St. Olavs hospital: Recent submissions
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A needs assessment of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) carries an 86% mortality rate in Norway. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a potential adjunct in management of non-traumatic cardiac ... -
Physicians’ Recognition and Management of Kidney Disease: A Randomized Vignette Study Evaluating the Impact of the KDIGO 2012 CKD Classification System
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rationale & Objective The Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI) and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) chronic kidney disease (CKD) classification systems published in 2002 and 2012, respectively, ... -
Spatial distribution of malignant transformation in patients with low-grade glioma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Malignant transformation represents the natural evolution of diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGG). This is a catastrophic event, causing neurocognitive symptoms, intensified treatment and premature death. However, ... -
Mitochondrial genome-wide association study of migraine – the HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been indicated in migraine pathogenesis, but genetic studies to date have focused on candidate variants, with sparse findings. We aimed to perform the first mitochondrial ... -
Comparison of peak oxygen uptake between upper-body exercise modes: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: To compare peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) between the asynchronous arm crank ergometry (ACE), and synchronous wheelchair ergometry (WERG), wheelchair treadmill (WTR), and upper-body poling (UBP) mode. Methods: ... -
Individual Variation in Adaptive Immune Responses and Risk of Hip Fracture-A NOREPOS Population-Based Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Immune‐mediated bone loss significantly impacts fracture risk in patients with autoimmune disease, but to what extent individual variations in immune responses affect fracture risk on a population level is unknown. To ... -
Metabolic alterations in tissues and biofluids of patients with prostate cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Altered metabolism is one of the key molecular characteristics of prostate cancer (PCa) development, and a number of studies have searched for metabolic biomarkers in patient-derived samples. Reported metabolic changes in ... -
DNA glycosylase Neil2 contributes to genomic responses in the spleen during clinical prion disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The DNA glycosylase Neil2 is a member of the base excision repair (BER) family of enzymes, which are important for repair of oxidative DNA damage. Specifically, Neil2 participates in repair of oxidized bases in single-stranded ... -
Does caesarean delivery in the first pregnancy increase the risk for adverse outcome in the second? A registry-based cohort study on first and second singleton births in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective To explore if newborns in the second pregnancy following a previous caesarean delivery (CD) have higher risk of perinatal mortality or cerebral palsy than newborns in pregnancies following a previous vaginal ... -
Patient experience with early discharge after total knee arthroplasty: a focus group study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background Total knee arthroplasty is experienced as a painful procedure, and pain after surgery seems to be the most limiting factor for early mobilisation. Physical exercise is of utter importance for avoiding complications ... -
Health-related quality of life after traumatic brain injury: deriving value sets for the QOLIBRI-OS for Italy, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose The Quality of Life after Brain Injury overall scale (QOLIBRI-OS) measures health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this study was to derive value sets for the QOLIBRI-OS ... -
A Quality Control System for Automated Prostate Segmentation on T2-Weighted MRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems have the potential to improve robustness and efficiency compared to traditional radiological reading of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fully automated segmentation ... -
Gir ACE-hemmere og angiotensinreseptorantagonister økt risiko for alvorlig covid-19?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Hypertensjon og diabetes mellitus er risikofaktorer for alvorlig covid-19. Det er blitt reist spørsmål om hvorvidt denne assosiasjonen er relatert til bruk av ACE-hemmere og angiotensin II-reseptorblokkere. -
Relative difference in muscle strength between patients with knee osteoarthritis and healthy controls when tested bilaterally and joint-inclusive: an exploratory cross-sectional study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: To improve the goal-directedness of strength exercises for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), physical rehabilitation specialists need to know which muscle-groups are most substantially weakened across ... -
MGMT Promoter Methylation Status Is Not Related to Histological or Radiological Features in IDH Wild-type Glioblastomas
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation is an important favorable predictive marker in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). We hypothesized that MGMT status could be a surrogate marker of pretreatment ... -
Vitamin K2 modulates vitamin D induced mechanical properties of human 3D bone spheroids in vitro
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rotational culture promotes primary human osteoblasts (hOBs) to form three-dimensional (3D) multicellular spheroids with bone tissue-like structure without any scaffolding material. Cell-based bone models enable us to ... -
Factors affecting quality of end-of-life hospital care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background The ERANet-LAC CODE (Care Of the Dying Evaluation) international survey assessed quality of care for dying cancer patients in seven countries, by use of the i-CODE questionnaire completed by bereaved relatives. ... -
Clinical effect modifiers of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes - Secondary analyses of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (the AIM study)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Randomised trials on antibiotic treatment for patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral endplate changes visible on MRI (Modic changes) have shown mixed results. A possible explanation might be a real ... -
Vascular risk factor control and adherence to secondary preventive medication after ischemic stroke
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Studies regarding adequacy of secondary stroke prevention are limited. We report medication adherence, risk factor control and factors influencing vascular risk profile following ischaemic stroke. Methods A ... -
Gender, class, employment status and social mobility following spinal cord injury in Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Study design: Cross sectional survey of 1055 persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. Objectives: (1) To analyse the employment levels of people of working age with SCI, ...