Search for dissertations about: "evaluation of heart"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 220 swedish dissertations containing the words evaluation of heart.

  2. 1. Measurement and evaluation of body temperature : Implications for clinical practice

    Author : Märtha Sund-Levander; Lis Karin Wahren; Ewa Grodzinsky; Karin Axelsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Assessment; body temperature measurement; elderly; evaluation; infection; nursing home; pneumonia; survival; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The general aim was to explore factors influencing the normal variation and measurement of body temperature. Additional aims were to study morbidity, mortality and the clinical presentation of pneumonia and predictors for survival in elderly nursing-home residents. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Culturally Significant Key Component of Qigong, ‘Heart adjustment’, is Lost in Translation

    Author : Jing Li; Mikael Quennerstedt; John Jouper; Ingemar Wedman; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; concept of Qigong; ethnic sport; Heart adjustment; quality of Qigong; Qigong; Qigong state; standard of Qigong; state of unity; Three-adjustments;

    Abstract : Qigong is a Chinese traditional ethnic sport that is practised worldwide. In the West it is often applied as an Eastern mind-body intervention. Although clinical trials have reported its positive effects, some scholars have questioned the research design and methodology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Concept design and In Vitro evaluation of a novel dynamic displacement Ventricular Assist Device

    Author : Mattias Stenberg; Håkan Elmqvist; Ulf Kjellman; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Ventricular Assist Devices; artificial heart; heart failure; InVitro evaluation; Medical engineering; Medicinsk teknik;

    Abstract : Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical pumps used to off-load a deceased heart, primarily in late stage congestive heart failure patients. VAD employment may facilitate cardiac recovery, but most often provides time before a suitable heart transplant can be found. READ MORE

  6. 4. Familial Risks of Heart Failure in Sweden

    Author : Magnus Lindgren; kardiovaskulär medicin och genetik Allmänmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hjärtsvikt; genetik; Epidemiologi; familjära risker; Heart failure; Genetics; Epidemiology; Familial risk;

    Abstract : Introduction: Despite major advances, the incidence rate and mortality of heart failure (HF) remains high, with a five-year survival of approximately 50%. At the time of inception of this thesis the familial risks of HF, including the aspects of mortality, were largely underdetermined. READ MORE

  7. 5. Photoplethysmographic heart and respiratory rate monitoring : instrument design and evaluation

    Author : Håkan Ugnell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : A new optical heart and respiratory rate monitor utilising the photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal is presented.The PPG method, first developed in the 1930s, is based on the fact that incident light to the skin surface is absorbed, scattered and reflected in tissue and blood. READ MORE