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Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia - Prognosis after intervention
(2019-04-26)
Introduction: Lower-extremity arterial disease (LEAD) is a major health problem worldwide. Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) is the most severe manifestation of LEAD. Open or endovascular recanalization is recommended ...
Renal function after transplantation of the liver and intestine
(2010-01-27)
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) after liver (LT) or intestinal (IT) transplantation may decrease patient survival. Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) play a major role in its development.
Aims: Describe long term renal ...
On morbidity and mortality in novovirus infection
(2014-12-02)
Norovirus causes epidemic gastroenteritis. The extent of excess mortality related to norovirus infections is not established and factors that influence the duration of viral shedding have not been determined. The aims of ...
Manifestations and Survival in Coronary Heart Disease
(2009-01-15)
Aim: To investigate how risk factors predict manifestations in coronary heart disease (CHD), and trends in short-term and long-term survival including trends in out-of-hospital mortality.
Populations and methods: In the ...
Long-term post-stroke outcome - the Sahlgrenska Academy Study on Ischemic Stroke
(2014-11-21)
Independent studies report that stroke incidence in younger ages is increasing. Consequences after stroke include disability, cognitive dysfunction and the risk of stroke recurrence and coronary events. There are still ...
Studies of risks associated with atrial fibrillation
(2010-10-25)
Aim: To investigate temporal trends in the risk of mortality and stroke associated with incident
atrial fibrillation (AF) in Sweden. To investigate the risk of morbidity and mortality associated
with prevalent and incident ...
Pre-Hospital Decision Process and Prognosis in Men and Women with Coronary Heart Disease
(2015-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to describe experiences, strategies and actions in the prehospital phase among patients with a first acute myocardial infarction and to examine long-term trends in survival among patients ...
Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum epidemiology and outcome in children born in Sweden 1980-1999
(2008-04-22)
Aims: To describe children born with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS) in Sweden between 1980 and 1999, the incidence and outcome of PA-IVS, to examine cardio-pulmonary outcomes in survivors and to ...
Epidemiology of heart failure and feasibility of home care in patients with worsening chronic heart failure
(2009-11-26)
Aim: To investigate gender-specific trends in long-term mortality in patients hospitalised for ischaemic and non-ischaemic heart failure (HF) and explore temporal trends in the risk of HF complicating acute myocardial ...
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 ...