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Lower Urinary Tract symptoms in women - aspects on epidemiology and treatment
(2009-04-17)
Lower urinary tract symptoms in women – aspects on epidemiology and treatment
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common conditions that compromise a person’s quality of life and result in increased health care costs ...
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and anxiety symptoms in older adults
(2019-09-11)
Anxiety is a broad concept, difficult to detect and recognize. Expression may shift over the lifetime further complicating identification. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders in ...
Epidemiological aspects of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among individuals with diabetes: the relative importance of cardiovascular risk factors
(2018-09-21)
Background: Long-term trends of cardiovascular complications and death among patients with diabetes have not been studied extensively. In addition, we aimed to examine the effect of multifactorial risk factor control, as ...
Severe angina pectoris and spinal cord stimulation. Long-term effects and safety aspects
(2003)
Refractory angina pectoris has been defined as coronary artery disease and severe angina, where standard pharmacological and invasive treatment possibilities are exhausted. The epidemiology of this condition is virtually ...
COPD: Incidence, prognosis and co-morbidity with special focus on heart disease
(2016-12-20)
The aim of the thesis was to contribute to the knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with respect to incidence, risk factors, prognosis and comorbidities. With the epidemiological approach, samples from ...
The role of wastewater in surveillance and emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria
(2021-05-25)
As antibiotic resistance spreads among bacterial pathogens, it reduces treatment
options and increases treatment failures of infectious diseases. Strategies
employed to reduce this spread or adapt to its consequences ...
Epidemiology of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus - Prevalence, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Prognosis
(2016-05-31)
The number of older persons and individuals with cognitive impairment is expected to increase dramatically in most parts of the world. It is therefore important to learn more about disorders that affect cognition. Idiopathic ...
Skilled birth attendant services in Nepal: overcoming barriers to utilization
(2017-05-18)
Background
Skilled birth attendants (SBAs) provide important services that improve maternal and newborn health and reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Utilization and coverage of SBA services reveal wide disparities ...
Aspects of bone quality and risk assessments in fracture and elective orthopaedic patients
(2021-09-15)
Background: Bone quality, bone strength, and bone remodelling are important in many orthopaedic
conditions and can have an impact on fracture incidence, bone healing, implant failure, and different outcome
aspects. ...
Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts. Epidemiology, Morphology and Surgical Outcome
(2016-05-13)
Background: Intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) are malformations of the arachnoid membrane. They may cause symptoms, either by obstruction of the CSF flow or by compression of adjacent neural tissues. The aim of this thesis ...