Search for dissertations about: "longterm follow-up"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words longterm follow-up.

  2. 16. On Falls in the Elderly –Epidemiological Studies from the Longitudinal General Population Study ‘Good Aging in Skåne’ (GÅS), Sweden

    Author : Magnus Stenhagen; Geriatrik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accidental falls; elderly; general population; risk factors; prospective; health-related quality of life; life satisfaction; activities of daily living.;

    Abstract : In a ‘greying world’ with aging populations, falls in the elderly are a challenge to the health care system as they are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Apart from physical injuries, the consequences of falls are broad, with additional psychological and social consequences. READ MORE

  4. 17. Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease

    Author : Cathrine Edström Plüss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The effects of expanded cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) after coronary artery by-pass surgery or myocardial infarction (MI) on medical risk markers, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and hospitalizations due to symptoms of CV disease, were evaluated in a prospective randomized trial. The project was performed at the Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital, between 1999-2001. READ MORE

  5. 18. Causes and mechanisms of an adverse outcome in patients with glucose abnormalities and cardiovascular disease : epidemiological and biochemical analyses

    Author : Viveca Ritsinger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Diabetes and previously undetected glucose abnormalities are common in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is well established that patients with diabetes have a higher mortality rate after coronary events than patients without diabetes but the complication pattern in a contemporary perspective, the impact of glucose control and whether unknown glucose abnormalities affect the longterm prognosis is less well studied. READ MORE

  6. 19. Evaluation of a metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty

    Author : Henrik Dahlstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: After the introduction of the Metasul system by Weber in 1988, total hip arthroplasty (THA) with metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings became increasingly popular in the 1990s. MoM bearings aimed to reduce the problem of aseptic loosening associated with polyethylene wear particles from conventional polyethylene cups. READ MORE

  7. 20. Analysis of deep brain stimulation and ablative lesions in surgical treatment of movement disorders : with emphasis on safety aspects

    Author : Patric Blomstedt; Bengt Linderoth; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; deep brain stimulation; pallidotomy; thalamotomy; complications; Parkinson s disease; essential tremor; Clinical Neurophysiology; klinisk neurofysiologi;

    Abstract : Background The last decade has witnessed a renaissance of functional stereotactic neurosurgery in the treatment of patients with movement disorders, especially advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD), essential tremor (ET) and dystonia. Ablative lesions such as thalamotomy and pallidotomy have been gradually replaced by the technique of chronic deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to targets in the basal ganglia and thalamus, and assumed to be more lenient to the brain than stereotactic radiofrequency lesions. READ MORE