Sökning: "Esophageal morbidity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Esophageal morbidity.
1. Respiratory and esophageal morbidity in adults with repaired esophageal atresia
Sammanfattning : Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) often leads to persistent esophageal and respiratory symptoms, as well as impaired esophageal and lung function in adulthood. The reasons for this, and the connections between symptoms and documented abnormalities, are not fully understood. LÄS MER
2. Aspects on the management of patients with esophageal cancer
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3. Function and morbidity of the esophagus and respiratory system in the growing child with esophageal atresia
Sammanfattning : Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital malformation that consists of various degrees of discontinuity of the esophagus and affects about 1:3000 live births. EA is usually corrected at birth with survival rates over 90%, which has shifted the focus towards improvement of associated morbidity and health-related quality of life. LÄS MER
4. Patient-reported outcomes in children and adolescents born with esophageal atresia
Sammanfattning : Background: Survival rates in children with esophageal atresia (EA) have reached 90-95%, but they are at risk of chronic morbidity, mainly related to esophageal and respiratory dysfunction. Knowledge of condition-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and coping is needed in order to properly understand the impact of the disease and treatment in the child’s daily life. LÄS MER
5. Perforations of the Upper Gastro-Intestinal Tract
Sammanfattning : Material and methods: In all, 237 consecutive patients with a perforated peptic ulcer admitted from 1974-1992 and 125 consecutive patients with an oesophageal perforation admitted from 1970-2006 to Lund University hospital were studied retrospectively. Prognostic factors were evaluated using the Cox proportional hazards model. LÄS MER