Postoperative quality and safety using Efficacy Safety Score (ESS) and a wireless patient monitoring system at the ward: A randomised controlled study.

Background: Postoperative pain, side-effects and time to mobilisation are indicators for the quality of postoperative recovery. The aim of this randomised controlled study was to investigate if efficacy safety score (ESS) combined with a wireless patient monitoring system would improve these clinical outcomes for patients at a general surgical ward.

Methods: The trial included 195 patients randomised to a standard care group (SC-Group) or intervention group (INT-Group) receiving continuous wireless monitoring of vital signs combined with ESS during the first 24 postoperative hours.

Thyroid function and cancer risk: a prospective population study.

Background: It has been hypothesized that thyroid function may influence cancer risk, but few studies with adequate statistical power have investigated this question, and the results have not been consistent.

Methods: In a prospective study of 29,691 people (19,710 women and 9,981 men) without previously known thyroid disease, thyrotropin was measured at baseline, and cancer incidence was recorded during 9 years of follow-up. Using Cox regression analysis, we studied the associations (hazard ratios) of thyrotropin categories with total cancer risk, and specifically, with risk of lung, colon, prostate, and breast cancer adjusted for age, sex, and smoking status.

Physical activity and mortality in men and women with coronary heart disease: a prospective population-based cohort study in Norway (the HUNT study).

Background: Patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) are encouraged to be physically active to prevent disease progression and to prolong life. The amount and intensity of exercise required for risk reduction in patients with CHD is not yet fully resolved.

Design: Population-based prospective cohort study with 18 years of follow-up.

Thyrotropin levels and risk of fatal coronary heart disease: the HUNT study.

Background: Recent studies suggest that relatively low thyroid function within the clinical reference range is positively associated with risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), but the association with CHD mortality is not resolved.

Methods: In a Norwegian population-based cohort study, we prospectively studied the association between thyrotropin levels and fatal CHD in 17,311 women and 8002 men without known thyroid or cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus at baseline.

Results: During median follow-up of 8.