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1. 1. ALS – a Clinical Thesis

   Författare :Ingela Nygren; Håkan Askmark; Sten-Magnus Aquilonius; Peter Mattsson; Sebastian Conradi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; ALS; epidemiology; drug sales statistics; QoL; growth factors; polyamines; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi;

   Sammanfattning : Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by a progressive loss of upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in muscle weakness and death from respiratory failure within 3-5 years after onset. The incidence is 1.5-2.7/100,000 inhabitants. LÄS MER

3. 2. Aspects of mechanical dysphagia. Assessment, treatment and consequences

   Författare :Jan Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dysphagia; Watson; Ogilvie; Goldschmid; QoL; Sarcopenia; Laparoscopic myotomy; Achalasia; Oesophageal cancer;

   Sammanfattning : Aspects of mechanical dysphagia Assessment, treatment and consequences Jan Persson, M.D. Department of surgery, Institute of Clinical sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden ABSTRACT Background: Dysphagia is a symptom that negatively impacts patients’ quality of life. LÄS MER

4. 3. Parastomal hernia : investigation and treatment

   Författare :Pia Näsvall; Karin Strigård; Jörgen Rutegård; Ulf Gunnarsson; Michael Dahlberg; Ingvar Syk; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parastomal; hernia; 3D US; ultrasonography; mesh; QoL; rectal cancer; stoma; Surgery; kirurgi;

   Sammanfattning : BackgroundParastomal hernia is a common stoma complication causing the patient considerable inconvenience. The patient becomes aware of a bulge around the stoma, but a bulge is not always a parastomal hernia and diagnostics must be performed to enable differential treatment. It is difficult to distinguish between a bulge and a hernia. LÄS MER

5. 4. Audiologic and cognitive long-term sequelae from closed head injury

   Författare :Per-Olof Bergemalm; Erik Borg; Tapani Jauhiainen; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of medicine; Closed head injury; CHI; sensorineural hearing loss; SNHL; cognition; TIPS; tinnitus; vertigo; memory; quality of life; QOL; Gothenburg profile; Medicinhistoria; History of medicine; Medicinens historia; Medicinsk handikappvetenskap; Medical Disability Research;

   Sammanfattning : Objectives – Head injury is an important health problem all over the world. Previous studies have shown that peripheral hearing impairment (HI) is a common sequel of closed head injury (CHI), but in most cases it will subside within the first posttraumatic months. LÄS MER

7. 5. Quality of Life in Adult Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency : Bridging the gap between clinical evaluation and health economic assessment

   Författare :Maria Kołtowska-Häggström; Kesrtin (Chris) Bingefors; Dag Isacson; Paul Kind; Jens Sandahl Christiansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Health policy and health economics; growth hormone deficiency in adults; quality of life; cost-utility analysis; growth hormone replacement; normative data; QoL-AGHDA; Hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The goals of this thesis are to evaluate quality of life (QoL) in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in relation to population normative data, to construct a preference-weighted index (utility) from a disease-specific QoL measure and to assess it in a clinical context.The study included samples from the general population and patients with GHD from four European populations: England & Wales, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. LÄS MER