Search for dissertations about: "tonsil"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the word tonsil.

  2. 1. Postoperative recovery in children after tonsil surgery : with a focus on pain and pain management from the child's, caregivers', and professionals' perspectives

    Author : Fredrik Alm; Elisabeth Ericsson; Stefan Lundeberg; Gunilla Lööf; Dagmar Westerling; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tonsil surgery; Child; Caregiver; Postoperative pain; Pain management; Postoperative recovery;

    Abstract : Tonsil surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures in children. Although there are several health benefits associated with this surgery, the recovery can be challenging. READ MORE

  4. 2. Immune response in human tonsil tissue

    Author : Karin Ågren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Tonsillar hypertrophy; reeurrent tonsillitis; infectious mononueleosis; cytokine; immune response.;

    Abstract : Pathogenic mechanisms responsible for tonsillar hypertrophy (TH) in children suffering from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) were studied and compared with children with recurrent tonsillitis (RT) and infectious mononucleosis (IM), respectively. In an initial study the clinical consequences of OSAS caused by TH was investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tonsil Surgery - Register Studies of Complications and Outcomes

    Author : Eirik Østvoll; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; tonsillectomy; tonsillotomy; tonsillitis; pharyngitis; postoperative haemorrhage; mortality;

    Abstract : Tonsillectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure yet the evidence of the effect in patients with recurrent/chronic throat infections is unsatisfactory. Great variations exist in the reported rates of postoperative haemorrhage and mortality. READ MORE

  6. 4. Tonsil Surgery, studies on surgical methods and postoperative haemorrhage

    Author : Erik Odhagen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage; Quality improvement project; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillotomy; Reoperation; Postoperative morbidity;

    Abstract : Tonsil surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures in the world, with about 13,500 operations performed annually in Sweden. Sleep-disordered breathing in children and infection-related problems are the two most common indications. READ MORE

  7. 5. Extrathymic T cell receptor gene rearrangement in human alimentary tract

    Author : Anna Bas; Marie-Louise Hammarström; Sten Hammarström; Adrian Hayday; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Immunology; T cell maturation; recombination activating gene; preTα; human intestinal mucosa; intraepithelial lymphocytes; lamina propria lymphocytes; nasopharyngeal tonsil; Immunologi; Immunology; Immunologi; immunologi; Immunology;

    Abstract : T lymphocytes regulate the initiation, duration, and magnitude of adaptive immune responses and function as effector cells in cell mediated immunity. To become immunologically competent they must generate functional antigen receptors. This process takes place in the thymus and requires somatic recombination of T cell receptor (TCR) genes. READ MORE