Publications by authors named "T S Barfod"
We present a case report detailing therapeutic application of two lytic antipseudomonal bacteriophages to treat a chronic relapsing Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of a prosthetic aortic graft. As there are currently no Danish laboratories offering phages for clinical therapy, and this case, to our knowledge represents the first applied phage therapy in Denmark, the practical and regulatory aspects of offering this treatment option in Denmark is briefly reviewed along with the clinical case.
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- The study investigated the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and decompensated liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B patients in Denmark, focusing on different disease phases and treatment status.
- Among 6016 individuals, those with baseline liver cirrhosis had a significantly higher five-year cumulative incidence of HCC (7.1%) compared to those without cirrhosis (0.2%).
- The PAGE-B HCC risk score proved to be a reliable predictor of HCC risk, accurately stratifying individuals based on their scores over five years.
Objective: Data on the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB) are conflicting. Our objective was to address the rate of IHD in patients with CHB compared with individuals without CHB (control-persons) from the general population.
Study Design And Setting: We conducted a cohort study of prospectively obtained data from Danish nationwide registries.
The study aimed to determine adjusted all-cause mortality and cause of death in persons with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection compared with age- and sex-matched persons from the general population. We used nationwide registers to identify persons aged ≥18 years with chronic HBV infection in 2002-2017 in Denmark and included 10 age- and sex-matched controls for each. Follow-up was from 6 months after diagnosis until death, emigration, or 31 December 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To examine a narrative multisource feedback (MSF) instrument concerning feasibility, quality of narrative comments, perceptions of users (face validity), consequential validity, discriminating capacity and number of assessors needed.
Design: Qualitative text analysis supplemented by quantitative descriptive analysis.
Setting: Internal Medicine Departments in Zealand, Denmark.