Objective - To describe healthcare professionals’ perception of current early rehabilitation practices and their preconditions, focusing on functional and cognitive stimulation facilitated by nurses and other healthcare professionals in Scandinavian intensive care units (ICUs).<p> <p>Design - Cross-sectional electronic survey administered to healthcare professionals. The survey was developed in ...

Background - Surgical site infections are a major health problem that deteriorates the patients’ health and increases health care costs. A reliable method to identify patients with modifiable risk of surgical site infection is necessary to reduce the incidence of them but data are limited. Hence the objective is to assess the predictive validity of a logistic regression model compared to risk indexes ...

Background - This study aimed to identify novel plasma proteins associated with first-lifetime venous thromboembolism (VTE) and molecular pathways involved in VTE pathogenesis.<p> <p>Methods - A case–cohort comprising incident VTE cases (n = 294) and a randomly sampled age- and sex-weighted subcohort (n = 1,066) was derived from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3, n = 50,800). Blood samples were ...

International health and physiotherapy research has developed over the last few decades through the use and further development of a wide range of scientific theories. This enables researchers to address current issues more appropriately and contribute to change. In German-speaking countries, this diversity of scientific grounding has yet to be developed. The common distinction between quantitative ...

<i>Enterococcus faecium</i>, a gut commensal bacterium, has become a significant nosocomial and opportunistic pathogen, linked to infections like urinary tract infections, bacteraemia, and endocarditis. Its success as a pathogen is partly due to its high level of resistance to antibacterial agents. These resistance mechanisms are complicating treatment, especially in strains resistant to vancomycin, ...

The Arctic is experiencing rapid and interlinked socio-environmental changes. Therefore, governance approaches that take the complex interactions between climate change, biodiversity loss, increasing land use pressures, and local livelihoods into account are needed: nexus approaches. However, an overview of whether and to what extent Arctic policies address these nexus elements in concert has ...

Fish red blood cells (RBCs) are nucleated and metabolically active with physiological and immunological properties. Salmonid RBCs are target cells of Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), a double-stranded RNA virus with three known genotypes (PRV-1, 2 and 3). PRV-1 can give heart and skeletal muscle inflammation to farmed Atlantic salmon, which can lead to mortality in combination with stress, PRV-3 is ...

Purpose: To compare designs of training sessions applied by world-class cross-country skiers during their most successful junior and senior season. <p> <p>Methods: Retrospective analysis of self-reported training characteristics (ie, training form, intensity, and exercise mode) among 8 male and 7 female world-class cross-country skiers was conducted. <p> <p>Results: Total number of sessions ...

Introduction - Persons with mental disorders are at increased risk for physical illness. Individuals who seek help for psychological problems might benefit from timely support and interventional approaches. This study aimed to explore the associations between psychological problems for which help was sought and physical illness.<p> <p>Methods - The 7th survey of the Tromsø Study, which included ...

Personality disorders (PDs) are prevalent among individuals with chronic pain, but less is known about the prevalence of pain in the PD population. This study therefore sought to explore the prevalence of current or everyday pain among individuals referred to outpatient PD treatment, and further explore the mediating role of negative affect in the relationship between PD severity and current pain. ...