Search for dissertations about: "Risk-Factor Test"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 157 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk-Factor Test.

2. 11. Adverse Reactions after Vaccination and Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy: Contact Allergy to Aluminium and Itching Nodules

   Author : Eva Netterlid; Yrkes- och miljödermatologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Patch test; Itching nodules; Contact allergy; ASIT; Aluminium; Allergen-specific immunotherapy; Adverse event; Parental reports; vaccination;

   Abstract : The aim of the work presented in this thesis was to investigate two different types of adverse reactions, persistent itching nodules and contact allergy to aluminium, after immunization with aluminium-containing vaccines and aluminium-containing allergen extracts used for allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT). The first paper describes active parental reporting of adverse events (AEFIs) after a booster dose of diphtheria-tetanus vaccine (DT). READ MORE

4. 12. Ambulance Work : Relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes

   Author : Ulrika Aasa; Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : ambulance; autonomic reactivity; body size; cortisol; demand-control-support; emergency personnel; fitness; gender; heart rate variability; low-back pain; neck-shoulder pain; occupational; physical capacity; work simulated test; worry; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

   Abstract : Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and other health complaints are an occupational problem for ambulance personnel, there is a lack of knowledge regarding work-related factors associated with MSDs and other health complaints. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes among ambulance personnel. READ MORE

5. 13. Diabetes mellitus and related glucometabolic disturbances in acute myocardial infarction : Diagnosis, prevalence and prognostic implications

   Author : Åke Tenerz; Jerzy Leppert; Christian Berne; Klas Malmberg; Göran Nilsson; Johan Herlitz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; Diabetes mellitus; impaired glucose tolerance; insulin resistance; prevalence; diagnosis; oral glucose tolerance test; acute myocardial infarction; prognosis; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : In patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major cause of death. We have studied two populations with respect to the relationship between DM or related glucometabolic disturbances and AMI. READ MORE

6. 14. Pathogenetic mechanisms in irritable bowel syndrome

   Author : Hans Törnblom; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Irritable bowel syndrome; functional gastrointestinal disorder; immunohistochemistry; full-thickness biopsy; enteric nervous system; autoantibody; gastroenteritis; risk factor;

   Abstract : Aims of the thesis: To study new pathogenetic mechanisms in IBS; to find out if IBS is a neuromuscular disease affecting the small bowel; to study humoral factors in gut dysmotility associated with visceral neuropathy; and to study the natural history of post-infectious gastro-intestinal (GI) symptoms and risk factors for their development. Material and methods: In studies I and II, full-thickness jejunum biopsies from patients with severe IBS were investigated with immunohistochemistry. READ MORE

7. 15. Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in Ethiopian children : aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical management

   Author : Ingela Berggren Palme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Tuberculosis; HIV; Ethiopia; Child; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Molecular epidemiology; BCG; Nutrition; Treatment; Cure rate;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of HIV on childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a high TB and HIV endemic setting. It is based on four studies involving the same study population of 522 tuberculous children and their 25 3 non-tuberculous controls, consecutively enrolled as out- and inpatients at the major paediatric hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. READ MORE