Publications by authors named "Tonje Bardsen"
Article Synopsis
- Advances in perinatal medicine from 1980 to 2000 improved survival rates for extremely preterm (EP) neonates, but the long-term effects on adult lung function remain uncertain.
- A study assessed lung function in three cohorts of 18-year-olds born extremely preterm, comparing their results to term-born peers and analyzing changes across different time periods.
- Overall, EP-born individuals demonstrated decreased lung function compared to term-born individuals, but there were improvements in certain lung function measures for those with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) over the decades.
Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the main marker of HMOD in children and young people (CYP). We aimed to assess the prevalence of LVH and its determinants in CYP with primary hypertension (PH).
Methods: A meta-analysis of prevalence was performed.
Arterial hypertension (AH) among adults is known to be associated with worse cognitive outcomes. Similarly, children and adolescents with AH could be expected to underperform during neuropsychological evaluations when compared with healthy peers. Our aims were to review the existing literature on cognitive functioning among children and adolescents with primary AH and to identify what additional evidence may be needed to substantiate the impact of hypertension on poor cognitive outcomes in this population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lifelong pulmonary consequences of being born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight remain unknown. We aimed to describe lung function trajectories from 10 to 35 years of age for individuals born extremely preterm, and address potential cohort effects over a period that encompassed major changes in perinatal care.
Methods: We performed repeated spirometry in three population-based cohorts born at gestational age ≤28 weeks or with birth weight ≤1000 g during 1982-85, 1991-92 and 1999-2000, referred to as extremely preterm-born, and in term-born controls matched for age and gender.
Background: Detection of a heart murmur in healthy children is common, but may generate anxiety among parents. Many parents believe a heart murmur is a sign of heart disease, although the majority of heart murmurs are innocent. The purpose of this study was to assess anxiety and concerns in parents of children referred for evaluation of a heart murmur and to evaluate the effect of receiving a fact sheet about heart murmurs before the cardiologic consultation.
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