Search for dissertations about: "Pediatrisk medicin"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Pediatrisk medicin.
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21. Who can save the unseen? : Studies on neonatal mortality in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
Abstract : Globally, neonatal mortality has remained basically unchanged for the last three to four decades and every year almost four million newborns die before reaching one month of age. This persistent mortality is related to an invisibility of the newborn child in policies and statistics and a neglect of health care decision-makers, planners and practitioners to deliver a perinatal continuum of care. READ MORE
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22. Stress in infants and parents : Studies of salivary cortisol, behaviour and psychometric measures
Abstract : The life of a preterm infant admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit may be stressful from the moment of birth. Ever since Hans Selye’s initial characterisation of the biological stress response, cortisol has been frequently measured as an indicator of stress responsivity. READ MORE
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23. Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children - Epidemiology and Clinical Implications
Abstract : Chlamydia pneumoniae is a human respiratory tract pathogen. Seroepidemiological studies indicate that C. pneumoniae infection is most common in school-aged children and infrequently detected in younger children.The aims of this study were to further elucidate the prevalence of C. READ MORE
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24. Mobility, Sitting Posture and Reaching Movements in Children with Myelomeningocele
Abstract : Children with myelomeningocele (MMC) usually have problems with daily life activities, but the background to their problems is not altogether obvious. An understanding of the possible causes of activity problems is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of physical therapy. READ MORE
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25. Optimizing Chemotherapy in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Abstract : Despite major advances in our understanding of the biology of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and the development of new cytotoxic drugs, the prognosis of long-term survival is still only 60-65 %.In the present research, we studied the pharmacokinetics of drugs used in the induction therapy of childhood AML and performed in vitro drug sensitivity testing of leukemic cells from children with AML. READ MORE