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The Clinical Relevance and Potential Mechanism of Biomarkers in Elderly Heart Failure Patients
(2013-05-08)
Aim: To study the clinical relevance and potential mechanism of biomarkers in elderly heart failure (HF) patients.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted by access to Swedish Heart Failure Registry with focus on ...
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 ...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, aspects on diagnosis and treatment
(2018-11-16)
Background
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an abnormal widening of the
aorta with a risk of rupture if it grows to a large diameter. Rupture ...
Non-functioning pituitary tumours - mortality, morbidity and tumour progression
(2014-04-16)
Non-functioning pituitary tumours, i.e. non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) and
craniopharyngiomas (CP), are histologically benign brain tumours. They are, however,
associated with hypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus ...
Elevated calcium concentration, is it dangerous? Long-term follow-up in primary care
(2014-02-12)
Background and aims: Patients with hypercalcaemia are relatively common in primary care; the most frequent causes are primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and cancer. Many patients with pHPT have such discrete symptoms that ...
Evaluating benefits and harms of screening - the streetlight effect?
(2018-05-25)
The general aim of this thesis was to explore how the benefits and harms of screening for a potentially life-threatening disease can be evaluated.
Papers I and II are a Cochrane Systematic Review on screening for malignant ...
Stroke: Risk Factors and Trends
(2014-11-04)
Stroke is a severe disease that affects 30,000 people in Sweden every year. Three quarters of stroke events are first time events. The risk of premature death and disability is high among stroke survivors. Knowledge about ...
Congenital Heart Disease, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2020-04-28)
Worldwide, 1% of all live born children are born with a congenital heart disease (CHD) and currently >95% reach adulthood due to better diagnostics and medical care. At the same time, Diabetes Mellitus (DM), type 1 (T1DM) ...
Hip fracture prevention by screening and intervention of elderly women in Primary Health Care
(2007-09-18)
Hip fracture prevention by screening and intervention of elderly women in Primary Health Care Daniel Albertsson Background – One in four Swedish women suffers a hip fracture (HF). In order to identify high-risk women we ...
Addison's Disease and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
(2018-05-18)
Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and patients with Addison’s disease (AD) need life-long replacement therapy with insulin and glucocorticoids (GCs), respectively. Both groups have reduced life-expectancy. ...