artery bypass surgery without extracorporeal circulation
(2006-03-10)
Introduction: Coronary artery bypass surgery with extracorporeal circulation is associated with a systemic inflammatory response syndrome that contributes to morbidity and mortality. Aortic cross clamping and cardioplegic ...
Next in bariatric surgery : the role of lifestyle and adequate information to improve patients’ quality of life and health
(2020-08-12)
Aim: The overall aim of this doctoral thesis is to increase the knowledge about how behavioral modification and information can improve the individual results following bariatric surgery or conventional weight loss ...
Cognition in multiple sclerosis with special emphasis on MRI findings and cerebrosterol
(2014-05-14)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS). This thesis focuses on cognition in MS, with special emphasis on long-term magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
Looking for "The Equalizer" in antenatal care : developing and evaluating language-supported group antenatal care in Sweden
(2022-12-22)
Group antenatal care (gANC) is an antenatal care (ANC) model that aims to empower women and has demonstrated potential to improve outcomes for groups of women with poorer reproductive health outcomes. The overall aim of ...