During a 2-week period, we have encountered five cases presenting with the combination of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), intracerebral hemorrhage and thrombocytopenia. A clinical hallmark was the rapid and severe progression of disease in spite of maximum treatment efforts, resulting in fatal outcome in for 4 out of 5 patients. All cases had received ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine 1–2 weeks earlier and ...

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<p>Bakgrunn: I 2013 lanserte Helsedirektoratet nasjonal faglig retningslinje for bruk av antibiotika i sykehus. Denne retningslinjen skal være implementert i norske sykehus, og omhandler valg av empirisk antibiotika, dose, intervall og administrasjon, samt anbefalinger for mikrobiologisk diagnostikk. Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å vurdere etterlevelse av denne retningslinjen, belyst gjennom ...

Hensikten med masteroppgaven er å få et innblikk i hvilke faktorer som påvirker valg av kronemateriale blant tannleger ansatt på offentlige klinikker, tilknyttet Universitet i Tromsø. Oppgaven fokuserer på posteriore, single kroner, og hva tannlegene vektlegger når de velger materiale. Når tannleger velger kronematerial, så kan flere faktorer påvirke valget, for eksempel antall praktiserende år, ...

<i>Purpose</i>: To assess whether acute myocardial infarction (MI) diagnoses in national health registers are sufficiently correct and complete to replace manual collection of endpoint data for a population-based, epidemiological study.<br><br> <i>Patients and Methods</i>: Using the Tromsø Study Cardiovascular Disease Register for 2013– 2014 as gold standard, we calculated correctness (defined ...

The Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) is used worldwide in research and clinical work. The 3rd version (EDI-3) has been used in recent research, yet without any independent testing of its psychometric properties. The aim of the present study was twofold: 1) to establish national norms and to compare them with the US and international norms, and 2) to examine the factor structure, the internal consistency, ...

There is a high incidence of rape and party related rape in Norway. To combat this, it has been proposed to aim interventions at rape myth acceptance, since it has been shown to affect rape proclivity. This study examined how a Norwegian translation of the Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression scale performs in a Norwegian student population. 109 male and female participants completed ...

<b>Background</b><br> The use of HbA1c ≥6.5% for diagnosis of diabetes has been challenged for post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) also known as new onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) due to a low sensitivity early after renal transplantation. PTDM diagnosed with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is highly predictable for long-term patient mortality. HbA1c was introduced for ...

Summary The validity of forearm fracture diagnoses recorded in fve Norwegian hospitals was investigated using image reports and medical records as gold standard. A relatively high completeness and correctness of the diagnoses was found. Algorithms used to defne forearm fractures in administrative data should depend on study purpose.<p> <p>Purpose In Norway, forearm fractures are routinely recorded ...

<p><i>Background</i>: The role of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in breast cancer is not clear and under debate. To explore this relationship it is important to have proper validated dietary assessment methods for measuring the intake of n-3 PUFAs. The aim of the current study is to validate two different methods used to assess the intake of selected n-3 PUFAs as well as food sources of ...