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Monitoring alveolar recruitment in the critically ill - Patient studies using electric impedance tomography and volume-dependent compliance
(2010-11-19)
Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are associated with a high mortality rate and poor long term outcome in terms of quality of life, for those who survive. Similarly, patients ...
Effekter av buller från vägtrafik och tåg - undersökningar i Kungälv, Borås, Töreboda och Falköping
(Göteborgs universitet, Medicinska institutionen, Sahlgrenska akademin, Avd för Samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, Enh för Arbets- och miljömedicin, 2010)
Passive sampling of PAHs and some trace organic compounds in occupational and residential air: needs, evaluation and limits
(2010-05-11)
Human exposure to elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and trace organic compounds (e.g. PCB, OCP, PBDE) can be related to negative health effects. This raises demands of exposure measurements to be ...
Mental adjustment and Health-related: Quality of Life In laryngeal cancer patients Quantitative and Qualitative approaches
(2010-08-30)
The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate mental adjustment and HRQL in patients treated for laryngeal cancer. Specific aims were to evaluate if either VAS or Likert response options was more suitable when assessing ...
Intestinal transplantation. Experimental and clinical studies
(2010-01-11)
Intestinal preservation-reperfusion injury may result in various degrees of mucosal injury. Interestingly, the preservation injury is similar when using the current preservation solutions, which are given as a intravascular ...
Evaluation of various strategies to improve outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with particular focus on mechanical chest compressions
(2010-09-13)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills vary among health care professionals. A previous study revealed that chest compressions were only performed half the time in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Field conditions ...
Attitude to Speech and Communication in Individuals Born with Cleft Lip and Palate
(2010-09-23)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how individuals who are born with a cleft lip and palate experience their communicative situation, how they perceive their speech and whether their views correlate ...
Scientific Basic for Swedish Occupational Standards XXX.
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2010)
Critical review and evaluation of those scientific data which are relevant as a
background for discussion of Swedish occupational exposure limits. This volume
consists of the consensus reports given by the Criteria Group ...
Fibrinogen and Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery: Clinical Studies in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients
(2010-03-05)
Fibrinogen and Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery:
Clinical Studies in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients
Background: Cardiac surgery is accompanied by inflammatory activation and bleeding complications. Fibrinogen is a key ...
Lipooligosaccharide and Cytolethal distending toxin of Haemophilus ducreyi and antibody responses
(2010-03-31)
The Gram-negative bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi causes chancroid, a sexually transmitted infection characterized by persistent ulcers on genitals. The disease is prevalent in developing countries and facilitates transmission ...