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- Daly, AK, et al.
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Nomenclature for human CYP2D6 alleles
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Ingår i: Pharmacogenetics. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0960-314X. ; 6:3, s. 193-201
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- Brandstrom, BUE, et al.
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Unambiguous evidence of HF pump-enhanced airglow at auroral latitudes
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Ingår i: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. - : AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION. - 0094-8276. ; 26:23, s. 3561-3564
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Simultaneous observations by up to three low-light imaging stations belonging to the Auroral Large Imaging System (ALIS) have provided the first strong evidence of high-frequency (HF) pump-enhanced airglow at auroral latitudes. The airglow was enhanced by
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- Hall-Lord, M-L., et al.
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Chronic pain and distress among elderly in the community : Comparison of patients' experiences and enrolled nurses' assessments
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 7:1, s. 45-54
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: This study compared elderly patients' reported experiences of pain and distress with enrolled nurses' assessments and related potential differences to patient and enrolled nurse characteristics.BACKGROUND: Many elderly suffer from chronic pain but few studies have focused on this group of patients.METHODS: Data were collected through personal interviews with 38 patients and questionnaires completed by 38 enrolled nurses.FINDINGS: Enrolled nurses underestimated patients' experiences of physical pain, physical discomfort, breathing problems, resignation, and dependency. Pain and distress were overestimated by enrolled nurses who had lower scores on three of the five personality scales used. In contrast, enrolled nurses who had higher scores on these personality scales tended to underestimate the patients' pain and distress.CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to develop staff training programmes in order to optimize the care for elderly patients with chronic pain in the community.
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- Hall-Lord, M-L., et al.
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Chronic pain and distress in older people : A cluster analysis
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Ingår i: International Journal of Nursing Practice. - 1322-7114 .- 1440-172X. ; 5:2, s. 78-85
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Chronic pain represents a major health problem among older people. The aims of the present study were to: (i) identify various profiles of pain and distress experiences among older patients; and (ii) compare whether background variables, sense of coherence, functional ability and experiences of interventions aimed at reducing pain and distress varied among the patient profiles. Interviews were carried out with 42 older patients. A cluster analysis yielded three clusters, each representing a different profile of patients. Case illustrations are provided for each profile. There were no differences between the clusters, regarding intensity and duration of pain. One profile, with subjects of advanced age, showed a decreased functional ability and favourable scores in most of the categories of pain and distress. Another profile of patients showed favourable mean scores in all categories. The third cluster of patients showed unfavourable scores in most categories of pain and distress. There appears to be a need to treat the three groups of patients in different ways in the caring situation.
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- Hall-Lord, M-L., et al.
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Postoperative experiences of pain and distress in the elderly patients : An explorative study
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Ingår i: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. - 1594-0667 .- 1720-8319. ; 11, s. 73-82
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- The aim of this study was to explore postoperative experiences of pain and distress in elderly patients, as well as interventions aimed at reducing these conditions, on three occasions. The study group was composed of 100 patients who had undergone elective surgery in two orthopedic and two general surgical units. Of the 50 patients in the orthopedic units, 26 had undergone hip arthroplasty and 24 knee arthroplasty: of the 50 patients in the general surgical units, 23 had had breast cancer surgery, and 27 abdominal surgery. The patients were interviewed, using a structured interview format, on three occasions; at the ward on the first and second day after surgery, and by telephone about ten days after discharge from hospital. Within both the sensory and the emotional dimensions, logistic regression analyses showed that the dependent variables of pain and distress were significantly related above all to type of surgery and sense of coherence (SOC). In a cluster analysis, three meaningful clusters of patients were obtained. The patients in the different profiles showed variations in their experiences of pain and distress. The 12 patients with the least favorable scores had weaker SOC than the patients in the other profiles. It is concluded that type of surgery and psychological factors influenced patients' experiences of pain and distress after undergoing surgery. These experiences should be reduced by identifying risk patients, and improving assistance and support in the nursing ward, and also when patients have returned home.
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- Pehrson, Steen, et al.
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Non-invasive assessment of magnitude and dispersion of atrial cycle length during chronic atrial fibrillation in man
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Ingår i: European Heart Journal. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1522-9645 .- 0195-668X. ; 19:12, s. 1836-1844
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- AIMS: Atrial fibrillation cycle lengths can be assessed from right precordial ECG leads and the unipolar oesophageal ECG using a non-invasive method called Frequency Analysis of Fibrillatory ECG. The purpose of this report is to present the results from application of this method in a large group of patients with long-term atrial fibrillation and to examine the differences between patients with 'coarse' and 'fine' atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Simultaneous 15 min recordings from V1, V2 and an oesophageal lead at a position behind the posterior atrium were obtained in 28 patients, aged 41 to 78 years, with long-term (> 1 month) atrial fibrillation. In each lead, using the time averaging technique, the QRST complexes were suppressed. Thereafter, the frequency distribution of the residual ECG was estimated by means of Fast Fourier Transform. In the 3-12 Hz range of each lead, the dominant atrial cycle length, the power maximum and the spectral width were calculated. In 26 patients (93%), frequency spectra in the 3-12 Hz range could be obtained. The dominant atrial cycle length ranged from 120 to 175 ms, mean 150+/-16 (SD) ms in V1, and from 120 to 190 ms, mean 150+/-16 in an oesophageal lead (ns). The absolute difference in the dominant atrial cycle length between V1 and the oesophageal lead was 10.4+/-7.7 ms. There was no significant difference in the dominant atrial cycle length in V1 between patients with coarse and fine atrial fibrillation. The power maximum in V1 was significantly greater in patients with coarse compared to fine atrial fibrillation (P=0.01). The spectral widths ranged from 10 to 55 ms and demonstrated significantly higher mean values in lead V2 compared to V1 (P=0.001). Compared to V1, the mean values tended to be smaller in the oesophageal lead (P=0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Using the Frequency Analysis of Fibrillatory ECG method, the dominant atrial cycle length, power maximum and spectral width can be estimated from the frequency spectra in the majority of patients with atrial fibrillation. Spatial dispersion of the dominant atrial cycle length occurs in some patients and may be an important proarrhythmic marker. The distinction between coarse and fine atrial fibrillation cannot be used as a marker of the atrial cycle length.
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