Sökning: "illness and disease"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 304 avhandlingar innehållade orden illness and disease.

1. 21. Elderly South Africans' in transition : the daily life circumstances, beliefs concerning health and illness and the influences on caring and family structure

   Författare :Doris Bohman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; Aged; Changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Family; Health and illness beliefs; Interpretive phenomenology; Keeping normality; Modernization; Reciprocity; South Africa; Tradition; Transition; Activities of daily living; changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Keeping normality; South Africa; health and illness beliefs; interpretive phenomenology; transition; aged; family; modernization; reciprocity; tradition;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to shed light on different aspects of elderly South Africans experiences in a transitional period in order to reach culturally contextual knowledge within gerontological care. The research objectives were to: identify and describe daily life and related concerns and interests as expressed by a group of elderly (I), illuminate how a group of elderly South Africans experience being old in a transitional period (II), study how a group of aged South Africans and their family members describe their intergenerational relations in a transitional period i. LÄS MER

3. 22. From Stenting to Preventing : Invasive and Long-term Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease in Sweden

   Författare :Kristina Hambræus; Bertil Lindahl; Bo Lagerqvist; Eva Prescott; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Coronary artery disease; guideline adherence; prevention; cholesterol treatment; lifestyle; percutaneous coronary intervention; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Treatment with coronary interventions, long-term treatment and life style changes can reduce symptoms and improve prognosis. LÄS MER

4. 23. Hepatic and Peritoneal Colorectal Metastases : Aspects of Prognosis and Treatment

   Författare :Haile Mahteme; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Colorectal cancer; lever metastas; peritoneal metastas; intraperitoneal; tumör reduktion; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; kirurgi;

   Sammanfattning : Although two-thirds of colorectal cancer patients are cured by surgery, approximately 50% of the patients with this disease develop locally recurrent or distant metastases during the course of their illness. The aim of this study was to identify metastatic sites associated with poor prognosis in rectal cancer and then to investigate methods that can prevent the development and growth of metastases and optimise uptake of drugs at these sites in animal models. LÄS MER

5. 24. Pneumococcal vaccination in inflammatory rheumatic disease. Antibody response and protection against infections

   Författare :Johanna Nagel; Reumatologi och molekylär skelettbiologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; vaccination; pneumococci; inflammatory rheumatic disease;

   Sammanfattning : AbstractObjectives: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) have higher risk of serious infections than healthy individuals due to their illness, comorbidities and treatments. Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for 30-50% of community aquired pneumonia in Europe. LÄS MER

7. 25. Acute febrile illness, antibiotic use, and the role of diagnostics to target treatment in India

   Författare :Bronwen Holloway; Anna Bergström; Helena Hildenwall; Mats Målqvist; Sabiha Essack; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; fever; acute febrile illness; fever; infectious disease; diagnostics; c-reactive protein; antibiotics; antibiotic resistance; Infektionssjukdomar; Infectious Diseases;

   Sammanfattning :     Aim: This thesis examined the causes of acute febrile illness (AFI), the current use of antibiotics and diagnostics, and evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) to differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial causes of AFI in children and adult outpatients at R.D. Gardi Medical College hospital, in Ujjain, India. LÄS MER