<i>Introduction</i> - Gynecological fistula (affecting female genital organs) leads to involuntary loss of urine or feces. In industrialized societies, fistulas occur mostly as complications of surgery, radiation therapy or inflammatory bowel disease. We sought to determine the incidence of gynecological fistula and type of surgical treatment provided in Norway.<p><p> <i>Material and methods</i> ...

<i>Purpose</i>: To compare two clinically relevant anesthetic agents, i.e., isoflurane versus propofol with respect to protection of the kidney in a porcine renal ischemia reperfusion model. <p> <p><i>Materials and Methods</i>: 14 hybrid pigs were randomized to anesthesia with either isoflurane or propofol prior to laparoscopic surgery. Following anesthesia, the left kidney hilum was clamped for ...

Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) are at increased short-term risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). The mechanisms behind this association are unclear. We aimed to investigate the impact of acute MI as a transient risk factor for incident VTE while taking other concomitant VTE risk factors into account. We conducted a case–crossover study of VTE patients (<i>n</i> = 707) recruited from the ...

<b>Background/Aim</b>: Compared to intravenous taxane chemotherapy, newer orally-available and/or less toxic agents for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MCRPC) may be associated with higher likelihood of starting treatment in patients with adverse prognostic features and limited life expectancy. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the rates of treatment initiation during the last ...

<i>Background</i>: There is rising demand for health care’s limited resources. Mobile health (mHealth) could be a solution, especially for those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes. mHealth can increases patients’ options to self-manage their health, improving their health knowledge, engagement, and capacity to contribute to their own care decisions. However, there are few solutions for sharing ...

Except for straightforward palliative indications such as painful bone metastases, re-irradiation is often characterized by a narrow therapeutic window and the potential for decreased efficacy and increased toxicity, especially if the cumulative total dose from both courses is high. Second re-irradiations tend to pose even bigger challenges and are thus offered in a restrictive manner to highly ...

<i>Background</i> - Previous studies have reported that around 50% of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) has undergone recent hospitalization. However, studies on the impact of hospitalization as a trigger factor for VTE are limited.<p><p> <i>Objectives</i> - To investigate the impact of hospitalization with and without concurrent immobilization as a trigger factor for VTE.<p><p> ...

Family studies have indicated that heritability explains 50-60% of the venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, and in recent years, several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to influence the VTE risk. Glycoprotein 6 (GP6) rs1613662, also known as T13254C, is an A/G single nucleotide variation in amino acid 219, which results in a serine to proline substitution affecting ...

<i>Objective</i> - To propose multidisciplinary, consensus-based, standardization of operational terminology and method of assessment for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - Using a sequential expert group–defined terminology and methods-of-assessment approach by (1) establishment of task force, (2) item generation, (3) working ...

<i>Objective</i> - To assess the impact of achieving Lupus Low Disease Activity State ≥50% of the time (LLDAS‐50) on damage accrual and mortality in an inception cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - We used data from the Tromsø Lupus Cohort, a longitudinal population‐based study of all patients with SLE in the 2 northernmost counties in Norway. ...