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The blood loss-reducing effect of desmopressin during dextran therapy was studied in a double-blind fashion in 79 elderly but otherwise healthy patients with preoperative normal bleeding time undergoing total hip replacement for primary coxarthrosis. An infusion of desmopressin (0.3 microgram/kg body weight) or placebo was randomly administered immediately after administration of spinal anaesthesi

In a 1992 questionnaire study, we found that certain nasal symptoms and symptom-provoking factors were associated with prevalence of self-reported chronic bronchitis/emphysema (CBE). In this follow-up study, we examined whether any nasal features could predict an increased incidence of self-reported physician's diagnosis of CBE/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In 2000, a survey was pe

Objective To examine children's competence while cycling, as demonstrated in mistakes in performance and failure to comply with safety rules. Methods Children in three age groups (8, 10, and 12 years) participated in a realistic yet simulated traffic environment. Results The boys' cycling speed increased steadily with age, while that of the girls increased from 8 to 10 but decreased at age 12. Mos

This is the lecture that I gave when I was awarded Acta Ophthalmologica's gold medal and honorary award at the Nordic Ophthalmological Congress in Reykjavik in August 2010. I was inspired by Jared Diamond's famous book: Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Fates of Human Societies. Diamond is professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In this book, which won the Pul

Objective Our aim was to study depression and anxiety in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients as risk factors for all-cause mortality in a primary care setting. Methods The study population included adults (n = 12 283) of 45 years and older diagnosed with AF in 75 primary care centres in Sweden. The association between depression or anxiety and all-cause mortality was explored using Cox regression an

Abstract in UndeterminedFlow-induced oscillation of an elastically supported circular cylinder subject to an incompressible fluid at Re=100 and 400 has been studied using three-dimensional simulations. The cylinder is either subjected to a uniform flow in an unconfined surrounding or confined by rectangular channel, i.e. the cylinder is confined in both the span-wise and the cross-stream direction

In this study, we determined the diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers to predict development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) within five years in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). To do so, the levels of tau, phosphorylated tau, Abeta42, Abeta40, Abeta38, sAbetaPPalpha, and sAbetaPPbeta were analyzed in 327 CSF samples obtained at baseline from patients with AD (n=

The kinetics of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin release was studied in human pancreatic islets. Batches of 10-15 islets were perifused and the hormones measured with RIA in 30-sec fractions. Increase of glucose from 3 to 20 mM resulted in a brief pulse of glucagon coinciding with suppression of basal insulin and somatostatin release. There was a subsequent drop of glucagon release concomitant w

OBJECTIVE: Prevalence and clinical relevance of patellofemoral (PF) osteoarthritis (OA) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. METHOD: Prospectively we studied 94 out of 100 consecutive patients 15 years after acute ACL injury. ACL reconstructions were only performed late if recurrent "give way" persisted or a secondary meniscal injury suitable for repair occurred. The subjects, mean age 4

Abstract BACKGROUND: Family history has been suggested as a risk factor for varicose veins, but recall bias may inflate the familial risks. The aim of this nationwide study was to determine familial risks for hospital treatment for varicose veins. METHODS: Data from the Swedish Multi-Generation Register of people aged 0-76 years were linked to Hospital Discharge Register data for 1964-2008. Stand

Legal terms such as "owner", "contract", "possession", "citizen" are "intermediaries" in the sense that they serve as vehicles of inference between statements of legal grounds, on one hand, and legal consequences, on the other. After introducing our approach to the representation of a normative system, we present a theory of "intervenients", seen as a tool for analysing intermediaries. The paper i

Popular Abstract in Swedish För drygt 30 år sedan samlades några uttråkade ungdomar i Hultsfred, Småland och bildade rockföreningen Rockparty. Föreningen byggde upp en omfattande konsertverksamhet och en stark musikscen på den lilla orten. 1986 startade Hultsfredsfestivalen, vilken utvecklades till ett av Sveriges starkaste varumärken. En festival som i decennier drog till sig inhemska och utländsBjälesjö, Jonas 2013. Rock’n’roll i Hultsfred – Ungdomar, festival och lokal gemenskap (Rock’n’roll in Hultsfred – Youth, Festival and Local Community). Swedish text with a summary in English. Doctoral Dissertation, Lund University, 2013. Published by: Hammarlin bokförlag 2013, Yderhult, Båstad, 0431-755 88, www.hammarlin.se/bokforlag, 200 pages, ISBN: 978-91-979381-0-5. Abstract This study is c

In this thesis, the high temperature superconductors (HTSC) Ba_0.6K_0.4BiO₃, La₂CuO_4+x, Bi₂Sr₂Ca_1-xY_xCu₂O _8+d, Bi₂Sr₂CuO_6+d as well as semiconducting Ba_0.9K_0.1BiO₃ and the strongly magnetoresistant material La₁

When the initial problems of introducing and adopting model-driven development in a company have been handled, we want to go to work. That means that we have to supply our team of developers with a development environment and tools and processes that allow them to work efficiently. In many cases the team would like to work with models as if it was "just another programming language" and use the sa

Enzyme based biosensor systems for ex vivo blood lactate monitoring were developed. The first approach utilised an immobilised enzyme reactor incorporated in a flow system and the main objectives were integration of sampling, sample handling, analysis, control and calibration. The flow system comprised a double lumen catheter for continuous sampling and heparinisation of blood, a dialysis unit for