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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Attendance to routine cancer screening at repeated intervals is essential for reducing morbidity and mortality of targeted cancers, yet currently defined quality-assurance metrics evaluate coverage within a ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2024)Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a commonly performed surgical procedure for treating knee osteoarthritis. Despite its prevalence, a significant number of patients continue to suffer from chronic post-surgical pain and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Background: Mass-screening programs are necessary to prevent or even cure colorectal cancer. A criticism of screening however has been the risk of patient misinterpretation of the result, specifically the Health Certificate ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction The aim of this study was to examine the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes in women diagnosed with GDM by the World Health Organization (WHO) 1999 criteria, and in those retrospectively identified by the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)Abstract In business as elsewhere, “ugly people” are treated worse than ”pretty people.” Why is this so? This article investigates the ethics of aesthetic injustice by addressing four questions: 1. What is aesthetic ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background We aimed to identify the aetiological distribution and the diagnostic methods for paediatric hydrocephalus across Africa, for which there is currently scarce evidence. Methods In this systematic review ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
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After the Breakpoint: An Examination of Provider’s List Trends in Norway’s General Practitioner SchemeRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: The literature offers discrepant findings regarding age at death in individuals with Huntington disease (HD). Objective: To study the age at death and causes of death in males and females with a diagnosis ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose The purpose of the present study was to assess the agreement between self‐reported use of sleep medications and tranquilizers and dispensed hypnotics and anxiolytics. Methods Self‐reported medication use was ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Bakgrunn: Medisinsk behandling for de inflammatoriske revmatiske sykdommene har blitt betydelig bedre i løpet av 2000- tallet. Dette gir pasienter med inflammatorisk revmatisk sykdom bedre forutsetninger for å kunne leve ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Formålet med studien var å få personer som har artrose i vektbærende ledd, og som har deltatt på dagbehandling i gruppe, om å fortelle om sine erfaringer om hvordan det å ha artrose har medført at de har måttet tilpasse ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Bakgrunn: 3 - 6 % av alle barn i verden har diagnosen Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) og 2/3 av disse vil ha rester eller tegn på ADHD i voksen alder. Den hyppigste formen for behandling av ADHD i dag er ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)BAKGRUNN Benzodiazepiner brukes også som rusmidler. Dette kan være farlig, særlig ved blandingsrus. Vi beskriver akutte forgiftninger ved rusrelatert bruk av benzodiazepiner hos pasienter på Legevakten i Oslo. MATERIALE ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background A moderate to high alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in comparison with low consumption. The mechanisms underlying this association are not clear ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)The relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia risk is unclear. This investigation estimates the association between alcohol consumption reported in a population-based study in the mid-1980s and the risk for ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aims:Alcohol consumption has been linked to colorectal cancer (CRC) and also to the high-densitylipoprotein cholesterol level (HDL-C). HDL-C has been associated with the incidence of CRC. The aimof this study was to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Although a number of studies have examined the association between alcohol intake and hip fractures, few have considered specific alcoholic beverages separately. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate alcohol consumption on some conditions. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Aims (1) To compare alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries 1990–2013, by overall disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and separated by premature mortality [years of life lost (YLL)] and health loss ...