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1. 16. Glaucoma Characteristics and Risk Factors - Results from Malmö Eye Survey

   Författare :Kirsti Grødum; Oftalmologi (Malmö); []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; vascular disease; Ophtalmology; Oftalmologi; myopia; optic disc hemorrhages; mortality; refraction; glaucoma; population screening;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on data from a large glaucoma screening, comprising 32, 918 elderly citizens of Malmö and data from retrospective analysis of glaucoma patients’ charts from the Eye Department of Malmö University Hospital. The definition of glaucoma was based on reproducible visual field defects and/or glaucomatous optic nerve head damage in both groups. LÄS MER

3. 17. Thirst in Patients with Heart Failure : Description of thirst dimensions and associated factors with thirst

   Författare :Nana Waldréus; Tiny Jaarsma; Robert Hahn; Anna Forsberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Heart failure; thirst; fluid restriction; thirst intensity; thirst distress; thirst frequency; thirst quality; dehydration; symptom management;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Nurses and other health care professionals meet patients with heart failure (HF) who report they are thirsty. Thirst is described by the patients as a concern, and it is distressing. LÄS MER

4. 18. Characteristics of taste and smell alterations in patients treated for lung cancer : translation of and results using a symptom specific questionnaire

   Författare :Jennifer McGreevy; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :cultural adaptation;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Taste and smell alterations (TSAs) have been found to be common and distressing symptoms for patients with cancer. TSAs may also relate to other symptoms affecting food consumption and contribute to poor nutritional intake. Evidence-based knowledge to guide healthcare staff in identificati on and management of TSAs is lacking. LÄS MER

5. 19. Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome

   Författare :Annika Janson Fagring; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Chest pain; unexplained chest pain; gender; daily life; psychosocial factors; stress; healthrelated quality of life;

   Sammanfattning : Patients with chest pain account for a large number of all patients seeking health care. The majority of these patients are referred to emergency departments (ED) and many of them are given a discharge diagnosis of unexplained chest pain (UCP). Our knowledge of this increasing number of patients with UCP is limited. LÄS MER

7. 20. Introductory greeting behaviour in relation to sex, age, physical characteristics, attitudes, personality, and psychopathology : Approaches by interviews, observations, and experiments

   Författare :Jan Åström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate, through interviews, observations and experiments, elements of the introductory greeting, such as sex, age, physical characteristics, personality, and psychopathology, in a psychotherapeutic situation. As an introductory greeting it was considered here the ftrst occasion the therapist and the patient greet each other in the waiting room. LÄS MER