Hofteleddsdysplasi forkommer hos opptil 3 % av nyfødte og kan ubehandlet føre til luksert hofteledd, osteoartritt og behov for hofteprotese. Målet med studien var å kartlegge rutiner for ultralydscreening, behandling og oppfølging av hofteleddsdysplasi ved norske sykehus.

Background: Spinal anaesthesia as an adjunct to general anaesthesia may reduce postoperative pain and opioid consumption after laparoscopic abdominoperineal rectal amputation. We designed a randomized double blinded pilot study with two objectives: 1) to explore potential benefits of spinal anaesthesia as an adjunct to general anaesthesia and 2) to provide power and sample size estimations for ...

Hvert år legges over 500 pasienter inn på norske sykehus med diagnosen rusutløst psykose. Men rusmiddelbruk er bare én av flere bidragende faktorer til at disse pasientene blir psykotiske, og mange får senere en schizofrenidiagnose.

Background - Gut microbiota alterations have been reported in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, with reduced alpha diversity and altered microbiota composition related to respiratory failure. However, data regarding gut microbiota and mortality are scarce.<p> <p>Methods - Rectal swabs for gut microbiota analyses were collected within 48 h after hospital admission (baseline; n = 123) and three-month ...

Despite marked progress in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), detecting AF remains difficult and AF-related complications cause unacceptable morbidity and mortality even on optimal current therapy. This document summarizes the key outcomes of the 8th AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference of the Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). Eighty-three ...

Among the numerous studies investigating semantic factors associated with functioning in psychotic patients, most have been conducted on western populations. By contrast, the current cross-sectional study involved native Cantonese-speaking Chinese participants. Using the category fluency task, we compared performance between patients and healthy participants and examined clinical and sociodemographic ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play a role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC). Although epigenetic processes such as DNA methylation and lncRNA expression are well studied in UC, the importance of the interplay between the two processes has not yet been fully explored. It is, therefore, believed that interactions between environmental factors and epigenetics ...

Background/Aim: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) not amenable to curative treatment can be managed with palliative thoracic radiation or chemoradiation, however, with variable success. This study evaluated the prognostic impact of the LabBM score [serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), C-reactive protein, albumin, hemoglobin, platelets] in 56 patients who were scheduled to receive at least 10 ...

Objective: To explore older patients’ experiences with accessing and using e-consultations to send text-based clinical inquiries to the general practitioner (GP) online.<p> <p>Design: Qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews. Results were analysed through a six-phase thematic analysis and interpreted through Levesque’s framework of patient-centred access to health care. <p>Setting: ...

To study the role of host immune surveillance in the initiation and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC), a set of protumor immunological factors was determined by quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR) between the primary tumor and the adjacent tumor-free site tissues in 63 patients with colorectal neoplasms. Results showed that expression levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-17A, IL-23, and ...