• Analysis of free text in electronic health records for identification of cancer patient trajectories 

      Jensen, Kasper; Soguero-Ruiz, Cristina; Mikalsen, Karl Øyvind; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Kouskoumvekaki, Irene; Girolami, Mark; Skrovseth, Stein Olav; Augestad, Knut Magne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-07)
      With an aging patient population and increasing complexity in patient disease trajectories, physicians are often met with complex patient histories from which clinical decisions must be made. Due to the increasing rate of adverse events and hospitals facing financial penalties for readmission, there has never been a greater need to enforce evidence-led medical decision-making using available ...
    • Combining autologous ventral hernia repair using component separation with DIEP breast reconstruction 

      de Weerd, Louis; Nergård, Solveig; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Weum, Sven (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-02)
      Concern about flap viability and abdominal wall integrity would normally exclude a patient with a large ventral midline hernia from having a breast reconstruction with a deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap. Ventral hernia repair using the abdominoplasty approach has been reported before. The abdominoplasty flap would normally be discarded. This article presents a unique case of a ...
    • Cost-effectiveness and quality of life in surgeon versus general practitioner-organised colon cancer surveillance: a randomised controlled trial 

      Augestad, Knut Magne; Norum, Jan; Dehof, Stefan; Aspevik, Ranveig; Ringberg, Unni; Nestvold, Torunn Kristin; Vonen, Barthold; Skrøvseth, Stein Olav; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-04)
      Objective: To assess whether colon cancer follow-up can be organised by general practitioners (GPs) without a decline in the patient's quality of life (QoL) and increase in cost or time to cancer diagnoses, compared to hospital follow-up. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Northern Norway Health Authority Trust, 4 trusts, 11 hospitals and 88 local communities. Participants: Patients ...
    • Group-based multimodal physical therapy in women with chronic pelvic pain: A randomized controlled trial 

      Nygaard, Ane Sigrid; Rydningen, Mona Birgitte; Stedenfeldt, Mona; Wojniusz, Slawomir; Larsen, Marthe; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Haugstad, Gro Killi; Øian, Pål (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-09)
      <p><i>Introduction - </i>Chronic pelvic pain in women is a complex condition, and physical therapy is recommended as part of a broader treatment approach. The objective of this study was to compare structured group‐based multimodal physical therapy in a hospital setting (intervention group) with primary‐care physical therapy (comparator group) for women with chronic pelvic pain. <p><i>Material and ...
    • Learning similarities between irregularly sampled short multivariate time series from EHRs 

      Mikalsen, Karl Øyvind; Bianchi, Filippo Maria; Soguero-Ruiz, Cristina; Skrøvseth, Stein Olav; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Revhaug, Arthur; Jenssen, Robert (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2016-12-04)
      A large fraction of the Electronic Health Records consists of clinical multivariate time series. Building models for extracting information from these is important for improving the understanding of diseases, patient care and treatment. Such time series are oftentimes particularly challenging since they are characterized by multiple, possibly dependent variables, length variability and irregular ...
    • The One-stop trial : does electronic referral and booking by the general practitioner (GPs) to outpatient day case surgery reduce waiting time and costs? A randomized controlled trial protocol 

      Augestad, Knut Magne; Revhaug, Arthur; Vonen, Barthold; Johnsen, Roar; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2008-08-11)
      Background: Waiting time and costs from referral to day case outpatient surgery are at an unacceptably high level. The waiting time in Norway averages 240 days for common surgical conditions. Furthermore, in North Norway the population is scattered throughout a large geographic area, making the cost of travel to a specialist examination before surgery considerable. Electronic standardised referrals ...
    • Preoperative Rectal Cancer Management : Wide International Practice Makes Outcome Comparison Challenging : Reply 

      Augestad, Knut Magne; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Stulberg, J; Reynolds, H; Champagne, B; Leblanc, F; Heriot, AG; Senagore, A; Delaney, C (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In a letter to the editor Dr. Hottenrott provides valuable comments on our survey describing international preoperative rectal cancer management. In our opinion, three key messages are derived from our survey: First, most surgeons agree to neoadjuvant treatment when there is an increased risk of finding histologically positive circumferential margins. In addition, we found more than 40 other ...
    • A prospective analysis of false positive events in a National Colon Cancer Surveillance Program 

      Augestad, Knut Magne; Norum, Jan; Rose, Johnie; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Should the surgeon or the general practitioner (GP) follow up patients after surgery for colon cancer? A randomized controlled trial protocol focusing on quality of life, cost-effectiveness and serious clinical events 

      Vonen, Barthold; Augestad, Knut Magne; Aspevik, Ranveig; Norum, Jan; Nestvold, Torunn; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Ringberg, Unni; Johnsen, Roar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2008-06-25)
      Background: All patients who undergo surgery for colon cancer are followed up according to the guidelines of the Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group (NGICG). These guidelines state that the aims of follow-up after surgery are to perform quality assessment, provide support and improve survival. In Norway, most of these patients are followed up in a hospital setting. We describe a multi-centre ...
    • Standards for reporting randomized controlled trials in medical informatics: a systematic review of CONSORT adherence in RCTs on clinical decision support 

      Augestad, Knut Magne; Berntsen, Gro; Lassen, Kristoffer; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Wootton, Richard; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011-07-29)
      Introduction The Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT) were published to standardize reporting and improve the quality of clinical trials. The objective of this study is to assess CONSORT adherence in randomized clinical trials (RCT) of disease specific clinical decision support (CDS).<p> <p>Methods A systematic search was conducted of the Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases. ...
    • Telementoring in education of laparoscopic surgeons: An emerging technology 

      Bogen, Moredehi Etai; Augestad, Knut Magne; Patel, Hitendra R.H.; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Using anchors from free text in electronic health records to diagnose postoperative delirium 

      Mikalsen, Karl Øyvind; Soguero-Ruiz, Cristina; Jensen, Kasper; Hindberg, Kristian; Gran, Mads; Revhaug, Arthur; Lindsetmo, Rolv-Ole; Skrøvseth, Stein Olav; Godtliebsen, Fred; Jenssen, Robert (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-19)
      Objectives:<br> Postoperative delirium is a common complication after major surgery among the elderly. Despite its potentially serious consequences, the complication often goes undetected and undiagnosed. In order to provide diagnosis support one could potentially exploit the information hidden in free text documents from electronic health records usin ...