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  2. 36. Prenatal Arsenic Exposure and Consequences for Pregnancy Outcome and Infant Health : Epidemiological Studies in Bangladesh

    Author : Anisur Rahman; Lars-Åke Persson; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Marie Vahter; Gunnar Nordberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : arsenic; groundwater; foetal loss; birth weight; lower respiratory tract infection; diarrhoeal diseases; infant mortality; cohort; Bangladesh; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyse possible effects of prenatal arsenic exposure on foetal and infant health. The setting is Bangladesh, where two cohorts were studied, both part of a health and demographic surveillance system in Matlab. READ MORE

  4. 37. Economic aspects on obesity. Results from the Swedish obese subjects study

    Author : Kristina Narbro; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : obesity; controlled intervention study; surgery; weight loss; economics; sick leave; disability pension; willingness to pay; in-patient care; pharmaceuticals.;

    Abstract : Aims: To analyse the patterns of sick leave, disability pension and drug consumption, and the willingness to pay (WTP) for obesity treatment among obese individuals. To estimate indirect obesity-related morbidity costs and direct costs of medication in relation to these costs in the general population. READ MORE

  5. 38. Adiponectin, the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. Observation and intervention studies

    Author : Carl Johan Behre; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Adiponectin; inflammation; obesity; weight loss; insulin resistance; the metabolic syndrome; diabetes mellitus type 2; atherosclerosis; ultrasound;

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  6. 39. Obesity and IVF outcome. The hope of improvements through weight reduction

    Author : Linda Kluge; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Infertility; IVF; obesity; weight reduction; live birth; patient s views; maternal outcome; perinatal outcome;

    Abstract : Background: Female obesity is associated with decreased live birth rate (LBR) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes are increased in obese women compared to normal weight women after spontaneous conceived pregnancies. If the same applies in pregnancies achieved after IVF is scarcely investigated. READ MORE

  7. 40. Fibrinolysis and blood loss in major arthroplasty. The effect of tranexamic acid

    Author : Göran Benoni; Ortopedi - klinisk och molekylär osteoporosforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; oxygen saturation.; blood loss; pharmacokinetics; tranexamic acid; Fibrinolysis; knee and hip arthroplasty; orthopaedics; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi;

    Abstract : Blood loss in major arthroplasty may be abundant and often necessitates blood transfusions. These may transmit disease and entail an immunological burden to the recipient. After trauma and surgery, the fibrinolytic system reacts with a short period of increased activity, followed by a fibrinolytic shut-down. READ MORE