Search for dissertations about: "trauma care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the words trauma care.

2. 1. Trauma Care - Implementation, Evaluation and Validation

   Author : Lina Holmberg; Kevin Mani; Fredrik Linder; Anders Wanhainen; Håkan Andréasson; Shariq S. Raza; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Trauma triage criteria; undertriage; validation; trauma registry; accuracy; trauma trends; penetrating trauma; mortality.;

   Abstract : Trauma is a major cause of death and morbidity in all ages, which makes continuous improvement of trauma care a high priority. During the last decades, Sweden’s trauma system has evolved with initiation of a national trauma registry (SweTrau) in 2011 and the Swedish National Trauma Triage criteria (SNTTC) in 2017. READ MORE

4. 2. Adult and pediatric trauma : outcomes and health-related quality of life

   Author : Kerstin Sluys; Lars E Eriksson; Lennart Iselius; Tom Häggmark; Leanne Aitken; Röda Korsets Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Trauma; Injury; Health- related quality of life; Follow- up; Pediatric; Adolescents; SF-36; PedsQL 4; 0; trauma;

   Abstract : Background: Trauma is the number one killer of children and young adults and the  most common cause for hospital admissions for these age-groups in Sweden. Trauma is  also one of the most common causes for hospital care and early death for older people. READ MORE

5. 3. The Microcirculation in Trauma and Sepsis

   Author : Peter Bansch; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; microcirculation; prostacyclin; plasma vilume; trauma; sepsis; sidestream darkfield imaging; albumin; volume expansion; transcapillary escape rate; glycocalyx; charge;

   Abstract : The microcirculation plays a vital part for fluid-, gas- and solute-exchange, and changes in permeability during trauma or sepsis, that are in part necessary for the natural healing process, may also cause hypovolemia and edema formation, leading to disturbances in microvascular exchange. This thesis discusses changes is microvascular flow, permeability and plasma volume (PV) loss after experimental or surgical trauma and experimental sepsis. READ MORE

6. 4. Trauma - Diagnostics and Triage

   Author : Fredrik Linder; Kevin Mani; Hampus Eklöf; Claes Juhlin; Martin Björck; Pål Aksel Naess; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; wounds and injuries; trauma; triage; whole body computed tomography in trauma; compliance; radiation exposure; CT; radiation safety; Surgery; Kirurgi;

   Abstract : Trauma is a leading cause of death worldwide and it reduces years of productive life and leads to disability. Effective trauma care relies on triage, which aims to ration the use of fine resources to patients with the greatest needs. READ MORE

7. 5. Memories and Health Related Quality of Life - in patients with trauma cared for in the Intensive Care Unit

   Author : Mona Ringdal; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; trauma; injury; intensive care unit; delusional memories; health related quality of life; intensive care; anxiety; depression; return to work;

   Abstract : Patients? experiences of hallucinations and nightmares during an intensive care unit stay (ICU) are well-known, but it is less known how these delusional memories (DM) affect patients after discharge from hospital following trauma. The overall aim of this thesis was therefore to acquire a comprehensive understanding of patient memories from the ICU-stay and their putative effects on outcome after physical trauma from a long and short-term perspective. READ MORE