• Association of body mass index with COVID-19 related in-hospital death 

      Bouziotis, Jason; Arvanitakis, Marianna; Preiser, Jean-Charles; Abbas, Ali; Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann; Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee; Abe, Ryuzo; Abel, Laurent; Absil, Lara; Acharya, Subhash; Acker, Andrew; Adachi, Shingo; Adam, Elisabeth; Adrião, Diana; Al Ageel, Saleh; Ahmed, Shakeel; Ain, Quratul; Ainscough, Kate; Aisa, Tharwat; Berdal, Jan-Erik; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Skeie, Linda Gail; Heggelund, Lars; Hesstvedt, Liv; Holter, Jan Cato; Jenum, Synne; Johal, Simreen Kaur; Kildal, Anders Benjamin; Bekken, Gry Klouman; Lind, Andreas; Müller, Fredrik; Muller, Karl Erik; Pettersen, Frank O.; Paulsen, Else Quist; Reikvam, Dag Henrik; Holten, Aleksander Rygh; Skogen, Vegard; Stiksrud, Birgitte; Tonby, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-29)
      Background: Patients with extreme body mass indices (BMI) could have an increased risk of death while hospitalized for COVID-19.<p> <p>Methods: The database of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) was used to assess the time to in-hospital death with competing-risks regression by sex and between the categories of BMI. <p>Results: Data from 12,137 ...
    • Elevated plasma sTIM-3 levels in patients with severe COVID-19 

      Ueland, Thor; Heggelund, Lars; Lind, Andreas; Holten, Aleksander Rygh; Tonby, Kristian; Michelsen, Annika; Jenum, Synne; Jørgensen, Marthe Jøntvedt; Barratt-Due, Andreas; Skeie, Linda Gail; Nordøy, Ingvild; Aanensen Fraz, Mai Sasaki; Paulsen, Else Quist; Pischke, Soeren; Johal, Simreen Kaur; Hesstvedt, Liv; Bogen, Mette; Fevang, Børre; Halvorsen, Bente; Müller, Fredrik; Bekken, Gry Kloumann; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen; Aukrust, Pål; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Holter, Jan Cato (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)
      <i>Background</i> - The pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still incompletely understood, but it seems to involve immune activation and immune dysregulation.<p> <p><i>Objective</i> - We examined the parameters of activation of different leukocyte subsets in COVID-19–infected patients in relation to disease severity.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We analyzed plasma levels of ...
    • Encephalitis and aseptic meningitis: short-term and long-term outcome, quality of life and neuropsychological functioning 

      Paulsen, Else Quist; Ormaasen, Vidar; Kran, Anne-Marte Bakken; Dunlop, Oona Borghild; Ueland, Per Magne; Ueland, Thor; Eikeland, Randi; Aukrust, Pål; Nordenmark, Tonje Haug (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-06)
      For those surviving encephalitis, the influence on daily life of patients and their relatives may be substantial. In contrast, the prognosis after aseptic meningitis (ASM) is considered good. In this prospective study in patients with encephalitis (n = 20) and ASM (n = 46), we show that both groups experienced reduced Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) at two months after discharge, and that ...
    • The first tigecycline resistant Enterococcus faecium in Norway was related to tigecycline exposure 

      Hegstad, Kristin; Pöntinen, Anna Kaarina; Bjørnholt, Jørgen; Paulsen, Else Quist; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn Ståle (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-19)
      Objectives - We describe the first tigecycline resistant enterococcal isolate in Norway and the mechanisms involved.<p> <p>Material and methods - The Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance (K-res). received in 2022 an Enterococcus faecium blood culture isolate with decreased susceptibility to tigecycline from a hospitalized patient in the South-Eastern Norway ...