Background: The Medical Student Research Programme is a national education and grant scheme for medical students who wish to carry out research in parallel with their studies. The purpose of the programme is to increase recruitment of people with a standard medical degree to medical research. The Research Programme was established in 2002 and underwent a thorough evaluation during the spring of ...

Healthcare-associated infections are a major concern in health care throughout the world, and public health institutions answer to the problem by implementing nationwide surveillance systems. The Norwegian Surveillance System for Infections in Hospital Service (NOIS) was implemented in 2005 to monitor surgical site infections in patients having undergone any one of the most common surgical procedures: ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of non-surgical root canal treatment performed at the student clinic and the factors influencing this outcome. Materials and methods: This retrospective study involved follow-up of patients who had been receiving root canal treatments at the Student Clinic University of Tromsø (UTK). Endodontic records and periapical radiographs of 141 teeth ...

The tumor proliferation index marker Ki-67 is strongly associated with tumor cell proliferation, growth and progression, and is widely used in routine clinicopathological investigation. Prostate cancer is a complex multifaceted and biologically heterogeneous disease, and overtreatment of localized, low volume indolent tumors, is evident. Here, we aimed to assess Ki-67 expression and related ...

Telemedicine is growing both in developed and developing countries and has remained as an integral part of health care delivery system. It includes different health activities and medical services that take place at distance. In the developing countries it supports to improve the accessibility, quality and efficiency of the healthcare services and also reduces the cost of service. It also supports ...

Background: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological condition usually starting in early adulthood and regularly leading to severe disability. Immunotherapy options are growing in number and complexity, while costs of treatments are high and adherence rates remain low. Therefore, treatment decision-making has become more complex for patients. Structured decision coaching, based on the principles ...

I denne oppgaven vil det fokuseres på alloimmunisering under graviditet, hvor mor produserer antistoffer mot antigener fosteret har arvet fra far. En nylig studie utført ved Immunologisk forskningsgruppe ved UiT og Nasjonal behandlingstjeneste for avansert blodplateimmunologi ved UNN, omhandlet anti-HLA klasse I antistoffer analysert i plasmaprøver hos gravide henvist på grunn av trombocytopeni ...

<p>Innledning: Samhandlingsreformen ble innført i 2012. Et av de mest sentrale virkemidlene i samhandlingsreformen er etablering av kommunalt øyeblikkelig hjelp døgnopphold (KAD). Hensikten med KAD er å unngå innleggelser i spesialisthelsetjenesten, og å tilby pasienter tjenester der hvor pasienten bor. Behandling- og rehabiliteringsavdelingen (BRA) i Lenvik kommune består av 5 interkommunale ...

Innledning: Regionale ekkokardiografiske funksjonsanalyser med fremstilling av strain og strain rate (SR) utgjør et potensiale i utredningen av koronarsykdom, dette via Tissue-Doppler-imaging og (2D) Speckle Trackig-imaging. I denne studien ønsket vi å undersøke om strain kan vise forskjeller mellom pasienter med stabil angina pectoris og en normalpopulasjon, samt om metodene for fremstilling av ...

Fødestuen i Lofoten er i dag en jordmorstyrt fødestue med beredskap for keisersnitt. Dette lokale fødestuetilbudet ble utformet grunnet utfordrende geografi og begrensede transportmuligheter. Denne driftsformen strider med nasjonale kvalitetsveiledere, men styre i Helse Nord besluttet i 2011 at denne driftsformen skulle videreføres for å sikre et godt fødetilbud i distriktet. Prosjektet har vurdert ...