Search for dissertations about: "karlsson karolinska"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words karlsson karolinska.

  2. 1. Knowledge Acquisition in Patients with Heart Disease

    Author : Monica Rydell-Karlsson; Peter Henriksson; Ewa Billing; Magnus Edner; Karin Wikblad; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chronic heart failure; Coronary artery disease; NYHA classification; Depression; Type-D personality; Cardiac rehabilitation; Knowledge; Information techniques; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Chronic heart failure; Coronary artery disease; NYHA classification; depression; Type-D personality; cardiac rehabilitation; knowledge; information techniques;

    Abstract : The general aim was to evaluate different aspects of the knowledge acquisition process in patients with heart disease. Three different education programs were evaluated.In Paper I 208 patients with systolic heart failure (HF) aged >60 years, were included. READ MORE

  4. 2. Dementia and its comorbidities : genetic and epigenetic influences

    Author : Ida K. Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Dementia is a multifactorial disorder of late life, characterized by memory deficits, personality changes, and impaired reasoning abilities. There is considerable co-morbidity between dementia, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and late-life depression, but the nature of the associations remains elusive. READ MORE

  5. 3. Gamma knife surgery of cerebral arteriovenous malformations

    Author : Bengt Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Brain arteriovenous malformation; Radiosurgery; Natural course; Surgery; Risk; Complications; Prediction; Risk estimation formula; Radionecrosis;

    Abstract : Aims of the study: to define and quantify parameters of importance for the treatment result in Gamma Knife (GK) surgery of arteriovenous malformations (AVM). To determine the natural course of AVM in order to calculate the impact of the GK treatment on the latency period between treatment and obliteration. READ MORE

  6. 4. Microsimulation modelling of prostate cancer screening in Sweden

    Author : Andreas Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Evidence-based health policy may require modelling of different interventions. The choice of model complexity is a trade-off, where simpler models may be easier to describe and calibrate, while complex models may better represent the disease dynamics and lead to more valid predictions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Appetite regulating neuropeptides in alcohol addiction : focus on melanin concentrating hormone and its mch1-receptor

    Author : Camilla Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Current treatment options for alcohol use disorders are limited in number and have limited efficacy. It is therefore important to find new, more effective medications. READ MORE