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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 482 avhandlingar innehållade orden karolinska institutet 2011.

  1. 16. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

    Författare :Ramona Groenheit; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis is a global epidemic, with one third of the world’s population estimated to be infected, around 9 million new active cases per year and close to 2 million deaths per year. Without adequate chemotherapy tuberculosis may be a mortal disease. LÄS MER

  3. 17. On the fifth day : improving hip fracture care : study of processes, costs and outcomes

    Författare :Susanne Löfgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses a research and development project on hip fracture care that was conducted between 2006 and 2010 at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. The thesis is a case study of this change project that was intended to decrease the time to operation for hip fracture patients, to discharge these patients within 5 days of admission and to empower these patients in their post-operative care. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Neurological complications after stem cell transplantation in children

    Författare :Johanna Rubin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a well established method used in the treatment of a number of benign and malignant blood diseases, inborn errors of metabolism and severe congenital immunodeficiency syndromes. Around 60 children are transplanted in Sweden every year. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Workplace-based sick leave prevention and return to work : exploratory studies

    Författare :Randi Wågö Aas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :sick leave;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Earlier research have revealed risk factors for sick leave in the workplace, and thus the workplace has become an important arena for sick leave prevention and return to work (RTW). Despite that, some of these aspects have received little attention in exploratory studies. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Evaluation of HIV testing strategies and monitoring of immune responses in HIV-vaccinated individuals in Tanzania

    Författare :Said Aboud; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis describes studies on the evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and simple rapid HIV assays for use in HIV testing strategies in resource-limited settings and studies of HIV vaccine-induced immune responses. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) preparation techniques were also studied in preparation for use in the HIV vaccine trials. LÄS MER