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1. 1. Fatigue limit, inclusion and finite lives - a statistical point of view

   Författare :Sara Lorén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; censoring; likelihood; profile predictive likelihood; staircase test; extreme value; likelihood;

   Sammanfattning : An important design property of steel is the fatigue limit, i.e. the load level where a specimen has infinite life. For the material it can also be defined an endurance limit, which is the stress level at which the specimen has a certain life. LÄS MER

3. 2. Healthcare consumption, experiences of care and test of and intervention in frail old people. Implications for case management

   Författare :Jimmie Kristensson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Long Term Care; Primary Health Care; Outpatients; Registries; Pilot Studies; Content Analysis; Case Management; Hospital; Emergency Services; Frail Elderly; Hospitalizations; Intervention Studies; Health Care Costs;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of thesis was to explore frail older people’s experiences of receiving healthcare and/or social services and to investigate healthcare consumption and costs in both men and women and in different age groups in the two years prior to the introduction of long-term municipal care. A second aim was to explore a preventive intervention in a pilot study using case managers to older people with functional dependency and repeated healthcare contacts. LÄS MER

4. 3. Lumbar muscle fatigue : analysis of electromyography, endurance time and subjective factors in patients with lumbar disc herniation and healthy subjects

   Författare :Åsa Dedering; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Disability; electromyography; endurance; gender; healthy subjects; lumbar disc herniation; lumbar extensor muscles; muscle fatigue; non-linear regression; recovery; subjective ratings;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the relation between objectively and subjectively assessed lumbar muscle fatigue and subjective factors in patients with lumbar disc herniation and in healthy subjects. Eighty healthy subjects and 43 patients undergoing surgery for lumbar disc herniation and selected consecutively for the study participated. LÄS MER

5. 4. Delirium in older people after cardiac surgery : risk factors, dementia, patients’ experiences and assessments

   Författare :Helena Claesson Lingehall; Birgitta Olofsson; Elisabeth Lindahl; Yngve Gustafson; Karl Gunnar Engström; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Delirium; Dementia; Nursing; Older people; Patients’ experiences; Perioperative period; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Background:Delirium is common in older people undergoing cardiac surgery. Delirium is an acute or subacute neuro-psychiatric syndrome, characterized by a change in cognition, disturbances in consciousness; it fluctuates, develops over a short period of time and always has an underlying cause. LÄS MER

7. 5. Experimental Stroke and Neurotrophins: Regulation, function and gene transfer of neurotrophins in rat and mouse models of focal cerebral ischemia

   Författare :Gunnar Andsberg; Lund Neurologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neuropsychology; Neurology; animal behaviour; striatum; stereology; immunohistochemistry; focal cerebral ischemia; nerve growth factors; neurophysiology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Stroke caused by focal cerebral ischemia is a major cause of death and neurological disability in humans. The forebrain region most commonly affected by ischemic incidents is that supplied by the middle cerebral artery. LÄS MER