Search for dissertations about: "minor children"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 100 swedish dissertations containing the words minor children.

  2. 21. Participation in leisure activities of children and youths with and without disabilities

    Author : Anna Ullenhag; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The World Health Organization (WHO) defines participation as a person’s involvement in a life situation, and to participate in leisure activities is one of the most important aspects of health and well-being. When a child is involved and engaged in a leisure activity, it gives the child a sense of belonging, opportunities to make friendships, and possibilities to develop physical and social competences and skills. READ MORE

  4. 22. Atopic dermatitis : clinical and epidemiological aspects in children up to four years

    Author : Maria Böhme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Atopy; childhood; criteria; eczema; heredity; IgE; infections; prevention; sensitisation; severity;

    Abstract : Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a pruritic, chronically relapsing inflammatory skin disease; its aetiology is presumed to be multifactorial with interactions between genetic and environmental factors. In recent decades the prevalence of AD has increased remarkably, most likely due to environmental factors in early life. READ MORE

  5. 23. Intracellular free amino acids and nutritional status in children with chronic renal failure on different treatments

    Author : Alberto Canepa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Chronic renal failure; transplantation; nutritional status; children; amino acids; plasma muscle; polymorphonuclear granulocytes; proteolysis; red blood cells;

    Abstract : In untreated adult patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), and in chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and kidney-transplanted patients, typical plasma and muscle intracellular amino acid (AA) patterns have been described. Similar AA abnormalities to those seen in adult patients have been observed in plasma and muscle tissue of children with CRF, but no studies have been undertaken to evaluate the AA levels in plasma and muscle in children on CAPD or after kidney transplantation. READ MORE

  6. 24. Craniofacial development after three different palatoplasties in children born with isolated cleft palate

    Author : Konstantinos Parikakis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: Different palatoplasties are applied for the surgical correction of children born with an isolated cleft in the palate (ICP). During the last decades the Veau-Wardill-Kilner (VWK), Minimal Incision (MI) and Minimal Incision with radical muscle reconstruction (MMI) palatoplasties were performed by the Stockholm Craniofacial Team. READ MORE

  7. 25. Do you see my pain? Aspects of pain assessment in hospitalized preverbal children

    Author : Randi Dovland Andersen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background and aim: Pain in hospitalized preverbal children is underassessed and undermanaged. According to the Social Communication Model of Pain, pain is both a personal experience and a social construction, influenced not only by the child in pain, but by the observer and the context. Nurses’ pain assessment is biased towards underestimation. READ MORE