"More air-better performance-faster recovery": study protocol for randomised controlled trial of the effect of post-stroke inspiratory muscle training for adults.

Background: Stroke results in varying physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social disabilities in the short and long term alike. Motor impairments are important, persistent consequences of stroke and include, among others, decreased respiratory muscle function, decreased ability to expand the thorax and postural dysfunction. These deficits affect the patient's ability to perform daily activities, produce fatigue and reduce endurance and quality of life.

'They get the opportunity to say what is important for them': exploring staff's early perceptions of the implementation of a new communicative approach to patients with aphasia.

Purpose: This study explored the perceptions of staff members regarding the implementation of a new communicative approach at a multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation centre in Denmark. Communication partner training according to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA) was combined with augmentative strategies from the KomHIT programme to increase the influence of patients with aphasia on their own rehabilitation process.

Methods: A qualitative approach was used involving two semi-structured group interviews with multidisciplinary staff in two wards.

Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome in Children With Acute Postinfectious Cerebellar Ataxia.

Background: Acute postinfectious cerebellar ataxia is the most common cause of acute ataxia in childhood. One previous case study has suggested that cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome may be comorbid with acute postinfectious cerebellar ataxia, but this was not confirmed by formal assessments.

Methods: Children aged three to 15 years with a confirmed diagnosis of acute postinfectious cerebellar ataxia were invited to participate.

Residents in difficulty: a mixed methods study on the prevalence, characteristics, and sociocultural challenges from the perspective of residency program directors.

Background: The majority of studies on prevalence and characteristics of residents in difficulty have been conducted in English-speaking countries and the existing literature may not reflect the prevalence and characteristics of residents in difficulty in other parts of the world such as the Scandinavian countries, where healthcare systems are slightly different. The aim of this study was to examine prevalence and characteristics of residents in difficulty in one out of three postgraduate medical training regions in Denmark, and to produce both a quantifiable overview and in-depth understanding of the topic.

Methods: We performed a mixed methods study.

Personality characteristics in surgery seeking and non-surgery seeking obese individuals compared to non-obese controls.

It is currently unknown what makes some obese individuals opt for bariatric surgery whereas others choose not to. The aim of this study was to examine whether personality characteristics differed between obese individuals signed up for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) (N=30) and obese individuals not seeking RYGB (N=30) compared to non-obese controls (N=30). All participants completed the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised.

Prevalence of celiac disease autoimmunity in children with type 1 diabetes: regional variations across the Øresund strait between Denmark and southernmost Sweden.

Objectives: The aim was to determine the prevalence of celiac disease autoimmunity in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosed in Denmark and Sweden.

Methods: A total of 662 Swedish children with T1D were matched with 1080 Danish children with T1D and 309 healthy children from Sweden and 283 from Denmark served as controls. Sera were analyzed for the presence of IgA and IgG (IgAG) autoantibodies against deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP) and tissue transglutaminase (tTG) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and IgG-tTG separately in a radioligand binding assay (RBA).

Phantom breast sensations are frequent after mastectomy.

Introduction: Phantom breast sensation (PBS) following mastectomy has been recognized for many years. PBS is a feeling that the removed breast is still there. The reported prevalence and risk factors have not been established in large well-defined patient series.

Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in the brain of cirrhosis patients with manifest hepatic encephalopathy.

Purpose: It has been suggested that ammonia-induced enhancement of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBRs) in the brain is involved in the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This hypothesis is based on animal experiments and studies of post-mortem human brains using radiolabelled PK11195, a specific ligand for PBR, but to our knowledge has not been tested in living patients. The aim of the present study was to test this hypothesis by measuring the number of cerebral PBRs in specific brain regions in cirrhotic patients with an acute episode of clinically manifest HE and healthy subjects using dynamic (11)C-PK11195 brain PET.

Cancer incidence in parents who lost a child: a nationwide study in Denmark.

Background: It has been debated whether psychological stress causes cancer, but the scientific evidence remains contradictory. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the death of a child is related to cancer risk in bereaved parents.

Methods: The authors undertook a follow-up study based on national registers.

Myocardial infarction in parents who lost a child: a nationwide prospective cohort study in Denmark.

Background: The association between psychological stress and coronary heart disease remains unclear. We conducted a prospective follow-up study based on national registers to investigate if the death of a child, one of the most severe stressors, increases the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in parents.

Methods And Results: From 1980 to 1996, 19 361 parents who lost a child (<18 years of age) in Denmark were recruited to the exposed cohort, and 295 540 parents matched on family structure were selected for the unexposed cohort.