There are about 8563 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Sweden. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Renal resistive index (RRI) is calculated from ultrasonographic Doppler measurements of flow velocities in intraparenchymal renal arteries. Normal values are around 0.60, and 0.70 is considered the upper normal threshold in adults. Both preoperative and postoperative elevation of RRI has shown promise in early detection of AKI after cardiac surgery. Further, elevated RRI before coronary angiography is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular complications up to 1 year after the procedure. The role of preoperative RRI in predicting long-term renal and cardiovascular complications after elective surgery is however not known. The aim of this study is to assess the role of preoperative RRI to predict the risk of persistent renal dysfunction as well as renal- and cardiovascular complications up to 5 years after surgery.
Opioid analgesics are commonly prescribed addictive narcotics intended for the treatment of pain. Inappropriate prescription of opioids in quantities and for conditions which lack clinical evidence contributes to the risk of misuse and addiction. The majority of opioid prescriptions are written by physicians (general practitioners) in primary health care (PHC). PHC is thus an important setting for efforts to encourage the safe and appropriate prescription of opioids. Increasing knowledge of pain treatment recommendations, risks of opioids, and guidelines for the prescription of opioids may decrease inappropriate prescription, and thereby risk of tolerance, dependence, and addiction.
The main aim of the study is to assess the clinical outcomes of current CMV management across different regions of the world (Europe [EU] and Canada [CAN]). Data will be collected retrospectively from medical charts. No study medicines will be provided to participants in this study.
This is a clinical trial in which we will learn about the retinal findings in three clinical groups of children, who might be at risk of having retinal hemorrhages (RH). The aim of the study is to explore the occurrence of moderate to severe retinal hemorrhages in critically ill children, children with intracranial hemorrhages, hydrocephalus or signs of elevated intracranial pressure and in children with benign enlargement of subarachnoid spaces (BESS). 1. Are RHs associated with BESS? 2. What is the prevalence, distribution and extent of RHs in critically ill children? 3. What is the prevalence, distribution and extent of RHs in children with traumatic brain injury? 4. Does the prevalence, distribution and extent of RHs differ in children with witnessed traumatic brain injury from children with traumatic brain injury of unknown origin? 5. To what extent do the causes of RHs affect visual acuity, initially and during recovery? A retinal ophthalmoscopy through dilated pupils will be conducted and a fundus photograph will be taken by a handheld, non-touch camera.
The purpose of the project is to study the effectiveness of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for adolescents with depression. Specific aims are to analyze the effects, change mechanisms, predictors, and implementation of IPT for youth. In this four-year project we will include 60 patients with depression. Outcome will be studied using a quasi-experimental multiple-baseline design. Change mechanisms will be studied in the form of mentalizing, emotion regulation, social support, and working alliance session-by-session, and with post-treatment qualitative interviews about the participants' experiences of change. Predictors of effectiveness of IPT for adolescents will be explored by measuring severity of symptoms, anxiety symptoms, presence and severity of parent-child conflicts, quality of interpersonal relationships, experiences of bullying, and school functioning. The implementation process of IPT for youth will be studied through interviews with adolescents, parents, therapists, co-workers, and local managers. The study is conducted within child and adolescent psychiatric services in Norrköping using a practice-oriented research strategy which emphasizes close collaboration with clinicians. The project is a collaboration between researchers at Linnaeus University and Linköping University, and clinicians at BUP Norrköping.
BACKGROUND: Sudden death due to thromboembolic (TE) events in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) is well known. However, the incidence of TE events and the hemostatic balance in patients with AN are sparsely investigated. Also, associations between re-nutrition and the hemostatic balance have not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence of TE events in patients with AN compared to the background population, to characterize the hemostatic balance in AN compared to normal-weight women, and to assess the associations between the hemostatic balance and nutritional status, insulin sensitivity and cortisol level in women with AN. METHODS: The incidence of TE will be described using a Danish cohort of AN patients (n=10,049) with follow-up in national registries. A comprehensive battery of hemostatic biomarkers will be compared in a case-control study of 40 patients with AN and associations between hemostasis and nutritional status will be studied.
ADLIFE is a EU-funded project developing innovative digital health solutions to support healthcare planning and care delivery for patients with advanced chronic conditions (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or heart disease failure). ADLIFE's technology innovations will be deployed, used and evaluated in seven healthcare environments in Spain, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, and Israel. ADLIFE intends to impact three stakeholders: patients, informal caregivers and health professionals, and consequently across the seven participating international healthcare systems. ADLIFE intervention aims at slowing down the patients' functional deterioration, ensuring their quality of life and promoting shared decision making, reducing the caregiver burden, and improving the health professional working conditions; all this under the scenario of an improvement in the healthcare resource use. The research aims to prove whether the ADLIFE intervention can deliver appropriate targeted and timely care for patients with severe long-term diseases when applied in real-life settings. Based on a mixed-method approach, the study will provide scientific evidence based on the effectiveness, socio-economic, implementation and technology acceptance assessment of ADLIFE compared to the standard of care (SoC) to provide scientific evidence supporting the funding decision-making of the ADLIFE intervention.
Stroke is the leading cause in the world considering disabilities and approximately half of the patient population experience post stroke fatigue (PSF). PSF affects the patients level of activity and their quality of life. Even patients with mild stroke claim that PSF is one of the main reasons hindering them from being physically active. People suffering from stroke generally have lower physical capacity compared to healthy individuals of the same age and they are spending more time in sedentary. Physical inactivity is considered to be one of the main modifiable risk factors for stroke. There is strong evidence that physical activity will improve health and reduce the risk of future strokes. Evaluation of interventions to reduce PSF is a prioritized research field since it is currently lacking evidence. There is a possibility that physical training can have a positive effect on PSF. Digital alternatives to on-site visits will increase the availability and can strengthen the patients independence which is according to the government and Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner ( SKR) common vision for e-health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of individualized, digital coaching twice a week for 12 weeks with "Physical activity on prescription" (FaR) to increase physical activity and reduce PSF after stroke.
Background: Trauma is the leading cause of death in young adults worldwide and the most common causes of mortality are haemorrhage and brain injury. About 40% of trauma related deaths are due to massive haemorrhage and approximately 30% of trauma patients have an associated trauma induced coagulopathy. In order to improve outcome, the optimal care for the bleeding patient need to be further understood. Aim: The overall aim of this project is to evaluate characteristics and outcomes in patients receiving blood transfusion in the early phase after major trauma at a Level 1 trauma center in Sweden. The specific aims are: i) To describe outcome, characteristics and effects on the coagulation system in patients receiving early blood transfusion compared to those not receiving transfusion in the early phase. ii) To describe outcome, characteristics and effects on the coagulation system in patients receiving prehospital blood transfusion compared to patients where transfusion is initiated in the trauma unit. iii) To describe the effect from concurrent treatment with procoagulant drugs and intravenous fluids on outcome, characteristics and effects on the coagulation system in patients receiving blood transfusion after major trauma. Method: This is an observational study of trauma patients admitted to the Trauma Unit at the Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. Data from patients receiving blood transfusion (erythrocytes, plasma or whole blood) in the early phase of the resuscitation will be collected. All patients receiving transfusion within two hours from arrival will be included. Data on trauma details, injuries, physiological parameters, coagulations tests and treatment will be collected prospectively and from existing registries. The control group will consist of patients not receiving transfusion during the first two hours of care.
Bowel symptoms like constipation and abdominal pain are characteristic symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The pathogenesis and pathophysiology are not fully understood but subject to intense research, with emphasis on aberrations in the gut-brain axis, low-grade inflammation and gut barrier dysfunction that results in increased permeability and microbial translocation. Many patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have reported bowel symptoms similar to that in IBS patients decades prior to the diagnosis of PD. Epidemiological studies show a significantly elevated risk of developing PD in IBS patients, though there is no knowledge on a pathogenic connection between these disorders. Recent studies show increased gut permeability and intestinal presence of pathological alpha-synuclein aggregates, the neuropathological hallmark in PD, indicating the involvement of the gut-brain axis. We aim to compare the presence of colonic alpha-synuclein between IBS, PD patients and healthy controls to relate these findings to intestinal permeability, ultrastructural mucosal changes, immune cell interactions, microbiota composition and brain function. This project could identify IBS groups at risk of developing PD and birth the development of early clinical diagnostic methods.