Sökning: "Birgitta Jonasson"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Birgitta Jonasson.

  1. 1. Studies on dextropropoxyphene : With special reference to dependence among chronic pain patients, classification of the manner of death in fatal poisoning, and characteristics of the fatal poisoning victims

    Författare :Birgitta Jonasson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; rättsmedicin; Forensic Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Background Dextropropoxyphene (DXP) is one of the most frequently prescribed analgesiccompounds in Sweden and the principal aim of the present study was to document some adverseeffects of its use.Methods Chronic pain patients treated at a rehabilitation clinic in 1992 were assessedregarding substance use disorders, and the attitudes of staff and patients to this assessment routinewere examined. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Importance of peripheral arterial disease as a risk marker in patients with myocardial infarction

    Författare :Birgitta Jönelid; Christina Christersson; Nina Johnston; Bertil Lindahl; Bertil Andrén; Lena Jonasson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Coronary heart disease; Peripheral artery disease; Polyvascular disease; Inflammatory biomarkers; TNFR-1; TNFR-2; GDF-15; Cardiovascular events.; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to describe the true prevalence of widespread arterial disease in a cohort with patients with a recent myocardial infarction (MI) to find valuable clinical methods to detect these patients. Our aim was also to investigate biomarker relationships with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and the importance of PAD in patients’ long-term outcomes. LÄS MER