Search for dissertations about: "high-risk children"

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2. 6. Children injured in traffic in a medical and psychosocial perspective : causes and consequences

   Author : Eva M Olofsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; PTSS; trauma care; road traffic accidents; children; follow-up; injury; disbility; physical consequences; psychological problems; sequel; bicycle accident; helmet; upper extremity injury; head injury; injury severity; psychosocial problems; risk factors;

   Abstract : Aim: To examine the causes and consequences of road traffic injuries in children from a physical and psychosocial perspective, and to identify unfavourable circumstances and children who are at risk of injury and disability. Methods: Study I was a systematic review of the literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTSD symptoms (PTSS) in children injured in road traffic accidents. READ MORE

4. 7. Family-related obesity risk factors and dietary behaviours in high-risk populations : associations with child weight development

   Author : Viktoria Svensson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Obesity rates in Swedish children are currently not increasing, however socioeconomic disparities are widening. Many children become obese as early as their preschool years. Hereditary and environmental family-related risk factors are the dominating determinants of child obesity, with parental obesity as the most important. READ MORE

5. 8. Candida infections in immunocompromised children

   Author : Lena Klingspor; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Anti-Candida antibodies; bone marrow transplantation; Candida antigen; Candida immunology; candidosis diagnosis; children; infantile diarrhoea; leukaemia; liver transplantation; risk factors.;

   Abstract : Objective: Deep Candida infection (DCI) is a serious complication with high mortality in immunocompromised patients. The following studies (I, II, III, IV and V) were designed to investigate the relationship between infantile diarrhoea and faecal occurrence of Candida spp. READ MORE

6. 9. Sweet Taste Perception in Relation to Oral and General Health

   Author : Heba Ashi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; BMI; Caries prevalence; Children; Dental caries; Dietary habits; Obesity; Plaque pH; Pregnancy; Sweet taste perception;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to study the difference in sweet taste perception, dental caries and BMI between three different geographical areas (Italy, Mexico and Saudi Arabia) and to elucidate the relationship of sweet taste perception with caries and BMI. Dietary habits were also assessed in relation to sweet taste perception in Saudi Arabia. READ MORE

7. 10. Hydrocephalus in children. Epidemiology and outcome

   Author : Eva-Karin Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Prevalence; Epidemiology; Hydrocephalus; MMC; Treatment; Outcome;

   Abstract : Aims: To analyse trends in the live-birth prevalence of infantile hydrocephalus and hydrocephalus associated with myelomeningocele (MMC) during the period 1989-2002 and to study the outcome in terms of learning disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and visual deficits. Another objective was to explore motor function and disability profiles in various aetiological and gestational-age subgroups and to see whether treatment complications and neuroradiological findings correlate with outcome. READ MORE