Institute of Medicine / Institutionen för medicin: Recent submissions
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Physical activity and exercise in patients with intermittent claudication
(2022-09-26)Introduction. Supervised exercise is a guideline recommendation in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). As the availability of supervised exercise varies, interest has turned to the more accessible home-based ... -
Vaccine responses after chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation in patients with hematological malignancies
(2022-09-22)The prevention of infections in patients with hematological malignancies is important given the inherent immune deficiency associated with these diseases and the immunosuppressive effects of treatment. This thesis investigated ... -
Mechanical circulatory support in advanced heart failure - patient selection, treatment strategies and outcomes
(2022-09-19)Background: Heart transplantation (HTx) remains the major treatment option for selected patients with end-stage heart failure. In hemodynamically unstable patients, or when there is a considerable risk of deterioration ... -
Men and Masculinities in Sexual Healthcare: Exploring Notions and Discourses among Healthcare Professionals
(2022)Aim: Healthcare professionals (HCP) have been described as vital for men’s experiences of sexual healthcare (SHC). However, HCPs in SHC have to a low extent been included in research on men and masculinity. The aim of ... -
Hälsobringande sjukvård - för personal och patienter
(: Göteborgs universitet, Sahlgrenska akademin, Inst f medicin, Samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, Arbets- och miljömedicin, 2022) -
The economics of a silent pandemic - A health economic analysis of antibiotic resistance in Sweden
(2022-08-16)The overall aim of this thesis was to analyze the health economic consequences of antibiotic resistance in Sweden, and to assess the implications of methodological assumptions related to measuring health in health economic ... -
Peripheral airway function assessed by inert gas washout and impulse oscillometry
(2022-08-15)Small (peripheral) airways play a key role in asthma. Despite this is lung function tests for assessing small airway function not included in the routine asthma management. Undetected small airway dysfunction (SAD) may ... -
Free Fatty Acid Receptor 2 - A G protein coupled receptor with unique signaling properties in neutrophils
(2022-08-15)The overall aim of the PhD thesis was to determine the role of neutrophil pattern recognition receptors in the initiation and resolution of inflammatory processes. Neutrophil pattern recognition receptors such as the formyl ... -
Approaches for the setting of occupational exposure limits(OELs) for carcinogens
(Samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, 2022-07-05)Högberg J, Järnberg J. The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals. 154. Approaches for the setting of occupational exposure limits (OELs) for carcinogens. Arbete och Hälsa ... -
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas and hypopituitarism - studies on morbidity and mortality
(2022-06-15)Background and aims: Hypopituitarism is most commonly caused by benign pituitary tumors, often resulting in insidious symptoms that develop over a long time. Due to either a mass effect exerted by the tumor, or due to the ... -
Dupuytrens sjukdom i relation till exponering för handöverförda vibrationer
(Samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, 2022-05-30)Kunskapsöversikten syftar till att specifikt besvara frågan om risk för Dupuytrens sjukdom i relation till exponering för handöverförda vibrationer. Litteraturgenomgången följde PRISMAs systematiska metod omfattande databaserna ... -
The role of galectin-1 in type 2 diabetes. Clinical and experimental studies
(2022-05-27)Aim: The purpose of this thesis was to identify a new agent in the subcutaneous adipose tissue and assess its clinical potential in the context of type 2 diabetes. Study I: Through a combination of microdialysis and ... -
The endocrine system in the progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia
(2022-05-23)Background and aims: Endocrine alterations have been related to cognitive decline, but the role of hormones may vary along the progression to manifest dementia. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess whether thyroid ... -
Exploring small airways using breath analyses
(2022-05-19)Background: Airway irritants such as allergens, tobacco smoke and viruses may cause damage in the small airways, usually undetected with routine diagnostic methods. Analyses of endogenously produced nitric oxide (NO) and ... -
Occupational heat exposure and kidney disease - Studies on the role of heat stress in the Mesoamerican epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of non-traditional origin
(2022-05-19)This thesis examines the association between heat stress and kidney disease in Mesoamerica using different perspectives and methods. An ecologic study found that hot, sugarcane-cultivating regions had elevated chronic ... -
Nutritional impact on health in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2022-05-19)Objective: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune rheumatic disease, affecting around 0.5-1% of the population. The aim of this thesis was to study dietary impact on markers of health in patients with ... -
Allergic and non-allergic asthma: Translational research in immunology
(2022-05-18)Asthma is a chronic heterogeneous respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people globally. The different phenotypes, including allergic and nonallergic asthma, are driven by different underlying mechanisms ... -
Defining the clinical usefulness of vertebral fracture assessment
(2022-05-10)Objective: Vertebral fractures (VFs) are the most common osteoporotic fracture and among the strongest predictors for future fracture. VFs can be identified by vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) from lateral spine imaging ... -
Acromegaly - Mortality, Morbidity and Treatment Patterns
(2022-05-10)Background: Acromegaly is a systemic disease associated with multiple comorbidities. The clinical characteristics of acromegaly develop insidiously over several years and the diagnosis is usually delayed. Progress has been ... -
Hypertension, atherosclerosis and fracture risk - observational investigations with focus on antihypertensive therapy
(2022-04-28)Aim: To investigate associations between hypertension, arteriosclerotic disease, and fracture risk in adults and the elderly, with a certain focus on how specific antihypertensive drug treatments in patients with high blood ...