Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Bolkan, Håkon Angell"
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A nationwide assessment of anaesthesia activity and capacity in Sierra Leone 2023. A retrospective, facility-based survey from all health care facilities performing surgery in 2022/23.
Øvreås, Elisabeth (Master thesis, 2024)Innledning: Lav anestesikapasitet påvirker i stor grad forskjellene i tilgangen på kirurgisk helsehjelp globalt, spesielt i lav- og mellominntektsland. Denne studien har som mål å undersøke tilgjengeligheten av anestesipersonell, ... -
A quality assurance project for acute appendicitis at St. Olavs University Hospital from 2007 to 2021
Skåre, Silje Eckell; Lødeng, Ina Uglum (Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunn og mål: Akutt appendisitt (AA) er en av de vanligste årsakene til akutt abdomen med behov for rask kirurgi. Diagnostisering av AA kan være krevende, og håndteringen av tilstanden varierer. Målet med denne retrospektive ... -
A quality assurance project for acute appendicitis at St. Olavs University Hospital from 2007 to 2021
Lødeng, Ina Uglum; Skåre, Silje Eckell (Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunn og mål: Akutt appendisitt (AA) er en av de vanligste årsakene til akutt abdomen med behov for rask kirurgi. Diagnostisering av AA kan være krevende, og håndteringen av tilstanden varierer. Målet med denne retrospektive ... -
Addressing Surgical Needs Where There is No Surgeon: Status of Surgery in Sierra Leone, Safety and Future Contributions of a Task Sharing Training Programme, and Surgery as an Indicator of Hospital Function During the West African Ebola Outbreak
Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:223, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Vest-Afrika er den regionen i verden med høyest kirurgisk sykdomsbyrde og hvor det blir gjort færrest operasjoner pr innbygger. Få spesialister og stor legemangel er en av hovedgrunnene til den dårlige tilgangen til ... -
Admissions and surgery as indicators of hospital functions in Sierra Leone during the west-African Ebola outbreak
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Gassama, Ibarahim; Waalewijn, Bart; Wibe, Arne; von Schreeb, Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background In an attempt to assess the effects of the Ebola viral disease (EVD) on hospital functions in Sierra Leone, the aim of this study was to evaluate changes in provisions of surgery and non-Ebola admissions during ... -
Akutte laparotomier ved St. Olavs hospital
Wangen, Endre; Gillund, Even Westgaard; Reinholdtsen, Eirik Midtgaard; Henriksveen, Kristian Jostad; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Faqiri, Mirwais; Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)BAKGRUNN Akutte laparotomier er assosiert med høyere mortalitet og lengre sykehusopphold enn elektive laparotomier. Formålet med denne studien var å kartlegge pasientkarakteristika, sykehusforløp og mortalitet for dem som ... -
Assessing the Validity of Using Caesarean Section and Inguinal Hernia Repairs as Proxy Indicators of the Level of Surgical Care in Sierra Leone
Bjerring, Anders Wold; Lier, Marius Eknæs (Master thesis, 2013)Background: The traditional tools for assessing surgical capacity in low-income countries requires significant amounts of time and resources, and have thus not been systematically utilized in the poorest regions of the ... -
Barriers to increase surgical productivity in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study
Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nolet, Wouter W.E.; Mboma, Peter; Sam, Tamba; van den Broek, Ankie; Flinkenflögel, Maaike; Gjøra, Andreas; Lindheim-Minde, Barbro; Kamanda, Samuel; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective To explore factors influencing surgical provider productivity and identify barriers against and opportunities to increase individual surgical productivity in Sierra Leone, in order to explain the observed increase ... -
Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Kamara, Michael M.; Hagander, Lars; Ashley, Thomas; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Leather, Andy J.M.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Darj, Elisabeth; Salvesen, Øyvind; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Many countries lack sufficient medical doctors to provide safe and affordable surgical and emergency obstetric care. Task‐sharing with associate clinicians (ACs) has been suggested to fill this gap. The aim ... -
Caesarean Sections in Sierra Leone An Evaluation in the Light of the Lancet Global Surgery Indicators
Duinen, Aalke Johan van (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:402, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: Two third of the world’s population does not have adequate access to timely safe and affordable surgical services. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has defined a framework with six indicators and targets ... -
Caesarean sections in Sierra Leone after introduction of free health care services for pregnant and lactating women
Rød, Siri Malene; Vestby, Pia Fiskaa (Master thesis, 2013)Background: Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2011, the gross national income (GNI) per capita was $460. In 2008, the maternal mortality was 857 per 100.000, and the under five mortality ... -
Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Ashley, Thomas; Hagander, Lars; Holmer, Hampus; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Shrime, Mark G.; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Utilizing surgical services, including caesarean sections, can result in catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment. In 2010, Sierra Leone introduced the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), a national financial ... -
Changes in the surgical workforce and volume in Sierra Leone between 2012 and 2023 - A nationwide assessment of surgical capacity
Furre, Mali Eggen; Svengaard, Maria (Master thesis, 2024)Bakgrunn: Denne studien kartlegger endringer i grunnleggende indikatorer for kirurgi i Sierra Leone mellom 2012 og 2023, som er essensielt for å monitorere utviklingen av kirurgiske systemer, sammenlikne kirurgisk kapasitet ... -
Chronic post-surgical pain one year after caesarean section in Sierra Leone
Tjåland, Nora Iminza; Bonde, Helena (Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn Fordi keisersnitt er en av de vanligste operasjonene i verden, affiserer langtidskomplikasjoner som kroniske smerter millioner av kvinner over hele verden. Målet med denne studien var å undersøke hvor vanlig ... -
Chronic post-surgical pain one year after caesarean section in Sierra Leone
Bonde, Helena; Tjåland, Nora Iminza (Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn Fordi keisersnitt er en av de vanligste operasjonene i verden, affiserer langtidskomplikasjoner som kroniske smerter millioner av kvinner over hele verden. Målet med denne studien var å undersøke hvor vanlig ... -
Clinical features of suspected Ebola cases referred to the Moyamba ETC, Sierra Leone: Challenges in the later stages of the 2014 outbreak
Arranz, Javier; Lundeby, Karen Marie; Hassan, Shoaib; Fuentes, Luis Matías Zabala; Garcés, Pedro San José; Haaskjold, Yngvar Lunde; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Krogh, Kurt; Jongopi, James; Mellesmo, Sindre; Jøsendal, Ola; Øpstad, Åsmund; Svensen, Erling; Kamara, Alfred Sandy; Roberts, David P.; Stamper, Paul D.; Austin, Paula; Moosa, Alfredo J.; Marke, Dennis; Berg, Åse; Blomberg, Bjørn; Riera, Melcior (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background - The last ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been the most important since 1976. EVD cases decreased drastically in Sierra Leone at the beginning of 2015. We aim to determine the clinical findings and ... -
Comparison of surgical skill acquisition by UK surgical trainees and Sierra Leonean associate clinicians in a task-sharing programme
Liu, Ben; Hunt, Lesley; Lonsdale, Robert J; Narula, Harjeet; Manasrey, Alieu; Bundu, Ibrahim; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Task‐sharing in surgery is well established, with associate clinicians performing successful surgery in many countries. Little is known about the process of surgical skill acquisition by associate clinicians, ... -
Distance, accessibility and costs. Decision-making During Childbirth in Rural Sierra Leone: a Qualitative Study
Treacy, Laura; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Sagbakken, Mette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Efforts to reduce maternal mortality have included initiatives to encourage more women to deliver at health facilities. Despite the introduction ... -
Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone
Sung, Sophia; Hørthe, Hilde (Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn Kirurgiske loggbøker blir ofte benyttet som verktøy for kvalitetssikring av opplæring innen kirurgi. Elektroniske loggbøker blir stadig mer tatt i bruk i områder med lav tilgang på ressurser, likevel foreligger ... -
Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone
Sung, Sophia; Hørthe, Hilde (Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn Kirurgiske loggbøker blir ofte benyttet som verktøy for kvalitetssikring av opplæring innen kirurgi. Elektroniske loggbøker blir stadig mer tatt i bruk i områder med lav tilgang på ressurser, likevel foreligger ...