St. Olavs hospital
Recent Submissions
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Long term effects of an integrated care intervention on hospital utilization in patients with severe COPD: A single centre controlled study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality globally. In Trondheim in 2008 an integrated care model (COPD-Home) consisting of an education program, self-management plan, ... -
Phylogeographical pattern of Francisella tularensis in a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia in Norway, 2011
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In 2011, a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia occurred in Norway with 180 recorded cases. It was associated with the largest peak in lemming density seen in 40 years. Francisella tularensis was isolated from 18 patients. ... -
1-year follow-up of 920 hip and knee arthroplasty patients after implementing fast-track: Good outcomes in a Norwegian university hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background — Fast–track has become a well–known concept resulting in improved patient satisfaction and postoperative results. Concerns have been raised about whether increased efficiency could compromise safety, and whether ... -
Implementation of Free Text Format Nursing Diagnoses at a University Hospital`s Medical Department. Exploring Nurses and Nursing Students`Experiences on Use and Usefulness. A Qualitative Study.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background. Nursing documentation has long traditions and represents core element of nursing, but the documentation is often criticized of being incomplete. Nursing diagnoses are an important research topic in nursing in ... -
Physical therapy intervention in patients with non-cardiac chest pain following a recent cardiac event: A randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objectives: To assess the effect of two different physical therapy interventions in patients with stable coronary heart disease and non-cardiac chest pain. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out at a ... -
Inter-and Intraobserver Agreement of Morphological Grading for Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Study Design Validation study of a morphological grading system for central lumbar spinal stenosis. Objective To evaluate and validate the inter- and intraobserver agreement of a morphological grading system for central ... -
A 36-month follow-up of decline in activities of daily living in individuals receiving domiciliary care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background There have been few studies of how personal and instrumental activities of daily living (P-ADL and I-ADL) develop over time in older people receiving domiciliary care. This study aimed at assessing variables ... -
Exploring the relationship between bone density and severity of distal radius fragility fracture in women
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Bone mineral density (BMD) has been shown to be a consistent and independent risk factor for distal radius fracture. Inconsistent data have been reported on the association between BMD and severity of distal ... -
Gene signatures ESC, MYC and ERG-fusion are early markers of a potentially dangerous subtype of prostate cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Good prognostic tools for predicting disease progression in early stage prostate cancer (PCa) are still missing. Detection of molecular subtypes, for instance by using microarray gene technology, can give new ... -
Cardiovascular disease is increased prior to onset of rheumatoid arthritis but not osteoarthritis: The population-based Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)with individuals without RA or osteoarthritis at both times (n = 33,567). Results Female gender, age, smoking, body mass index, and history of previous CV disease were associated with self-reported incident RA (previous ... -
Coronary artery occlusions diagnosed by transthoracic Doppler
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Our aim was to assess whether anterograde flow velocities in septal perforating branches could identify an occluded contralateral coronary artery, and to assess the feasibility and accuracy of diagnosing ... -
Short term exposure to low amounts of airway irritants in a swine confinement building and inflammatory markers in blood and exhaled air
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Introduction and objective. Swine confinement buildings are known to contain large concentrations of airway irritants, and a number of studies have shown acute inflammatory effects in previously unexposed subjects when ... -
The relationship of anxiety, depression and behavioral problems with recurrent headache in late adolescence - a Young-HUNT follow-up study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background The comorbidity of headache and psychiatric symptoms is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, but there are only limited data regarding the temporal relationship between headache and symptoms of anxiety and ... -
The Norwegian PMS2 founder mutation c.989-1G>T shows high penetrance of microsatellite instable cancers with normal immunohistochemistry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to select cases for mismatch repair (MMR) genetic testing, we failed to identify a large kindred with the deleterious PMS2 mutation c.989-1G > T. The purpose of the study was ... -
Identification of the source of elevated hepatocyte growth factor levels in multiple myeloma patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic cytokine which can lead to cancer cell proliferation, migration and metastasis. In multiple myeloma (MM) patients it is an abundant component of the bone marrow. ... -
Prediction of mortality in adult patients with severe acute lung failure receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A prospective observational study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Introduction Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) can be a life-saving therapy in patients with severe acute lung failure refractory to conventional therapy. Nevertheless, vvECMO is a procedure associated ... -
Elevated levels of cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein oligomers in healthy asymptomatic LRRK2 mutation carriers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 gene are the most common cause of autosomal dominant Parkinson’s disease (PD). To assess the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of α-synuclein oligomers in symptomatic and ... -
Headache yesterday in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Surveys enquiring about burden of headache over a prior period of time (eg, 3 months) are subject to recall bias. To eliminate this as far as possible, we focused on presence and impact of headache on the ... -
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with first- episode psychosis (FEP): A prospective study
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The impact of headache in Europe: principal results of the Eurolight project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background European data, at least from Western Europe, are relatively good on migraine prevalence but less sound for tension-type headache (TTH) and medication-overuse headache (MOH). Evidence on impact of headache ...
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