Search for dissertations about: "long-term infection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 271 swedish dissertations containing the words long-term infection.

2. 1. Caesarean Section : Short- and long-term maternal complications

   Author : Susanne Hesselman; Maria Jonsson; Ulf Högberg; Eva-Britta Råssjö; Jens Langhoff-Roos; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adhesion; caesarean section; extremely preterm birth; gynaecologic surgery; organ injury; uterine rupture; trial of labour; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : Caesarean section is a common major surgical procedure and long-term complications have not been fully investigated. By longitudinal population based register studies, based on National health registers and medical data records, maternal complications after caesarean delivery at subsequent labour (N=7 683), among extremely preterm births (N=406), and at remote gynaecologic surgery (N=25 354) were explored. READ MORE

4. 2. Short and long term effects of bacterial gastrointestinal infection

   Author : Anders Ternhag; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Gastroenteritis; acute infectious diarrhea; Salmonella; Campylobacter; mortality; complications; morbidity; late effects; epidemiology; hospitalization; cohort study;

   Abstract : The objectives of this thesis were to increase our understanding of the mortality and complications associated with bacterial gastrointestinal infections, with focus on Salmonella and Campylobacter enteritis. The effect of antibiotics vs. placebo on duration of diarrhea in Campylobacter enteritis was also examined. READ MORE

5. 3. Hepatitis B virus infection and genomic changes from a long-term perspective

   Author : Jonas Bläckberg; Sektion III; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Infektioner; Infections; cor promoter; precore; occult infection; HBV; mutation;

   Abstract : Hepatitis B virus is a non-cytopathic virus with a small, circular, partially double-stranded DNA of 3.2 kb. It causes acute and chronic inflammatory liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Retesting of stored sera from an outbreak of acute hepatitis in 1969-72 allowed identification of 126 cases of acute hepatitis B. READ MORE

6. 4. Long-term follow-up of adult women with urinary tract infection in childhood

   Author : Carin Gebäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ambulatory blood pressure; blood pressure; chronic kidney disease; DMSA scan; glomerular filtration rate; hypertension; pregnancy; renal damage; renal function; urinary tract infection; vesicoureteral reflux;

   Abstract : Acute pyelonephritis is common in young children and can lead to permanent renal damage. Renal damage increases the risk of complications such as hypertension and decreased renal function later in life. For women with renal damage there is also an increased risk of pregnancy complications. READ MORE

7. 5. Long-term follow-up of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis

   Author : Caroline Heijl; Njurmedicin; []
   Keywords : Anca-associated vasculitis;

   Abstract : This thesis is based on long-term follow-up results from two cohorts of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis; one cohort with 535 patients originally included in 4 European randomized clinical trials (papers I and II) and one Swedish population-based cohort including 195 patients (papers III and IV). Two areas are covered in the two cohorts, respectively; the assessment of mortality, prognostic factors and causes of death in the two cohorts (paper I and III) and the assessment of malignancy risk compared with a matched general population (papers II and IV). READ MORE