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Showing result 11 - 15 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the word aspirin.

2. 11. Drug use in the elderly : risk or protection? Findings from the Kungsholmen project

   Author : Christel Cornelius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Drug use; elderly; dementia; Alzheimer s disease; aspirin; NSAIDs; glucocorticoids; calcium channel blockers; apolipoprotein E; population-based study.;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with different aspects of drug use in a population-based study with participants 75 years and older. The study was performed within the Kungsholmen Project in Stockholm, Sweden, using data from the baseline survey (1987-89), and the first (1991-93) and second (1994-96) followups In the first two papers we used cross-sectional data (n=1810) to describe tile drug Ilse pattern ill this population (I), and to examine the association between self-reported symptoms and drug use (II). READ MORE

4. 12. Non-invasive analysis of leukotrienes as biomarkers of airway inflammation : method development and clinical applications

   Author : Flora Gaber; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Airway inflammation; aspirin-intolerant asthma; biomarker; exhaled breath condensate; FENO; induced sputum; leukotrienes; 5-lipoxygenase; non-invasive analysis; saliva;

   Abstract : Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two common diseases characterized by chronic airway inflammation, but the inflammation in asthma is different from the one in COPD. In addition, asthma is a heterogeneous disease presenting with many different phenotypes (e.g. READ MORE

5. 13. Medical interventions and gastric cancer risk : an observational approach

   Author : Katja Fall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Gastric cancer; cardia cancer; histological subtypes; H. pylori; antibiotic treatment; eradication; aspirin; NSAIDs; cholecystectomy; reactive gastritis; cohort; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Helicobacter pylori infection is undoubtedly the most important risk factor for gastric cancer. A causal relationship with gastric cancer, however, has not been clearly established and the carcinogenic mechanism is still ambiguous. READ MORE

6. 14. Some lifestyle-related factors and risk of chronic renal failure : a population-based approach

   Author : Elisabeth Ejerblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Epidemiology; population-based; case-control; chronic renal failure; risk factors; smoking; antioxidant; fruit; vegetable; protein intake; obesity; birth weight; height; analgesics; paracetamol; aspirin; NSAIDs; phenacetin;

   Abstract : Some renal diseases, i.e. rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, are sufficient causes of a rapid, permanent total loss of renal function. However, the majority of renal diseases progress slowly over decades, initially often without symptoms, sometimes making it difficult to define the aetiologies. READ MORE

7. 15. Aspects on the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancer

   Author : Mats Lindblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Esophageal; gastric; gastric cardia; cancer; cancer register; misclassification; epidemiology; incidence; etiology; estrogen; aspirin; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; body mass; tobacco; alcohol; adenocarcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma;

   Abstract : In a global perspective esophageal and gastric cancer present major health concerns, whereas these tumors are comparatively uncommon in most western countries. Striking and hitherto unexplained rising incidence trends of esophageal adenocarcinoma, and moderately increasing rates of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma have recently been reported from several western countries, however. READ MORE