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Predicting mortality by comorbidity for patients with hip arthroplasty: Prospective observational register studies of a nationwide Swedish cohort
(2020-08-19)
INTRODUCTION: Patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to osteoarthritis (OA) are
usually healthy, some with a remaining lifetime of several decades after surgery. Patients
with hip arthroplasty due to a femoral ...
Registry-based studies of return to work after stroke - part of the work after stroke study (WASS)
(2021-02-15)
Objectives. Stroke is one of the most common diseases and a main cause of disability both globally and in Sweden. Even though the risk increases with older age, stroke in the younger population is increasing and a substantial ...
Atrial fibrillation in aging; methodological aspects and the relation to dementia and cerebral vascular disease
(2022-01-12)
Emerging evidence suggest an increased risk of dementia in individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, until recently, few studies have investigated the relation between AF and dementia taking both prevalent and ...
Comprehending the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Feasibility, outcomes and experiences of frail older people
(2020-06-04)
ABSTRACT
Despite existing knowledge on how to approach frail people in health care, the care they receive is commonly not designed to meet their complex needs and support them in maintaining their activities of daily ...
The role of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in inflammation and brain injury
(2022-01-13)
The alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChR) are expressed in the nervous system as well as on peripheral immune cells where it participates in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Inflammation is a common ...
Exposure to household air pollution among women and children in Ethiopia: Socio-cultural factors and the association with airway health
(2020-11-27)
Abstract
Using solid fuel generates emissions of many health-damaging pollutants including inhalable fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Such exposure is known to cause morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income ...
T cells in colon cancer; migration and effector functions
(2021-12-16)
Immune cells are recognised as one of the main players in the tumor microenvironment and targeted by many new cancer therapies. Regulatory T cells (Treg) can suppress tumor infiltrating lymphocytes which are associated ...
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase activity, a therapeutic target, suppresses neuroblastoma cell differentiation
(2020-11-27)
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial pediatric solid malignancy caused by the failed differentiation of precursor cells of the developing sympathetic nervous system. NB accounts for about 15% of childhood ...
Cell Therapy in lntervertebral Disc Degeneration
(2021-04-12)
Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is central in the pathogenesis. The injection of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells ...
Health-economic evaluations of person-centred care
(2020-01-28)
Person-centred care aims at making the individual partake in the healthcare decisionmaking
and at supporting individual health management. This stands in contrast to usual
care, which typically has more focus on the ...