Illicit drug use at licensed premises and the potential for prevention: A qualitative interview study of stakeholders.

The aim of this study was to explore how stakeholders perceive illicit drugs at licensed premises, existing and potential prevention interventions, and to identify facilitators and barriers to reduce illicit drugs at these locations. Semi-structured interviews with police officers, licensed premises owners, security staff and municipality officials ( = 28) in seven counties in middle Sweden were conducted and analysed using qualitative content analysis. The informants reported frequent illicit drug use and dealing at licensed premises, causing a negative influence on the restaurant environment.

Normothermic regional perfusion in controlled DCD liver procurement: Outcomes of the Swedish national implementation protocol.

Liver transplantation (LTX) using donors after controlled circulatory death (cDCD) is associated with poorer graft survival and increased incidence of nonanastomotic biliary strictures (NASs) compared to livers procured from brain-dead donors (DBD). The use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) during cDCD procurement may improve posttransplant outcomes and reduce the incidence of NAS. In Sweden, cDCD LTX was introduced through a national pilot protocol with mandatory NRP.

Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire in parents with cancer.

Background And Purpose: Parenting concerns can be a major source of distress for patients with cancer who are parents of dependent children; however, these are often not addressed in health care. The Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) is an instrument designed to assess parents' worries about the impact of cancer on their children and their ability to parent during this time. The Swedish version of the PCQ has, however, not been evaluated.

Optimizing clinical O saturation mapping using hyperspectral imaging and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the context of epinephrine injection.

Clinical determination of oxygen saturation (sO) in patients is commonly performed via non-invasive optical techniques. However, reliance on a few wavelengths and some form of pre-determined calibration introduces limits to how these methods can be used. One example involves the assessment of sO after injection of local anesthetic using epinephrine, where some controversy exists around the time it takes for the epinephrine to have an effect.

Defined shapes of carotid artery calcifications on panoramic radiographs correlate with specific signs of cardiovascular disease on ultrasound examination.

Objective: The aim was to optimize diagnostics for carotid artery calcifications (CACs) on panoramic radiographs (PRs) to identify cardiovascular disease (CVD) by investigating how 4 defined CAC shapes are associated with ultrasound (US) findings indicating CVD.

Study Design: The study included 414 participants (802 neck sides) from the Malmö Offspring Dental Study, examined with PRs. The PRs were assessed for CAC shapes stratified into 4 categories: single, scattered, vessel-width defining, and vessel-outlining.