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1. 6. Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease

   Författare :Kasper Andersen; Johan Sundström; Claes Held; Frieder Braunschweig; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical activity; epidemiology; cohort study; heart failure; cardiovascular disease; arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; bradyarrhythmias; sudden cardiac death; heart failure; stroke; ischemic heart disease; cardiovascular death; maximal exercise capacity; muscle strength; skeletal muscle morphology; Kardiologi; Cardiology; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim was to investigate associations of fitness and types and levels of physical activity with subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease.Four large-scale longitudinal cohort studies were used. The exposures were different measures related to physical activity and the outcomes were obtained through linkage to the Swedish In-Patient Register. LÄS MER

3. 7. När livet oväntat förändras : Föräldrars erfarenheter efter spädbarnsdöd, med särskild hänsyn till ritualers funktion. En religionspsykologisk studie

   Författare :Carin Åblad Lundström; Valerie DeMarinis; Antoon Geels; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rituals; religious rituals; psychosocial functions; unexpected death; parents; children; SIDS; Spädbarnsfonden; liminoid; time; mixed methods design; ritualer; religiösa ritualer; psykosociala funktioner; oväntad död; föräldrar; barn; SIDS; Spädbarnsfonden; liminoid; tid; mixed methods design; Psychology of religion; Religionspsykologi; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion;

   Sammanfattning : The study examines rituals’ psychosocial functions for Swedish parents with experience of SIDS. Focus is on: the parents’ experience of religious rituals such as funerals; private indivudal rituals such as interaction with things belonging to the child; private collective rituals in the Swedish SIDS Society for parents who have lost an infant through SIDS (Spädbarnsfonden); and, informal and formal help support structures. LÄS MER

4. 8. Att leva med mycket svår kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom : ett liv i slowmotion

   Författare :Kristina Ek; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Birgitta Andershed; Eva Sahlberg-Blom; Ella Danielsson; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; palliative care; living alone; couple; relatives; trajectory; nursing; death; dying; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe how people with very severe obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experienced their every day lives and created meaning, with focus on end-of-life. A second aim was to describe how death and dying can be viewed from the perspective of relatives to people with COPD. LÄS MER

5. 9. Acute coronary syndromes. The prognostic importance of hypertension, diabetes and vectorcardiographic markers

   Författare :Markus Lingman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; acute coronary syndromes; hypertension; diabetes; percutaneous coronary intervention; prognosis; myocardial ischemia; coronary artery disease; electrocardiography; vectorcardiography; arrhythmia; sudden death; electrophysiology;

   Sammanfattning : Research questions: 1 Is hypertension and diabetes associated with the future risk of death, and recurrent manifestations of cardiovascular disease in acute coronary syndromes (ACS)? 2 How does myocardial ischemia affect depolarization and repolarization of the heart during the early phase of an acute myocardial infarction? 3 What is the prognostic value of accepted vectorcardiographic markers in relation to future risk of sudden cardiac death after ACS? Methodology: Papers I, III and IV studied patients with ACS prospectively and consecutively included at the coronary care unit of Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Paper I deals with 2,329 patients who were followed for a median of 8 years. LÄS MER

7. 10. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, incidence, circumstances and risk factors

   Författare :Olafur Sveinsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Although Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) has attracted increasing attention from the scientific community during the last 20 years, important gaps in knowledge still exist that hamper the development of methods aiming at prevention of this, the most devastating consequence of epilepsy. We are still missing large population-based studies on the incidence of SUDEP. LÄS MER