Browsing NTNU Open by Author "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, ... -
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in general hospitals: a ten-year population-based retrospective cohort study in central Norway
Rahim, Shavin; Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Fyllingen, Even Hovig; Rao, Vidar; Pantelatos, Rabea Iris; Müller, Tomm Brostrup; Vik, Anne; Skandsen, Toril (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are admitted to general hospitals (GHs) without neurosurgical services, but few studies have addressed the management of these patients. This ... -
Risk factors for the right colon, left colon and rectal cancers differ between men and women: the population-based HUNT study in Norway.
Brenne, Siv Sellæg; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Edna, Tom-Harald; Lydersen, Stian; Laugsand, Eivor Alette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim The aim of this study was to assess established risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) separately for right colon, left colon and rectal cancer in men and women. Method This was a prospective cohort study comparing ... -
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 ...