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- CERNERUD, LARS, et al.
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Amphetamine addiction during pregnancy. 14 year follow-up of growth and school performance
- 1996
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - 0803-5253. ; 85:2, s. 204-208
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sixty-five children born to women who all abused amphetamine during pregnancy have been followed prospectively since their birth in 1976-77. At the age of 14-15 years, information about growth and school achievement was collected from school records. For comparison of school achievements the means of schoolmates were used, and for growth a group of Stockholm children born in the same year. By the age of 14 years only 14 children (22%) had stayed with their biological mothers for the whole period since birth. In the eighth grade, 10 (15%) were one grade lower than indicated by their biological age. The norm for Sweden is less than 5%. The means of the points in mathematics, Swedish language and sports were statistically below those of their classmates. At the age of 10 years the girls were significantly shorter and lighter than their peers born in 1976. At the age of 14 years the boys were statistically taller and heavier than their peers. It can be concluded that maternal amphetamine abuse during pregnancy will influence children at least up to the age of 14-15 years even though many of them have been living in foster homes since a young age.
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- Martin, Lene
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Computer-assisted management of primary open-angle glaucoma. Knowledge acquisition and prototype testing
- 1996
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Ingår i: Computers in Nursing. - 0736-8593. ; 14:5, s. 267-271
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Primary open-angle glaucoma is a common disease afflicting 1% to 2% of people older than 50 years of age. The care of patients with glaucoma is a subject of debate because the disease is incompletely understood. The diagnosis relies on a number of examinations, many of them performed by ophthalmic nurses, and the care of patients with glaucoma has become one of the main tasks for ophthalmic nurses in Sweden. This study describes a knowledge-based system for decision support in glaucoma management, which uses seven data elements about the patient to arrive at one of 25 different recommendations for appropriate action. In 267 patient visits to five different eye clinics, the program recommendations were compared with the actual decisions made by the responsible physician. The concordance was 92% to 100% when policy differences among the clinics were taken into account. The program appears to provide substantial decision support in the management of primary open-angle glaucoma. The program's ability to support the ophthalmic nurses in the care of patients with open-angle glaucoma is being evaluated.
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- Nyqvist, Kerstin Hedberg, et al.
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Development of the Preterm Infant Breastfeeding Behavior Scale (PIBBS) : a study of nurse-mother agreement
- 1996
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Ingår i: Journal of Human Lactation. - : SAGE Publications. - 0890-3344 .- 1552-5732. ; 12:3, s. 207-219
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Research on the development of preterm infant feeding behavior has focused mainly on bottlefeeding, using invasive methods or observations by professionals. In this study, a clinical method for observing breastfeeding was developed in collaboration between observers and mothers for the purpose of enabling neonatal personnel and mothers to describe developmental stages in preterm infant breastfeeding behavior. Tests of interobserver reliability resulted in acceptable agreement between observers, but a somewhat lower level of agreement between observers and mothers. The scale showed a good capacity to discriminate between infant gestational ages and can be used for helping mothers to identify their infants' emerging competence.
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