Sökning: "chest x-ray"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden chest x-ray.

  1. 16. Pulmonary tuberculosis and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia

    Författare :Getachew Aderaye; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this study initially was to determine the prevalence of culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis in TB suspects and investigate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the prevalence, clinical and radiological presentation and diagnosis of tuberculosis. During the study, it soon became clear that the HIV sero-prevalence in tuberculosis (TB) suspects who could not be verified to be culture-positive was too high to deserve an explanation. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Diode-laser absorption spectroscopy - applications in medicine and environmental monitoring

    Författare :Jim Larsson; Förbränningsfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TDLAS; GASMAS; biophotonics; Scheimpflug Lidar; Fysicumarkivet A:2019:Larsson;

    Sammanfattning : A major part of this thesis work has been research in a medical project, where, together with industry and clinical partners, the aim was to develop a prototype system for non-invasive monitoring of premature babies based on the optical measurement technique gas in scattering media absorption spectroscopy (GASMAS). Part of the project was to develop a 3D-printed tissue phantom based on chest X-ray images of the thorax of a premature infant. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Radiation induced pneumonitis : clinical and experimental studies with special emphasis on the effect of smoking

    Författare :Kenneth Nilsson; Leif Bjerner; roger Henriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pneumonitis; irradiation; bronchoalveolar lavage; breast cancer; interstitial lung disease; hyaluronan; mast cell; smoking;

    Sammanfattning : Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an established method providing diagnostic support and evaluation of disease activity in interstitial lung disease (ILD). The aims of the present investigation were 1) to study the inflammatory response in pneumonitis evoked by irradiation. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Heart failure in primary health care : special emphasis on natriuretic peptides in the elderly

    Författare :Urban Alehagen; Norman Sharpe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Background: This thesis focuses on heart failure among elderly patients in the community who usually are not included in studies on heart failure. The heart failure syndrome is an increasing problem in Western society. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Improving treatment outcomes for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania : host and pathogen factors

    Författare :Tumaini Joseph Nagu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis (TB) causes more than 1.2 million deaths each year globally. Yet, survivors of tuberculosis are left with long term sequelae of chronic inflammatory responses with consequent reduced quality of life. LÄS MER