Background: Immediate start of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation have been highlighted as crucial for survival from cardiac arrest, but despite new knowledge, new technology and massive personnel training the survival rates from in-hospital cardiac arrest are still low. National guidelines recommend regular intervals of CPR training to make all hospital personnel ...

Objectives: To investigate how cardiac function, remodeling and gene expression are affected in pregnancy in response to cardiovascular stress, to detect possible adverse effects on the fetus, and to evaluate if coronary endothelial function is influenced by pregnancy and increased cardiac afterload. Methods: Pregnant and non-pregnant rats were subjected to chronic AngII-infusion, transverse aortic ...

<i>Aims</i>: Rewarming from accidental hypothermia and therapeutic temperature management could be complicated by cardiac dysfunction. Although pharmacologic support is often applied when rewarming these patients, updated treatment recommendations are lacking. There is an underlying deficiency of clinical and experimental data to support such interventions and this prevents the development of clinical ...

Purpose - Upper-body exercise performed in a cold environment may increase cardiovascular strain, which could be detrimental to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study compared cardiovascular responses of CAD patients during graded upper-body dynamic and static exercise in cold and neutral environments.<p> <p>Methods - 20 patients with stable CAD performed 30 min of progressive ...

Testikkelkreft er den vanligste kreftformen blant unge menn, og >95 % blir i dag helbredet av sykdommen. Dermed er kunnskap om mulige seneffekter etter behandlingen viktig. <br>Avhandlingen ”Cardiovascular risk factors and pulmonary function in long-term survivors of testicular cancer” ble forsvart for graden ph.d 24. april 2009. Takket være effektiv cytostatikabehandling som ble tatt i bruk på ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and potentially fatal disease, often occuring in the absence of obvious predisposing factors. Recent observational studies in selected populations have suggested a closer association between arterial thrombosis (myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke) and VTE, two disease entities considered separate in terms of pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatments. ...

Background: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health challenge as it often has huge consequences for the patient and the family for a long time after the injury. Objective: Assess caregiver burden and predictors of burden 1year post injury, investigate change and stability of caregiver burden and life satisfaction over time. Develop a validated tool to assess family member’s ...

This literature study reviewed papers on caries risk assessment on patients` above 18 years published between 2000 and 2010. In the present study three different methods are discussed: The Cariogram, CAMBRA ( Caries Management By Risk Assessment) and the UIT – method (University of Tromsø). The purpose of caries risk assessments are to find out which risk level the patient has and try to lower the ...

Aim - To illuminate the meaning of newly graduated registered nurses' experiences of caring for patients in emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic.<p> <p>Design - A phenomenological hermeneutical study guided by Lindseth and Norberg.<p> <p>Methods - In-depth one-on-one interviews with 14 nurses from five hospitals were conducted from March to November 2020 and analysed using thematic ...

Increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is reported in both adults and children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in high income settings and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but data from sub-Saharan Africa is lacking.<p> <p>We assessed cIMT using ultrasound in perinatally HIV-infected children aged 6 to 16 years taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) ...