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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden hypnotics and sedatives.
6. Chronic orofacial pain. Understanding patients from two perspectives : the clinical view and the patient's experience
Sammanfattning : Det övergripande syftet har varit att studera patienter med långvarig ansiktssmärta dels från ett kliniskt perspektiv och dels från patientens perspektiv. Samtliga patienter som ingått i studierna var remitterade till Tandvårdshögskolan i Malmö pga långvarig ansiktssmärta. LÄS MER
7. Recognition of dementia with Lewy bodies. Prevalence of core signs, medical treatments and survival in Swedish nursing homes and short-term homes
Sammanfattning : Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is an underdiagnosed neurocognitive disorder thatincludes several complex neurological and psychological signs, which are challenging toclinical diagnostics. The recognition of this neurocognitive disorder should beimproved because people with DLB exhibit a good treatment response to anti-dementiamedications but experience severe adverse events if treated with anti-psychoticmedicine. LÄS MER
8. Addison's disease : epidemiological and clinical studies
Sammanfattning : Addison’s disease (AD) is a potentially life-threatening condition that often presents with vague and nonspecific symptoms. Patients with AD have increased mortality risk. Data on parity and pregnancy outcome in women with AD are limited. Furthermore, there are no data on fracture risk or drug prescription patterns in patients with AD. LÄS MER
9. Gastric bypass : positive and negative health effects
Sammanfattning : Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. It is preventable in theory, but in practice no country has been able to stop the development of increasing obesity. The only available treatment with sufficient long-term effect on weight loss and comorbid diseases is surgery. LÄS MER
10. Unequal drug treatment : age and educational differences among older adults
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate whether drug treatment is unequally distributed among older adults on the basis of age and socioeconomic position. All studies in this thesis are based on nationwide register data from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (SPDR) record-linked to other registers in Sweden. LÄS MER