Publications by authors named "K Wallgren"
Background: The World Health Organization has adopted a resolution on sepsis and urged member states to develop national processes to improve sepsis care. In Sweden, sepsis was selected as one of the ten first diagnoses to be addressed, when the Swedish government in 2019 allocated funds for patient-centred clinical pathways in healthcare. A national multidisciplinary working group, including a patient representative, was appointed to develop the patient-centred clinical pathway for sepsis.
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- Survivorship for individuals with primary CNS cancers starts at diagnosis and presents both opportunities and challenges that require collaboration among stakeholders to improve care.
- In June 2021, a virtual workshop was held by NCI-CONNECT, where experts made recommendations and working groups analyzed key issues related to advancing survivorship care in neuro-oncology.
- The workshop resulted in several action items, including improving access to care, enhancing education for patients and providers, creating a toolkit for support, and establishing competencies for training neuro-oncology providers.
Blood volume is the most important variable for the detection of microorganisms in blood cultures (BCs). Most standards recommend 40 to 60 ml blood, collected in several BC bottles filled up to 10 ml. We measured blood volume in individual BC bottles and analyzed the associations of hospital, bottle type, day of the week, daily sampling time, and age and sex of the patient with sampling volume and BC result.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, we have developed an animal model to study long-term health effects of continuous exposure of toxic chemical agents, in awake, freely moving rats. The aim was to evaluate the effect of low-dose exposure of the nerve agent VX, and to find specific biomarkers for intoxication. To exclude the influence of stress, we used an implanted radio-telemetric device for online registration of physiological parameters, and an osmotic pump, implanted subcutaneously, for continuous exposure of the toxic agent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To compare and evaluate a mini-knemometer with a simple and inexpensive electronic caliper with regard to precision, handling error (technical error) and estimation of growth velocity.
Methods: Thirty-five prematurely born infants, with a median gestational age of 29 (range 24-33) wk and a median birthweight of 960 (range 480-2,480) g, were measured on 409 different occasions with both instruments. On each occasion, five independent readings were made.