Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Laugsand, Eivor Alette"
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Genetic and Non-genetic Factors Associated WithConstipation in Cancer Patients Receiving Opioids
Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Skorpen, Frank; Kaasa, Stein; Sabatowski, Rainer; Strasser, Florian; Fayers, Peter; Klepstad, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objectives: To examine whether the inter-individual variation in constipation among patients receiving opioids for cancer pain is associated with genetic or non-genetic factors. Methods: Cancer patients receiving ... -
Health care providers underestimate symptom intensities of cancer patients: A multicenter European study
Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Sprangers, Mirjam A. G.; Bjordal, Kristin; Skorpen, Frank; Kaasa, Stein; Klepstad, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: Many patients with advanced cancer depend upon health care providers for symptom assessment. The extent of agreement between patient and provider symptom assessments and the association of agreement with ... -
Management of a life-threatening intercostal artery bleeding, difficult to visualize in open surgery: a case report
Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Xanthoulis, Athanasios (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Life-threatening bleeding from an intercostal artery is a rare and challenging event. A 74-year-old patient with a right-sided pleural effusion was treated by a pigtail pleural drain. He developed a large haemothorax, ... -
Symptoms in patients receiving opioids for cancer pain: clinical and pharmacogenetic aspects
Laugsand, Eivor Alette (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:189, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Forekomsten av kreft er økende i industrialiserte deler av verden. Symptomer som smerte, fatigue, obstipasjon, kvalme, oppkast, depresjon og søvnvansker er hyppige og kan oppstå i ulike stadier av kreftsykdom. Det er store ... -
The N-Terminally Truncated µ3 and µ3-Like Opioid Receptors Are Transcribed from a Novel Promoter Upstream of Exon 2 in the Human OPRM1 Gene
Andersen, Sonja; Baar, Cecilie Christensen; Fladvad, Torill; Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Skorpen, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The human µ opioid receptor gene, OPRM1, produces a multitude of alternatively spliced transcripts encoding full-length or truncated receptor variants with distinct pharmacological properties. The majority of these transcripts ...