Search for dissertations about: "eating difficulties"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words eating difficulties.
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16. Oesophageal cancer surgery : nutritional determinants of survivorship
Abstract : Oesophagectomy, the surgery offered as a curative treatment for cancer of the oesophagus is highly invasive with a radical change in anatomy and carries a risk for significant morbidity and mortality. The recovery is lengthy, burdened by deterioration in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). READ MORE
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17. Orofacial function in children with speech sound disorders
Abstract : Speech sound disorder (SSD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children and can have different aetiologies and outcome. Speech difficulties often co-exist with other disorders, such as motor difficulties and orofacial dysfunction. These co-existent difficulties may have the same biological background. READ MORE
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18. Energy Balance out of Balance after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Abstract : The overall aim of the research presented here was to expand the knowledge on metabolic course and nutritional outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and to analyze the use and accuracy of different methods of assessment. Study I, a systematic review of 30 articles demonstrated consistent data on increased metabolic rate, of catabolism and of upper gastrointestinal intolerance in the majority of the patients during early post injury period. READ MORE
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19. Oral health in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to illuminate different aspects of oral health that can be investigated in the clinical meeting with the child diagnosed with JIA. A cross-sectional case control study consisting of clinical examination of intraoral tissues, occlusion, facial appearance, jaw function and pain sites were designed (papers I and II). READ MORE
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20. Anorexia nervosa in adolescence. Course, treatment and family function
Abstract : This dissertation presents a study of 26 adolescent anorexia nervosa patients and their families regarding family function and treatment. Family function was studied at the start of treatment and at two-year follow-up. In a Nordic study, 49 families were studied at the start of treatment, and different sub-groups of families were examined. READ MORE