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A Salutogenic Approach for Collaboration in Health and Technology
(Chapter, 2023)Through collaboration, health services and health-promoting environments can be influenced by patients, health professionals, and stakeholders. Antonovsky’s concept of salutogenesis includes the promotion of a sense of ... -
Evidence for solanidine as a dietary CYP2D6 biomarker: Significant correlation with risperidone metabolism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims: The extensive variability in cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) metabolism is mainly caused by genetic polymorphisms. However, there is large, unexplained variability in CYP2D6 metabolism within CYP2D6 genotype subgroups. ... -
Is Burning Mouth Syndrome Associated with Extraoral Dryness? A Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by a persistent intraoral burning sensation, often experienced by postmenopausal women. The etiology of BMS remains partially understood, and consequently, treatments remain ... -
Automatic Unsupervised Clustering of Videos of the Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Procedure
(Chapter; Conference object, 2023)The in vitro fertilization procedure called intracytoplasmic sperm injection can be used to help fertilize an egg by injecting a single sperm cell directly into the cytoplasm of the egg. In order to evaluate, refine and ... -
Menopausal hormone therapy, oral contraceptives and risk of chronic low back pain: the HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background There are indications that use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and oral contraceptives (OC) increases the risk of low back pain (LBP), with higher oestrogen levels involved in the underlying mechanisms. ... -
Imaging the tumour microenvironment in rectal cancer: Decline in tumour blood flow during radiotherapy predicts good outcome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background and purpose Measuring rectal tumour response to radiation is pivotal to restaging patients and for possibly stratification to a watch-and-wait strategy. Recognizing the importance of the tumour microenvironment, ... -
Pro-arrhythmic effect of escitalopram and citalopram at serum concentrations commonly observed in older patients – a study based on a cohort of 19,742 patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background For a decade, patients have been advised against using high citalopram- and escitalopram-doses due to risk for ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest. Still, these drugs are widely used to treat depression ... -
Agar og fosfat – ikke så skjønn forening
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Bakgrunn: Varmesterilisering av agar og andre geleringsmidler vil i nærvær av fosfat resultere i produksjon av hydrogenperoksid (H2O2) og sannsynligvis andre reaktive oksygenforbindelser (ROS). Disse stoffene begrenser ... -
Opioid prescriptions among Sami and non-Sami with chronic pain: The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey and the Norwegian Prescription Database
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of filled opioid prescriptions among indigen- ous Sami people with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) and compare it with that of non-Sami living in ... -
Intelligent Digital Twins for Personalized Migraine Care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Intelligent digital twins closely resemble their real-life counterparts. In health and medical care, they enable the real-time monitoring of patients, whereby large amounts of data can be collected to produce actionable ... -
Reply to Letter to the editor “Radiographer research-what next?”,
(Radiography;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter ”Radiographer research-what next?” by Watts1 regarding a recent paper by M.R. Vils Pedersen,2 both highlighting the crucial role of management support and research culture ... -
Therapeutic Salivary Monitoring of Perampanel in Patients with Epilepsy Using a Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling Technique
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The objective of this study was to validate a novel assay using the volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) technique combined with liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the determination ... -
Bukkal og nasal midazolam - biofarmasøytiske egenskaper hos voksne
(Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Hensikt: Hensikten med denne oversiktsartikkelen er å diskutere muligheten for at bukkale eller nasale formuleringer med midazolam vil kunne avbryte et pågående epileptisk anfall hos voksne. Dette gjøres ved å sammenlikne ... -
A preliminary study of the use of MinION sequencing to specifcally detect Shiga toxin‑producing Escherichia coli in culture swipes containing multiple serovars of this species
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)An important challenge relating to clinical diagnostics of the foodborne pathogen Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), is that PCR-detection of the shiga-toxin gene (stx) in DNA from stool samples can be accompanied by a ... -
Strategies for calculating contrast media dose for chest CT
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Total body weight (TBW) is a frequently used contrast media (CM) strategy for dose calculation in enhanced CT, yet it is suboptimal as it lacks consideration of patient characteristics, such as body fat percentage ... -
Pharmacological aspects of antiseizure medications: From basic mechanisms to clinical considerations of drug interactions and use of therapeutic drug monitoring
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Antiseizure medications (ASMs) are the cornerstone of treatment for patients with epilepsy. Several new ASMs have recently been introduced to the market, making it possible to better tailor the treatment of epilepsy, as ... -
Use of screening tools to assess comorbidities and adverse events in patients with epilepsy. A European Reference Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EpiCARE) survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose As comorbidities can affect treatment decisions, quality of life, and prognosis in epilepsy, it is important that they are detected and addressed as soon as possible. Screening tools can help by rapidly assessing ... -
Impact of hyperfractionated re-irradiation on quality of life in patients with recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer, a prospective single institutional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose Describe the clinical outcome of hyperfractionated re-irradiation (HFRT) in patients with recurrent or second primary (SP) head and neck cancer (HNC). Methods This prospective observational study included HNC ... -
Positioning of community pharmacists in interactions with general practitioners and patients regarding prescribing and using antibiotics
(Journal of Interprofessional Care;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Interprofessional collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists (CPs) is important for ensuring antibiotics are used correctly and combating antibiotic resistance. The study’s main objective ...
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