Institute of Medicine / Institutionen för medicin

Health economic aspects of stroke: stroke prevention and effects on spouses' healthcare consumption and income

Labori, Frida; Labori, Frida (2023-01-23)

The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate two health economic aspects of stroke: (i) the clinical and cost-effectiveness of stroke prevention with left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) among persons with atrial ...

Factors of importance for work productivity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Frändemark, Åsa

Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are highly prevalent in the general population, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common DBGI. Having IBS, and many of the DGBI, can impact work life. However, ...

Pain, gender norms and psychosocial resources. A critical appraisal of taken for granted ideas on men and women with pain

Samulowitz, Anke

Background: Gender norms concerning pain are important to consider as they might lead to unequal treatment of men and women in health care. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe gender norms ...

Endogenous sex hormones and cardiometabolic risk factors – population-based studies within the Skaraborg Project

Ottarsdottir, Kristin (2022-12-21)

Cardiovascular diseases are the major contributors to mortality in Sweden and globally. Men have a higher incidence of cardiovascular diseases compared to women, until women reach the menopause. Levels of sex hormones ...

Experiences of handling daily life with chronic pain and preferences towards primary care - A qualitative report from a workshop

Ranås, Ebba; Dahlrot, Amanda; Grimby-Ekman, Anna; Ahlström, Linda (2022)

Understanding the genetic architecture of fatty liver disease

Jamialahmadi, Oveis (2022-11-29)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common chronic liver disease, ranging from simple steatosis to more severe conditions, namely non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, ...

Female sex hormones and health outcomes in women with specific focus on asthma

Zhang, Guo-Qiang (2022-11-25)

In humans, gender differences exist across a wide spectrum of diseases. For instance, women are more likely to develop Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and autoimmune thyroid disease compared to men. On ...

Human stem cell-based in vitro model of cardiac hypertrophy

Johansson, Markus (2022-11-18)

Cardiac hypertrophy is an important and independent risk factor for the development of cardiomyopathy that may lead to heart failure. To accelerate the development of new and improved treatment options, relevant disease ...

Dietary quality, greenhouse gas emissions related to food consumption, and human health: A population-based cohort study in northern Sweden

Strid, Anna (2022)

The overall aim of this thesis was to assess dietary quality and dietary-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs), and their association with health outcomes, in a population-based cohort in northern Sweden. Dietary data ...

Gout - epidemiological studies on work outcomes, airborne risk factors and treatment patterns

Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur (2022-11-10)

The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the contemporary epidemiology and use of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for gout in the Swedish region of Dalarna, to describe the impact of the disease with regard to sickness ...

Catching broken hearts - Electrocardiography and in-hospital outcome in Takotsubo syndrome versus ST elevation myocardial infarction

Zeijlon, Rickard (2022-11-10)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Takotsubo syndrome (TS) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have similar symptoms, non-invasive test results and complications. Whereas AMI is caused by cardiac ischemia, the pathophysiology of TS ...

On kidney dysfunction in advanced liver disease

Cederborg, Anna (2022-11-10)

Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to characterize factors affecting kidney function in advanced liver disease as well as after liver transplantation and to further understand the complex interaction between acute ...

Cardiopulmonary bypass: Clinical studies in cardiac surgery patients

Barbu, Mikael (2022-11-01)

BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is necessary to facilitate most cardiac operations. Although the vast majority of patients tolerate CPB physiology in conjunction with cardiac surgery well, there is risks of adverse ...

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction of ischaemic and non-ischaemic aetiology – Clinical characteristics, prognosis and factors associated with outcome

Silverdal, Jonas (2022-10-28)

BACKGROUND: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is common in heart failure (HF) and is often considered to infer a worse prognosis. Following treatment improvements and the increased survival in both IHD and HF, patients are ...