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  1. 16. Towards improved trauma care outcomes in India : studies of rates, trends and causes of mortality in urban Indian university hospitals

    Författare :Nobhojit Roy; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction and aim: Injury is a serious threat to global public health. Every six seconds someone in the world dies as a result of injury, adding up to five million people a year. This is more than the number of deaths due to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and maternal deaths combined. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Procedural sedation : Aspects on methods, safety and effectiveness

    Författare :Benjamin Grossmann; Lena Nilsson; Andreas Nilsson; Folke Sjöberg; Elisabeth Ericsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Safety and effectiveness are fundamental principles within the healthcare sector to provide quality of care and health improvement for patients. By ensuring that care is provided based on evidence-based knowledge, risks and complications can be minimised and the use of scarce resources optimised. LÄS MER

  4. 18. The risk of dying : predicting trauma mortality in urban Indian hospitals

    Författare :Martin Gerdin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: With increased urbanisation and motorisation, trauma is emerging as one of the top threats to population health globally. Each year almost five million people die as a result of trauma, more than the total number of deaths from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal conditions combined. LÄS MER

  5. 19. On sepsis - epidemiology, prediction and diagnostics

    Författare :Lisa Mellhammar; Infektionsmedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sepsis; Epidemiologi; Early Warning Score; Bacteremia;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aims of this thesis were to improve prediction, diagnostics and knowledge on epidemiology of sepsis. In paper I, we developed and evaluated an integrated platform for rapid analysis of sepsis-causing organisms directly from blood samples. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Existentiella konfigurationer : Om hur förståelsen av livet tar gestalt i ett socialt sammanhang

    Författare :Caroline Gustavsson; Anders Gustavsson; Annika Ullman; Peder Thalén; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Existential configurations; young adults; meaning-making; existential themes; life questions; life-view; life-interpretation; hermeneutic approach; Existentiella konfigurationer; unga vuxna; meningsskapande; existentiella teman; livsfrågor; livsåskådning; livstolkning; hermeneutik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis contributes to the research field of education, or more specific to the field of religious education. The aim of the thesis is to interpret how young adults of today describe and understand their lives, with a specific focus on existential themes, and furthermore, to develop useful concepts that can help us understand individual meaning-making in a social and cultural context. LÄS MER