Institute of Medicine / Institutionen för medicin: Recent submissions
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Descriptive cohort study of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy enrolled to SU-Sahlgrenska from June 2018 to June 2020 within the framework of Sahlgrenska Cardiomyopathy Project (SCMPC)
(2021-08-05)Introduction and Aims: Cardiomyopathies (CMP) is a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with different types of myocardial dysfunction or ventricular arrhythmia, which may lead to premature death. In early stages, ... -
Clinical outcome and survival for surgically resected distal cholangiocarcinoma in patients treated at Sahlgrenska University Hospital between 2010 – 2017
(2021-08-05)Introduction: While distal cholangiocarcinoma (DCC) constitutes its own entity, it is rarely studied as a separate case group and in lack of high-grade evidence regarding what the optimal treatment approach might be, ... -
Simuleringsbaserad medicinsk utbildning - En jämförelse av termin sju och åtta på läkarprogrammet på Göteborgs Universitet
(2021-08-05)Simuleringsbaserad medicinsk utbildning (SBME) är en pedagogisk läroform som används inom hälso- och sjukvården för att träna personal på att hantera olika tänkbara medicinska scenarion som kan uppkomma. ... -
The precision of target temperature management in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest - a quality assessment
(2021-08-04)Introduction: To mitigate reperfusion cerebral injury secondary to cardiac arrest (CA), postresuscitation target temperature management (TTM) is applied. TTM generally includes 24h of hypothermia ... -
Mesalazine treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome – effects on bowel habits and specific gastrointestinal symptoms
(2021-08-04)Background: There is accumulating evidence for low-grade intestinal inflammation in the pathogenesis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), which led to studies of mesalazine for IBS. These previous studies ... -
Utilizing 3D cultures to study the role of fibroblastlike synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2021-08-04)Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease affecting multiple joints in the body, characterized by chronic inflammation and destruction of cartilaginous structures. The key effector ... -
Evaluation of Conventional Chest X-Ray in the Trauma Bay
(2021-08-04)Introduction: The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS™) provides guidelines for the initial management of major trauma patients, which have become the golden standard at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SU/S). These guidelines ... -
Autologous transfusion of shed pleural blood in trauma: a pilot study of hemothorax blood properties
(2021-08-04)Background: Direct autotransfusion of shed pleural blood in a trauma setting as an alternative to transfusion of banked blood in patients with (massive) traumatic hemothorax is a tested, working and used methodology at ... -
Patient characteristics, occasion of injury, choice of treatment and outcome after treatment in a cohort with bony Bankart injuries in the shoulder
(2021-08-04)Background: A bony Bankart injury is a fracture in the shoulder joint on the anterior inferior part of the glenoid, together with a lesion of the glenoid labrum. The injury usually occurs after ... -
Immune Function in Patients with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
(2021-08-04)Background: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPL) is a serious condition caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. It is most common in children and elderly. People with chronic diseases and immunodeficiency are ... -
Förekomst av patologisk aktivitet vid rutin-elektroencefalografi efter ett misstänkt epileptiskt anfall, och dess påverkan på handläggningen
(2021-08-04)Varje år beräknas 34 personer per 100 000 invånare fä ett oprovocerat epilepsianfall. Ett epilepsianfall beror på att vissa nervceller i hjärnan är överaktiva, och kan innebära allt ifrån en luktförnimmelse till ... -
Survival after severe liver failure requiring intensive care with and without liver transplantation: a 10-year retrospective study
(2021-08-04)Introduction: Severe liver failure is treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and carries a high mortality rate. Acute liver failure (ALF), without previous liver disease, and ´acute-on-chronic´ liver failure (ACLF), with ... -
Regional wall motion abnormalities in ICU patients with non-obstructed coronary arteries
(2021-08-04)Introduction: Left ventricular dysfunction is associated with high mortality and can be both global or due to regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMA). RWMA is most commonly caused by obstructed coronary ... -
Sex Differences in Long-term Prognosis, Extent of Myocardial Dysfunction and Acute Ischemic Heart Failure after ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
(2021-08-03)Background: Previous studies have shown that women fare worse after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the short term but that female sex is not associated with a worse long-term ... -
Retrospektiv longitudinell studie från Populationsundersökningen av kvinnor i Göteborg gällande relationen mellan upplevd stress och insjuknande i diabetes mellitus typ 2.
(2021-08-03)Diabetes mellitus är en av de vanligaste sjukdomarna i världen och orsak till mycket lidande och flera dödsfall. Den vanligaste typen av diabetes, uppemot 90% är typ 2 diabetes. Diabetes mellitus typ 2 ... -
The effect of storage conditions on the preanalytical stability of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in whole blood samples
(2021-08-03)Background: To combat the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), mass-scale antibody testing is occurring. It is important that test ... -
Health-related quality of life in children screened for celiac disease: a pilot study at a pediatric outpatient clinic
(2021-08-03)Background: Celiac Disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune enteropathy that affects some 2-3% of Swedish children. Due to diffuse or subclinical symptoms, many remain undiagnosed. Screening for CD is currently ... -
Reasons for and outcomes of performing secondary patella resurfacing after total knee arthroplasy
(2021-08-03)This study aims to investigate reasons for and outcomes of performing Secondary Patella Resurfacing (SPR) after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). Since there is no consensus regarding whether to perform primary patella ... -
Långvarig muskuloskeletal smärta och dödsorsak - en 25 års uppföljningsstudie
(2021-08-03)Smärta är något som de flesta kommer i kontakt med under livet, det kan vara allt från att man råkar bränna sig på varmt kaffe eller skära sig på ett papper till att slå i lilltån i bordsbenskanten eller bryta en arm. I ... -
Prehospital Triage Systems in Mass Casualty Incidents: Could the Most Commonly Used Systems be Translated to One?
(2021-08-03)The field of prehospital triage in mass casualty incidents (MCI) lacks a global consensus regarding what specific triage system to implement. The heterogenicity in available systems poses a threat to the ...