4 results match your criteria: "Stavanger universitetssykehus.[Affiliation]"

Background: Fluoropyrimidines have been linked to cardiovascular toxicity.

Case Presentation: A woman in her forties with locally advanced rectal cancer received curative-intent treatment according to the RAPIDO protocol. Shortly after starting the first 5-fluorouracil infusion she developed chest/epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting.

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[Contact allergy to henna tattoos].

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen

March 2011

Hudavdelingen, Stavanger universitetssykehus, Postboks 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway.

Background: Tattoos with henna colours have become very popular and the prevalence of contact allergy seems to increase.

Material And Methods: This is a short review article based on our own clinical experience and literature identified through a search in PubMed with the words "henna", "paraphenylendiamin" and "allergic contact dermatitis." A case report is included.

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Background: Despite recent advances in the understanding and treatment of the acute coronary syndromes, the extent to which this progress is applied in clinical practice in Norway is uncertain.

Material And Methods: We performed a nation-wide retrospective survey in 17 Norwegian hospitals to delineate the characteristics and treatment of these patients. During the last quarter of 2000, data on 913 consecutive patients who were discharged with a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome were analysed.

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