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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 65 avhandlingar innehållade orden treatment delays.
1. Immigrants with heart failure- A descriptive comparative study of symptoms, self care, social support, care and treatment
Sammanfattning : Background: The current demographic profile in Sweden demonstrates blended ethnicities and cultures evolving through mass migration and resettlement. While it is acknowledged that cultural background affects, illness experience, participation in the care or self-management of illness, little is presently known about the treatment patterns, symptoms, health care seeking and health outcomes among immigrants with heart failure (HF) in Sweden or other Scandinavian countries ? despite the fact that worsening of chronic heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over 65 years of age. LÄS MER
2. Improving outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease using national registers and platelet function testing
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The aims of this thesis were to evaluate different contemporary approaches in coronary care with regard to mortality and myocardial infarction. LÄS MER
3. Early Risk Stratification, Treatment and Outcome in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
Sammanfattning : We evaluated, in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with thrombolytics, admission Troponin T (tnT), ST-segment resolution and admission N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) for early risk stratification as well as time delays and outcome in real life patients according to prehospital or in-hospital thrombolytic treatment. Also, baseline characteristics, treatments and outcome in patients enrolled in the ASSENT-2 trial in Sweden and in patients not enrolled were evaluated. LÄS MER
4. Complicated peptic ulcer disease : prevention and treatment
Sammanfattning : Peptic ulcer is a common disease worldwide and its complications can cause serious clinical problems. While the incidence of uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease is decreasing, the incidence of more complex ulcer disease is not. The most common complication is bleeding. Endoscopic intervention achieves haemostasis in most patients. LÄS MER
5. Ammonium based aeration control in wastewater treatment plants : Modelling and controller design
Sammanfattning : Wastewater treatment involves many processes and methods which make a treatment plant a large-scaled and complex system. A fundamental challenge is how to maintain a high process efficiency while keeping the operational costs low. LÄS MER