Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Danish version of the knee outcome survey - activities of daily living scale in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

Background: The Knee Outcome Survey - Activities of Daily Living Scale (KOS-ADLS) is a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) developed to assess symptoms and functional limitations in patients with various knee disorders. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the KOS-ADLS to Danish and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Danish version (KOS-ADLS-DK) in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.

Methods: The KOS-ADLS was translated and culturally adapted to Danish in accordance with recommended guidelines.

Language - a vital pill missing in patients' treatment: language barriers during cancer care through the eyes of patients and families.

Purpose: When serious illness occurs, effective communication is essential but challenged by language barriers. This study explores how patients with limited Danish proficiency and their families experience language barriers during cancer care in two Danish public hospitals.

Method: Adopting a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, the study stresses narratives in understanding participants' lived experiences.

The use and impact of prehospital blood lactate measurements in acute non-traumatic patients: a systematic review.

Background: The prehospital use of blood lactate measurements is increasing. However, the test's benefits have not been methodically evaluated in non-trauma patients. This study had three aims: (1) To assess the evidence of prehospital blood lactate measurements' prognostic value in non-trauma patients, (2) to investigate to what extent the test changed early patient treatment, and (3) to evaluate the healthcare personnel's attitude towards the test.

CT radiation dose reduction with tin filter for localisation/characterisation level image quality in PET-CT: a phantom study.

Background: The tin filter has allowed radiation dose reduction in some standalone diagnostic computed tomography (CT) applications. Yet, 'low-dose' CT scans are commonly used in positron emission tomography (PET)-CT for lesion localisation/characterisation (L/C), with higher noise tolerated. Thus, dose reductions permissible with the tin filter at this image quality level may differ.

Chorionicity and gestational diabetes mellitus in twin pregnancies in relation to placental weight.

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is glucose intolerance first detected during pregnancy. Twin pregnancies have a higher risk of GDM, likely due to increased placental mass and elevated placental lactogen levels.

Objective: The aims of this study were 1) to assess the impact of chorionicity on the development of GDM in twin pregnancies and 2) to assess a possible association between placenta weight and the development of GDM.

Ultrasound in anesthesiology in the Nordic countries-Protocol of an international survey on availability, frequency of use, operator training, and certification.

Background: Over the past decade, ultrasound utilization has increased within anesthesia and intensive care medicine, enhancing patient safety and diagnostic accuracy. However, the frequency of ultrasound usage and operator training in the Nordic countries remain unclear. This project aims to perform a survey on ultrasound availability, daily clinical use, and how ultrasound skills are trained and assessed, among anesthesiologists.

Training and assessment of skills in neuraxial access-Protocol of a scoping review.

Background: Access to the neuraxial space, including lumbar punctures and neuraxial anaesthesia, is an everyday procedure in clinical practice. Traditionally these procedures rely on manual palpation technique, but ultrasound is a useful tool when patients prove challenging. Presently, there is a lack of evidence-based guidelines for technical skills acquisition, both with and without ultrasound, and likewise, competency assessment approaches vary globally.

Caring touch as communication in intensive care nursing: a qualitative study.

Purpose: This article describes intensive care nurses` experiences of using communicative caring touch as stroking the patient`s cheek or holding his hand. Our research question: "What do intensive care nurses communicate through caring touch?"

Methods: In this qualitative hermeneutically based study data from two intensive care units at Norwegian hospitals are analysed. Eight specialist nurses shared experiences through individual, semi-structured interviews.

Educational nutritional intervention to prevent loss of health-related quality of life among older adults after a surgical treatment: design of a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Disease-related malnutrition after a hospital stay has major consequences for older adults, the healthcare system and society. This study aims to develop and test the effectiveness of an educational video to prevent loss of health-related quality of life among live-at-home older adults after surgical treatment in a hospital.

Method: This randomised controlled trial will occur at a regional hospital in Norway.

Spot-scanning proton therapy for early breast cancer in free breathing versus deep inspiration breath-hold.

Background And Purpose: Proton therapy for breast cancer is usually given in free breathing (FB). With the use of deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) technique, the location of the heart is displaced inferiorly, away from the internal mammary nodes and, thus, the dose to the heart can potentially be reduced. The aim of this study was to explore the potential benefit of proton therapy in DIBH compared to FB for highly selected patients to reduce exposure of the heart and other organs at risk.

Communicating without a Shared Language: A Qualitative Study of Language Barriers in Language-Discordant Cancer Communication.

We use language to achieve understanding, and language barriers can have major health consequences for patients with serious illness. While ethnic minorities are more likely to experience social inequalities in health and health care, communicative processes in language-discordant cancer care remain unexplored. This study aimed to investigate communication between patients with cancer and limited Danish proficiency and oncology clinicians, with special emphasis on how linguistic barriers influenced patient involvement and decision-making.

Anesthesiologists' skills in emergency cricothyroidotomy mandate a brush-up training after 3 months-A randomized controlled trial.

Background: In the Difficult Airway Society's 2015 "cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate" guideline, the emergency cricothyroidotomy is the final option when managing an unanticipated difficult airway. How often training for maintenance of this skill is required for anesthesiologists remains unknown. We aimed to assess if specialist-trained anesthesiologists' skills improved from a brush-up intervention and if skills were retained after 3 months.

Patients' expectations of and experiences with psychosocial care needs in perioperative nursing: a descriptive study.

Background: Meeting inpatients' psychosocial care needs is essential for their wellbeing, recovery, and positive experiences. This study aimed to describe and compare surgical inpatients' subjective perceptions of the importance of fundamental psychosocial and overall care received.

Methods: A descriptive study with a convenient sample was conducted from September 2019 to April 2020.

A randomised trial of [F]PSMA-1007-PET/CT versus NaF-PET/CT for staging primary prostate cancer: A trial protocol.

Background: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positron emission tomography/contrast-enhanced computed tomography (PET/CT) is a sensitive imaging modality for prostate cancer (PCa). Due to lack of knowledge of the patient benefit, PSMA-PET/CT is not yet recommended in the European guidelines for staging and treatment planning of patients with newly diagnosed PCa. We will investigate the potential difference in progression-free survival (PFS) and quality of life (QoL) of using PSMA-PET/CT versus sodium fluoride (NaF)-PET/CT for staging and treatment planning in patients with newly diagnosed PCa.

Information needs and preferences of patients with an ankle fracture: User involvement study creating an mHealth solution.

Objective: The aim of this study was to employ a user-driven participatory design (PD) approach to develop an mHealth solution that addresses patients' information needs after surgical or non-surgical treatment for an ankle fracture.

Methods: Patients with an ankle fracture and health care professionals along the treatment pathway in both the hospital and municipality participated in four workshops (WS).

Results: We found that patients with an ankle fracture need information on topics such as "a typical course," "bandages and assistive devices," "what can I feel," "what may I do," "what to usually worry about," "medicine," "tips and tricks," and "contact information.

Wearable devices in palliative care for people 65 years and older: A scoping review.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to map existing evidence on the use of wearable devices in palliative care for older people.

Methods: The databases searched included MEDLINE (via Ovid), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Google Scholar, which was included to capture grey literature. Databases were searched in the English language, without date restrictions.

Early versus late weight-bearing in operatively treated ankle fractures with syndesmotic injury: A systematic review.

Background: Over the past 30 years, several studies have compared early weight-bearing versus late weight-bearing following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures; however, no review strictly including patients with ankle fractures and complete syndesmotic disruption has been performed.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to compare early versus late weight-bearing following surgery for ankle fracture with syndesmotic injury regarding clinical and patient-reported outcomes.

Methods: A comprehensive search strategy was applied to the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and PubMed databases from their inception to the 17th of January 2022.

Neonatal and maternal outcomes with elective cesarean section compared to induction of labor in twin pregnancies: A prospective cohort study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare neonatal and maternal outcomes in twin pregnancies with elective cesarean section (ECS) and induction of labor (IOL) to better inform women during the counselling process.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a cohort study including all twin pregnancies referred to the Department of Obstetrics at Kolding University Hospital, Denmark between January 2007 to April 2019 (n = 819). The primary analysis compared maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies planned for IOL with those planned for ECS after week 34.

Development, implementation and evaluation of patient decision aids supporting shared decision making in women with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Objective: Shared decision making (SDM) and use of patient decision aids (PtDAs) are key components in patient-centered care in relapsed ovarian cancer. This paper describes the development and implementation process of PtDAs into a clinical routine in three departments.

Methods: Two PtDAs were developed in collaboration between patients and clinicians.

SARS-CoV-2 placentitis and severe pregnancy outcome after maternal infection: A Danish case series.

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy may cause viral inflammation of the placenta, resulting in fetal demise even without fetal or newborn infection. The impact of timing of the infection and the mechanisms that cause fetal morbidity and mortality are not well understood.

Material And Methods: To describe placental pathology from women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, a SARS-CoV-2 immunohistochemistry-positive placenta and late miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or medically indicated birth due to fetal distress.

"SDM:HOSP"- a generic model for hospital-based implementation of shared decision making.

Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is a core element in the meeting between patient and healthcare professionals, but has proved difficult to implement and sustain in routine clinical practice. One of five Danish regions set out to succeed and to develop a model that ensures lasting SDM based on learnings from large-scale real-world implementation initiatives that go beyond the 'barriers' and 'facilitators' research approach. This paper describes this process and development of a generic implementation model, SDM:HOSP.

Child-Mother Index: a new risk factor for selected adverse maternal birth outcomes.

Background: Over decades, obstetricians have evaluated a range of risk factors to improve the prediction of adverse birth outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Child-Mother Index as a risk factor indicator for selected adverse maternal birth outcomes.

Study Design: We assessed the Child-Mother Index by multinomial regression models using register-based data containing all singleton births in Denmark in 2009 with a gestational age between 37 and 41 weeks.

Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker of axonal damage in sensory neurons and paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with ovarian cancer.

Paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy (PIPN) is a barrier to effective cancer treatment and impacts quality of life among patients with cancer. We used a translational approach to assess the utility of neurofilament light chain (NFL) as a biomarker of PIPN in a human cell model and in patients with ovarian cancer. We measured NFL in medium from human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived sensory neurons (iPSC-SNs) exposed to paclitaxel.