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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade ordet coughing.
6. Voice function and quality of life in laryngectomees
Sammanfattning : Individuals who undergo laryngectomy, surgical removal of the larynx, loose their normal voice. The breathing pattern is altered to permanent tracheostomal breathing. A new voice can be established by use of a segment in the lower part of the pharynx and the most upper part of the esophagus, the pharyngo-esophageal (PE) segment. LÄS MER
7. Oesophageal cancer surgery : the role of co-morbidities
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to produce information which can be used to improve clinical decision-making in order to optimise treatment and improve the well-being of patients with oesophageal cancer following surgery. Oesophageal cancer is a devastating disease with poor prognosis. LÄS MER
8. Respiratory symptoms and atopic sensitization among school children in different settings around the Baltic Sea
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to assess the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and atopic sensitization and related risk faCtors amo:Og school children in urban and rural areas of Sundsvall in Northern Sweden and urban areas of Konin in Poland and Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia. Ambient levels of N02 were similar in urban Sundsvall and Konin whereas levels of S02 and smoke were about 5 times higher in Konin than in Sundsvall. LÄS MER
9. The use of Bayesian confidence propagation neural network in pharmacovigilance
Sammanfattning : The WHO database contains more than 2.8 million case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions reported from 70 countries worldwide since 1968. The Uppsala Monitoring Centre maintains and analyses this database for new signals on behalf of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring. LÄS MER
10. Radiation-induced dysphagia in head and neck cancer - risk structures and methodological aspects
Sammanfattning : Background/Aims: Swallowing difficulties are common after radiation therapy (RT) in head and neck cancer (HNC). The overall aim of this thesis was to address radiation-induced late dysphagia with regard to investigating anatomical risk structures related to the development of radiation-induced dysphagia, as well as methodological aspects in the evaluation of swallowing. LÄS MER