Stian Lydersen

..However, long-term precision for this method has not been examined. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the long-term in-vitro precision for the new direct digital version of DXR...

..plantarum MF1298 in subjects with IBS. Primary outcome was treatment preference and secondary outcomes were number of weeks with satisfactory relief of symptoms and IBS sum score...

..Constipation and diarrhoea are common complaints and often reported as adverse drug reactions. This study aimed at finding associations between drugs and constipation and diarrhoea in a general population...

..Moreover, we recommend that the asymptotic Pearson's chi-squared or other asymptotic tests not be used for small sample r x c tables...

..Unconditional tests and the mid-p approach ought to be used more than they now are. The traditional Fisher's exact test should practically never be used...

..To estimate the effect of education on the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD)...

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..To investigate sex differences in the prevalence and extent of overweight and obesity in adolescents aged 14-18 years...

..Particularly in older age, HRQOL, rather than longevity, is the primary goal of treatment. However, prospective studies describing recovery and HRQOL are still scarce...

..To evaluate the effects of tranexamic acid on postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements in elderly patients undergoing combined aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)...

..In addition to age and sex, height, puberty, type of measurement device and different variances in different age groups should also be accounted for...

..Validating pain measures for use in this population is an important part of establishing a foundation for future studies on chronic pain after cardiac surgery...

..We aim to investigate whether reduced kidney function is associated with the risk of adverse pregnancy-related outcomes in the general population...

..To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients after cardiac surgery with emphasis on sex differences...

..A randomized, controlled trial was launched to test the hypothesis that physical exercise reduces fatigue and improves physical performance in cancer patients with advanced and incurable disease...

..The synchronous overexpression of c-erbB1-4 proteins in anaplastic astrocytomas supports their role in the pathogenesis of these tumors. Further, c-erbB2 overexpression seems to predict aggressive behaviour...

..e., it would detect 65.6% of all individuals progressing to ESRD). In conclusion, all levels of reduced eGFR should be complemented by quantification of urinary albumin to predict optimally progression to ESRD...

..To describe patterns of smoking behaviour in patients undergoing cardiac surgery...

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..Cross-sectional study...

..This study aimed to investigate the effects of a group-based education programme for patients with mild GORD...

..Clinicians should be aware of the cross-reactivity of the aromatic AEDs regarding cutaneous adverse events, as well as their differences in this respect. LTG appears to be involved in cross-reactions less often than CBZ, OXC and PHT...

..69 (CI 1.84-3.91, p = 0.02) and comorbid OR = 2.55 (CI 1.24-5.23, p < 0.001). Prenatal smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for symptoms of ADHD and ODD independently of each other, in 4-year-olds...

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..The aims of the study were to examine the frequency and timing of predefined medical complications in unselected acute stroke patients treated in an acute comprehensive stroke unit and an early supported discharge service...

..Strain magnitude is, however, a suitable parameter for discrimination of glial tumor and normal brain parenchyma. (E-mail: Tormod.Selbekk@sintef.no)...

..In spite of major improvements in the cure rate of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), 2-4% of patients still die from treatment related complications...

..In conclusion, interactions between microbial compounds can modulate cellular inflammatory cytokine production and experimental investigations of one compound at a time could give misleading conclusions about these combined effects...

..Three hundred and one healthy nulliparous women were included at 20 weeks of pregnancy and randomly allocated to a training group (148) or a control group (153)...

..Low water content is the main contributor to highest load stiffness. Optimal stability of impacted morsellized bone is achieved with dried and well-graded particles. The number of heavy impaction strokes can be restricted...

..Our in vivo observations support the hypothesized association between NK cells, impaired placental development and pathogenesis of PE/FGR...

..However, there is an ongoing discussion whether the MDRD formula should be used in the general population as several studies have found a large underestimation of its GFR estimates...

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..The object of this study was to determine the occurrence of climacteric complaints, and to study the use and efficacy of hormonal and alternative therapies among Norwegian women...

..To determine the prevalence of refractive errors in the young and middle-aged adult population in Norway...

..The aim of this trial was to evaluate the long-term effects of an extended stroke unit service (ESUS), characterized by early supported discharge. The short-term effects were published previously...

..The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of refractive errors among young and middle-aged adults in Norway...

..In conclusion, MIB-1 PI appears as an important prognostic factor and should be used in combination with traditional histological criteria for malignancy in order to identify meningiomas with increased risk of recurrence...

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..The prevalence of obesity is increasing. Overweight and obese people have increased mortality compared with normal weight people. We investigated the effect of weight change on mortality...

..To study the association between self-reported leisure time physical activity (LTPA) at baseline and change in body mass index (BMI)...

..However, cases with a suspicious or equivocal FNA should be considered for frozen section analysis...

..To evaluate the effect of an extended stroke unit service (extended service), with early supported discharge and co-ordination of further rehabilitation in co-operation with the primary health care system in three rural municipalities...

..The present study offers insights that should prove useful in clinical work and further large-scale research...

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..Registration accuracy (mean ± SD) was for Siemens 5.05 ± 4.74 mm, for CAMP 4.02 ± 1.52 mm and for the reference registrations 2.72 ± 1.18 mm. The registration algorithms differed significantly, p < 0.001...

..We have assessed the prevalence of children's health symptoms according to whether peer victimization was reported by the children, by their teachers, or by their parents...

..The aim of this study was to explore changes in the BMI-distribution over time among Norwegian adolescents...

..Elderly patients had an increased activation of the hemostatic system. In particular, elderly patients showed a more pronounced increase in fibrinolysis and platelet activation postoperatively compared with younger patients...

..We wanted to study the incidence of skin reactions of current AEDs and to explore their relation to clinical parameters such as gender, age, and learning disability...

..Recent studies show divergent results concerning the risk of ectopic pregnancy following Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection...

..The low aerobic capacity in dropouts indicates that persons most needy of physical exercise are the least compliant in exercise programs...

..Conclusion:Hyperoxia caused a more severe tissue destruction, delayed irreversible white matter injury, and increased inflammatory response resulting in a worsening in the trajectory of injury after HI in developing gray and white matter...

..Secondary outcomes were blood pressure, heart rate, use of vasopressors and inotropic drugs, pneumonia and neurological outcome...

..According to the protocol in the present study, 16S rRNA gene real-time PCR did not identify more cases of septic prosthetic loosening than did culture of adequate periprosthetic biopsies...

..However, the field is still evolving, and there is a great need for "integrated" solutions...

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..In moderate head injury, surprisingly, there was no association between MRI findings and outcome when using the GOSE score as outcome measure...

..Questionnaires evaluating digestive symptoms and their psychosocial impact have not been extensively validated in Norwegian populations. In this study a self-administered questionnaire developed in Norway is evaluated for this purpose...

..No significant differences were found in frequencies between the patients and comparable populations. This study does not indicate increased susceptibility to Parkinson's disease in HFE gene mutation carriers in Norway...

..In conclusion, CKD prevalence in Norway was similar to that in the United States, suggesting that lower progression to ESRD rather than a smaller pool of individuals at risk accounts for the lower incidence of ESRD in Norway...

..In a few cases, perhaps characterized by poorly balanced designs, LR performs best. Fisher's test seems to be slightly more robust even if the design is poor...

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..To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients three years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) compared to the general Norwegian population, with emphasis on age and gender-differences...

..The aim of this study was to study the effect of postoperative physiotherapist-guided pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) parameters in patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP)...

..These findings may have implications both for prevention and intervention in adolescence, as well as for future research...

..Being born with low birth weight is a risk factor for psychiatric morbidity. Few longitudinal studies have included diagnostic assessment and followed subjects into adulthood...

..Our aims were to investigate whether HGF and c-Met are present in bone marrow and extramedullary tumours from patients with monoclonal plasma cell disease, and whether c-Met is activated...

..To assess safety, risk factors and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with spinal stenosis after decompressive laminectomy...

..The secondary objective was to compare these results with data from age and gender adjusted data from the general population (Gen-Pop)...

..In this cross-sectional study of school children we assessed how factors assumed to promote wellbeing and factors assumed to adversely influence wellbeing were associated with self-reported wellbeing in school...

..The aims of the study were to assess the effectiveness of laxative therapy in an everyday setting in Norwegian nursing homes, study differences between treatment regimens and factors associated with normal bowel function...

..The purpose of the study was to compare the ability of navigated 3D ultrasound to distinguish tumour and normal brain tissue at the tumour border zone in subsequent phases of resection...

..The aim of this study was to examine the impact of surgical margin status on serum prostate-specific antigen (sPSA) relapse in men consecutively receiving RP in a non-screened population...

..The aim of the present trial was to compare the effects of an extended stroke unit service (ESUS) with the effects of an ordinary stroke unit service (OSUS) on long-term quality of life (QoL)...

..Effects of fish oil supplements on metabolic variables are insufficiently clarified in type 2 diabetes...

..The primary aim of this study was to assess non-abused preschool children's responses to an anogenital examination...

..The aim of this trial was to determine the effect and feasibility of CIMT compared with traditional rehabilitation in short and long term...

..4). Averaging three recordings of two heart cycles each gives acceptable accuracy (normalised variance of patient means lambda < 0.3). This acquisition scheme is reasonable in a clinical situation...

..The aim of the present study was to assess chronic pain and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after cardiac surgery...

..cold intolerance after hand injuries is often debilitating. We wished to determine what factors make it more likely to occur and whether it improves or worsens with time...

..To investigate whether type of glaucoma or use of acetazolamide are associated with main cause of death and comorbidity...

..To compare the survival rates of patients with exfoliative glaucoma (XFG) and those with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and to establish whether the use of acetazolamide has any influence on survival...