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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 439 avhandlingar innehållade orden karolinska 2016.
1. Ultrasonic Methods for Quantitative Carotid Plaque Characterization
Sammanfattning : Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death worldwide and improved diagnostic methods are needed for early intervention and to select the most suitable treatment for patients. Currently, carotid artery plaque vulnerability is typically determined by visually assessing ultrasound B-mode images, which is influenced by user-subjectivity. LÄS MER
2. Pregnancy weight gain : family studies on the effects on offspring's body size and blood pressure
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Increasing maternal weight gain during pregnancy, gestational weight gain (GWG), is associated with several adverse outcomes in the child, e.g. high birth weight, childhood overweight and obesity, as well as adult blood pressure (BP). LÄS MER
3. Specialized palliative home care teams : Complementary perspectives of team functions and influences on patients and families
Sammanfattning : Persons with life-threatening illness are increasingly being cared for and dying at home. Palliative care strives to cater to multiple dimensions such as physical, psychosocial and spiritual or existential, and meeting these needs in patients and families requires multiple competencies. LÄS MER
4. The role of socio-emotional factors for cognitive health in later life
Sammanfattning : With increasing life expectancies in most parts of the world, the prevalence of dementia and other age-related chronic diseases is growing. Several factors affect future projections and are discussed in this thesis, including possible limits to a continued growth of life expectancy. LÄS MER
5. Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this doctoral thesis was to study the outcome and safety of mechanical thrombectomy, which is an endovascular technique for treating moderate to severe acute ischemic stroke caused by a large cerebral artery occlusion. The technique has been developed over the last two decades. LÄS MER