Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation embolization: how we do it.

We report our experience with an embolization technique that allows safe, controllable exclusion of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using detachable coils, a single venous access site, coaxial catheter guidance, and 1 or 2 microcatheters. This technique is particularly useful when treating central lesions with a short feeding artery and when high flow increases the risk of coil migration and nontarget embolization. It affords precise placement and repositioning of coils prior to detachment.

Unannounced telephone interviews: A useful and positively received tool in the reinforcement of lifestyle intervention.

Objectives: Reinforcement is critical in dietary counseling, but is also time demanding. We evaluated the acceptability of frequent telephone interviews, including a 24-hour dietary recall, as a means of reinforcement after lifestyle intervention in healthy subjects at risk of diabetes. The aim of this report is to assess the following questions: Was the chosen frequency and duration of telephone reinforcement appropriate? What were the positive and negative aspects of receiving telephone interviews?

Methods: Seventy-seven nondiabetic relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes were included in a randomized controlled intervention study in which they received dietary education.

Prevention of further weight gain in overweight school children, a pilot study.

Background: Involving school nurses in weight gain prevention activities in already overweight children may be a means to address childhood obesity prevention.

Objective: To describe and evaluate a treatment method aimed for implementation in school care centres.

Methods: Twenty families (20 overweight children aged 7 years) were interviewed at baseline with standardized questionnaires, received simple dietary and lifestyle advice.

Swedish pre-school children eat too much junk food and sucrose.

Aim: To analyze dietary intake in healthy 4-year-old children.

Methods: Families from three Paediatric Health Care Centres in different socio-economic areas in Göteborg completed 7-day food records and questionnaires about socio-economy.

Results: One hundred thirty two/153 completed the study, 49% of parents were university educated.

Long-term (1- and 2-year) effects of lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes relatives.

Aims: To study the long-term (1- and 2-year) effect of a lifestyle intervention on non-diabetic first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients, i.e., the 1-year effect of diet versus diet and exercise in relation to a control group and the 2-year sustainability of these treatment effects.