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- Kehoe, Laura, et al.
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Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
- 2019
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Ingår i: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 364:6438, s. 341-
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- Bentham, James, et al.
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A century of trends in adult human height
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Ingår i: eLIFE. - : eLife Sciences Publications Ltd. - 2050-084X. ; 5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.5–22.7) and 16.5 cm (13.3– 19.7) taller, respectively. In contrast, there was little change in adult height in some sub-Saharan African countries and in South Asia over the century of analysis. The tallest people over these 100 years are men born in the Netherlands in the last quarter of 20th century, whose average heights surpassed 182.5 cm, and the shortest were women born in Guatemala in 1896 (140.3 cm; 135.8– 144.8). The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Child Behavior and Quality of Life Before and After Tonsillotomy versus Tonsillectomy
- 2008
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Ingår i: Swedish Sleep Medicine Congress.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: to compare two techniques for tonsil surgery with respect to postoperative pain and morbidity and changes in sleep, behavior, health related quality of life (HRQL) and benefit due to surgery. Methods: 67 pre-school children with tonsillar hypertrophy were randomized to regular tonsillectomy (TE) or tonsillotomy (TT) with Radiofrequency surgical technique. The parents completed a validated quality of life survey, Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 (OSA18) , assessed the children’s behavior with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) before and six month after surgery and evaluated the post-operative health related benefits using the Glasgow Children’s Benefit Inventory (GCBI). Results: TT-children recorded less pain from the first day, and were pain-free 3 days earlier than TE-children. Six months post-surgery, there was no difference between TT and TE with regard to snoring and ENT-infections. The total scores in all the individual domains between the initial OSA-18 and post-surgery scores differed (p<0.0001). Improvement in CBCL score was also significant (p<0.01) . There were no differences between TT- and TE-children. GCBI indicated a significant health benefit of both methods. Conclusions: Tonsillar hypertrophy shows impact on HRQL and behavior. After tonsillar operation, improvements occur as much after TT as after TE. TT should be first choice for treatment.
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Child behavior and quality of life before and after tonsillotomy versus tonsillectomy
- 2008
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Ingår i: International conference in pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 2008. ; , s. 40-40
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Introduction: The objective of the present investigation was to compare two techniques for pediatric tonsil surgery with respect to postoperative pain and morbidity and changes in sleep behavior, health related quality of life (HRQL) and benefit due to surgery. Methods: 67 children (4,5-5,5 years) with tonsillar hypertrophy and obstructive sleep related distress with or without recurrent tonsillitis were randomized to either regular tonsillectomy (TE)(n=32) or intracapsular tonsillectomy/tonsillotomy (TT) (n=35) with Radiofrequency surgical technique (Ellman Int) Before TT/TE, the parents completed a validated Quality of Life survey of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, the OSA18 (Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18) and a standardized assessment of their children-s behavior with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Six months after surgery, the parents repeated these measurements, and assessed the health related benefits of the surgery using the Glasgow Children´s Benefit Inventory (GCBI). Results: In the TT group, the children recorded less pain from the first day after surgery onwards, used fewer doses of painkillers and were pain-free 3 days earlier than the children in the TE group. Six months after surgery, there was no significant difference between TT and TE with regard to snoring and ENT-infections. The differences were all significant in the total scores and in all the individual domains between the initial OSA-18 and post-surgery scores (p<0.0001). The improvement in the total problem score measured with CBCL was also significant (p<0.01) and there were no differences between the TT and TE children. The improvements in all sub scores of the GCBI indicated a significant health benefit of both TT and TE. Conclusions: TT with RF-surgery is a safe method, which causes less pain and postoperative morbidity than regular TE and has a similar effect on snoring and recurrent infections. Young children with tonsillar hypertrophy and different degrees of obstructive sleep related distress all show an impact on HRQL and behavior. All improve dramatically after a tonsillar operation-improving just as much after TT as after TE. Based on these results, TT should be the first choice for treatment of these small children. Support: Financial support from the Research Council of South East Sweden (FORSS).
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Intracapsular tonsillectomy with RF-surgery : Effects on snoring one-year results
- 2004
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Ingår i: 17th congress of the European Sleep research Sociaty, Prag, Tjeckien 5-9 okt, 2004.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objektive: To compare two techniques for pediatric tonsil surgery with respect to postoperative pain and the long-term effects (one year) on snoring. Methods: 92 children with a history of snoring and few to several tonsillitis, were randomized to either regular tonsillectomy (T)(n=43) or intracapsular tonsillectomy (TT) with RF surgical technique, where only the obstructive parts of the tonsils were removed. Results: In the TT group, the children recorded less pain from the second hour after surgery onwards, and were back in school and pain-free 3 days earlier than the children in the T group. The TT children used fewer doses of painkillers and did not lose weight postoperatively compared to the T-children, who lost a mean of 660g in 10 days. Effect on snoring was the same in both groups. One year after surgery, some children in both groups still had slight snoring, but no apneás. Both groups were satisfied and in good health. The T-children remembered their pain more than TT-children. A surgical technique, which results in less suffering and a shorter time the child and a parent have to stay at home postoperatively, is a health- and socioeconomic gain. Is it defendable to continue performing traditional tonsillectomy? Intracapsular tonsillectomy with RF-surgery is a safe method, which causes less pain and morbidity than regular tonsillectomy and has the same effect on snoring.
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Pediatric Tonsillotomy with the Radiofrequency Technique : Long-term Follow-up
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Ingår i: The Laryngoscope. - : Wiley. - 0023-852X .- 1531-4995. ; 116:10, s. 1851-1857
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: Compare the effects of partial tonsil resection using a radiofrequency technique, tonsillotomy (TT), with total tonsillectomy (TE, blunt dissection) after 1 and 3 years. Compare frequency of relapse in snoring or infections and possible long-term changes in behavior among TT children with those in TE children.Method: Ninety-two children (5-15 yr) randomized to TT (n = 49) or TE (n = 43) groups because of obstructive problems with or without recurrent tonsillitis. One year after surgery, general health, degree of obstruction, history of infections, and behavior were investigated using two questionnaires, the Qu1 and Child Behavior Checklist, as well as an ENT visit. After 3 years, two questionnaires, Qu2 and the Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory, were answered by mail.Results: After 1 year, both groups were in good health. The effect on snoring and total behavior was the same for both groups, and the rate of recurrence of infections was not higher in the TT group. After 3 years, two children in the TT group were tonsillectomized (4%, 2/49), one because of peritonsillitis and another because of increased snoring. Otherwise, no differences existed between the groups in general health, snoring, or number of infections.Conclusion: Removing only the protruding parts of the tonsils has the same beneficial long-term effect on obstructive symptoms and recurrent throat infections as complete TE in the majority of cases. The need for re-operation is low; therefore, it appears inadvisable to follow the current common practice of routinely removing the whole tonsil given its higher morbidity and risk for serious complications.
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