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    Diagnostic accuracy and clinical applicability of the Swedish version of the 4AT assessment test for delirium detection, in a mixed patient population and setting

    Delirium is common in older hospitalized patients. It has serious consequences e.g., poor health outcomes, mortality and increased costs. Despite that, many cases are undetected. Early detection of delirium is...

    Yvonne A. Johansson, Theofanis Tsevis, Salmir Nasic, Catharina Gillsjö in BMC Geriatrics (2021)

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    Previously diagnosed multiple primary malignancies in patients with breast carcinoma in Western Sweden between 2007 and 2018

    Multiple primary malignancies (MPMs) caused by breast cancer treatment are well described, but only few studies to date describe which other previous primary malignancies (OPPMs) occur before breast cancer. Th...

    Jenny Nyqvist, Toshima Z. Parris, Khalil Helou in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2020)

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    “Since his birth, I’ve always been old” the experience of being parents to children displaying disruptive behavior problems: a qualitative study

    Being parents of children who display disruptive behavior problems (DBP) can pose several challenges. Interventions for children with DBP are primarily outpatient group parent training (PT) programs. The purpo...

    Britt-Marie Ljungström, Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm, Ulf Axberg in BMC Psychology (2020)

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    Bottom-up and top-down approaches to understanding oppositional defiant disorder symptoms during early childhood: a mixed method study

    Children with clinical levels of conduct problems are at high risk of develo** mental health problems such as persistent antisocial behavior or emotional problems in adolescence. Serious conduct problems in ...

    Britt-Marie Ljungström in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental… (2020)

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    Fascia iliaca compartment block as a preoperative analgesic in elderly patients with hip fractures – effects on cognition

    Impaired cognition is a major risk factor for perioperative delirium. It is essential to provide good pain control in patients with hip fractures and especially important in patients with severely impaired cog...

    Pär Wennberg, Margareta Möller, Johan Herlitz, Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm in BMC Geriatrics (2019)

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    The prognostic relevance of FOXA1 and Nestin expression in breast cancer metastases: a retrospective study of 164 cases during a 10-year period (2004–2014)

    Current prognostic markers cannot adequately predict the clinical outcome of breast cancer patients. Therefore, additional biomarkers need to be included in routine immune panels. FOXA1 was a significant predi...

    Shahin De Lara, Jenny Nyqvist, Elisabeth Werner Rönnerman, Khalil Helou in BMC Cancer (2019)

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    Exploration of dynamics in a complex person-centred intervention process based on health professionals’ perspectives

    The assessment and evaluation of practical and sustainable development of health care has become a major focus of investigation in health services research. A key challenge for researchers as well as decision-...

    Febe Friberg, Catarina Wallengren, Cecilia Håkanson in BMC Health Services Research (2018)

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    Delirium in older hospitalized patients—signs and actions: a retrospective patient record review

    Delirium is common in older hospitalized patients, and is associated with negative consequences for the patients, next of kin, healthcare professionals and healthcare costs. It is important to understand its c...

    Yvonne A. Johansson, Ingrid Bergh, Iréne Ericsson in BMC Geriatrics (2018)

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    Mindfulness based stress reduction study design of a longitudinal randomized controlled complementary intervention in women with breast cancer

    The stress of a breast cancer diagnosis and its treatment can produce a variety of psychosocial sequelae including impaired immune responses. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a structured complemen...

    Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm, Lena B Mårtensson in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2013)