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En rapport om studiemiljö, stress och hälsa bland Sahlgrenska akademins studenter
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2017-10-02)Rapporter från både Göteborgs universitets Akademihälsa och Sahlgrenska akademin Studentkår har uppmärksammat en hög förekomst av överbelastning och psykisk ohälsa bland studenter vid Sahlgrenska akademin. Därför beslöt ... -
Heart failure epidemiology with emphasis on young adults
(2019-11-20)Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with exponentially increasing incidence with age and the majority of patients being elderly. In recent years, an increase in hospitalization and prevalence ... -
Health-Related Quality of Life and Growth Hormone Treatment
(2019-11-18)Introduction Growth Hormone (GH) is used to increase height in Turner Syndrome (TS), the most common sex-chromosome aberration in women. GH is also beneficial for bone mass. However, little is known about how GH treatment ... -
Body mass index and mental health in young people - predictors of early heart failure and cardiomyopathy
(2019-11-18)Heart failure among young people is rare, but in contrast to decreasing incidence rates overall, recent studies have found increasing rates among the young over the last decades. Concomitantly, cardiomyopathies, which ... -
Cardiac lipids and their role in the diseased heart
(2019-11-13)Lipids play an essential role within the heart as they are involved in energy storage, membrane stability and signaling. Changes in cardiac lipid composition and utilization may thus have profound effects on cardiac ... -
Bedömning i samverkan - en väg till remission vid schizofreni
(2019-11-11)Background: The process from assessment of symptoms and function to various efforts in psychiatric outpa-tient care is still a "black box". Our knowledge of the connection between processes in care and the patient's status ... -
Factors influencing outcome in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Effects of pharmacotherapy, pacing and surgical myectomy
(2019-11-07)Background: Most studies on risk factors for disease-related mortality in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have emanated from specialized tertiary centres which are subject to possible referral bias. About one quarter of ... -
Patient Perspectives brought to the Fore for Diabetes Care: Descriptions as well as Development and Testing of the Diabetes Questionnaire
(2019-11-07)Aim: The overall aims were to describe perspectives of living with diabetes, to develop a patient-reported outcome and experience measure for the Swedish National Diabetes Register, and to initiate the evaluation of evidence ... -
Cardiac abnormalities in chronic kidney disease
(2019-11-06)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem associated with increased risk of mortality and development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality ... -
Energy metabolism and angiogenesis in atherosclerosis and cancer
(2019-10-30)Energy metabolism requires supply of glucose and oxygen. In atherosclerotic plaques and cancer tumors, there are local areas with mismatch in demand and supply of oxygen and nutrients. The resulting cellular energy imbalance ... -
Risk Factors and Predictors of Heart Failure: from Incidence to Prognosis
(2019-10-30)Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem affecting at least 26 million people worldwide and one of the leading causes of disability and death. Aims: To identify characteristics associated with ... -
Estrogen receptor α and Bone – Posttranslational modifications and cell-specific deletion
(2019-10-30)Estrogen is involved in the regulation and development of reproductive organs. In addition, estrogen regulates several other organs including the skeleton, immune system, and adipose tissue. Estrogen treatment protects ... -
Arbete efter hjärtinfarkt – en kunskapssammanställning
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2019-10-28)De senaste ca 20-30 åren har det skett en fortlöpande förändring av flera faktorer som påverkar risken för hjärtinfarkt i Sverige. Mycket tyder på att flera riskfaktorer för hjärtinfarkt har minskat samtidigt som de ... -
Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to whiplash trauma
(2019-10-28)Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to a whiplash trauma Artur Tenenbaum Avdelning för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, Institutionen för medicin, Sahlgrenska akademin, ... -
Symptom patterns in irritable bowel syndrome
(2019-10-23)Who has never had them: symptoms in the abdominal region, such as pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhoea? These are common symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS affects 5-10% of the population, especially ... -
A prospective chohort study on bone formation and bone loss in ankylosing spondylitis
(2019-10-02)Background and objectives: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have an increased risk of bone loss with development of osteoporosis and vertebral fractures (VFs) but also spinal new bone formation with growth of bony ... -
Register-based evaluation of primary care - Focus on chronic disease
(2019-09-19)Background: Options for following up primary care at the regional level have increased in Sweden, partly as a result of a national reform in 2009. In Region Västra Götaland (VGR) this was the starting point for a quality ... -
Diseases in the hip - Exploring risk for fracture and osteoarhritis
(2019-09-18)Objective: Hip fracture is the most serious condition linked to low bone mass or osteoporosis, and Sweden has one of the highest incidences in the world. The proportion of elderly is increasing in the Swedish population ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals. 152. Inorganic chloramines
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2019-09-03)Inorganic chloramines, i.e. monochloramine (NH2Cl), dichloramine (NHCl2) and trichloramine (NCl3), are formed when free1 chlorine reacts with nitrogen-containing substances present in e.g. chlorinated (disinfection) water ... -
Work-related cardiovascular disease
(2019-09-02)The overall aim of this thesis was to study occupational risk factors for cardiovascular disease, particularly, occupational noise, job strain and shift work. Incidence of cardiovascular disease was analysed in a general ...