Background - The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision aims to contribute to the improvement of quality and patient safety in the healthcare services. Planned audits were performed to investigate how 12 selected Norwegian obstetric units reported and analyzed adverse events as the part of their quality assurance and patient safety work.<p> Methods - Serious adverse events coded as birth asphyxia, ...

<i>Background</i> - Accurate estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in different population groups are important for the health authorities. In Norway, public infection control measures have successfully curbed the pandemic. However, military training and service are incompatible with these measures; therefore extended infection control measures were implemented in the Norwegian Armed Forces. We aimed ...

The study by Southgate et al. (2007 Psychol. Sci.18, 587–592. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01944.x)) has been widely cited as evidence for false-belief attribution in young children. Recent replication attempts of this paradigm have yielded mixed results: several studies did not replicate the original findings, raising doubts about the suitability of the paradigm to assess non-verbal action prediction ...

MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-coding RNA molecules, which are involved in the development of various malignancies, including prostate cancer (PCa). miR-17-5p is considered the most prominent member of the miR-17-92 cluster, with an essential regulatory function of fundamental cellular processes. In many malignancies, up-regulation of miR-17-5p is associated with worse outcome. In PCa, miR-17-5p has ...

<i>Introduction</i>: Cardiovascular dysfunction is a potentially lethal complication of hypothermia. Due to a knowledge gap, pharmacological interventions are not recommended at core temperatures below 30°C. Yet, further cooling is induced in surgical procedures and survival of accidental hypothermia is reported after rewarming from below 15°C, advocating a need for evidence-based treatment guidelines. ...

<i>Background</i> - Mothers with diabetes are less likely to achieve successful breastfeeding. Antenatal breastmilk expression (ABE) may facilitate earlier breastfeeding, but feasibility of introducing ABE and its acceptance among Scandinavian women have previously not been investigated.<br><br> <i>Methods</i> - This observational trial was conducted between the 1 January 2019 and the 12 March ...

Bakgrunn: Myelomatose er den tredje vanligste hematologiske kreftsykdommen med en insidensrate på 6,5 per 100,000. Sykdommen kjennetegnes av akkumulering av plasmaceller i beinmargen, og utvikler seg alltid gjennom forstadiet MGUS. Symptomene er lite spesifikke og diagnostikken er omfattende. Myelomatose meldes til kreftregisteret, men kreftregisteret publiserer ikke overlevelsesdata for landet som ...

Abstract - This study aimed to explore the influences of an interprofessional preceptor-team intervention (IPPT) on interprofessional collaboration, preceptors' role, confidence, and motivation to precept health care students (nursing, physiotherapy) and apprentices in a Norwegian nursing home.<p> Methods - Qualitative data were collected by two focus group discussions: possible gains and pitfalls ...

Introduksjon: Samhandlingsreformen og den nye helse- og omsorgstjenesteloven påla alle kommuner å opprette øyeblikkelig hjelp døgntilbud fra 1.1.2016. Intermediærenheter som sykestuer har de siste tiårene fått økende fokus både i Norge og i utlandet. Målet med denne oppgaven er å lage en systematisk oversikt over forskningslitteratur som omhandler sykestuer med vekt på kvalitet, økonomi og ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an increasingly used, non-invasive brain stimulation technique in neuroscience research and clinical practice with a broad spectrum of suggested applications. Among other parameters, the choice of stimulus intensity and intracranial electric field strength substantially impacts rTMS outcome. This review provides a systematic overview of the ...