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Real-life perspectives on the end-of-life care of cancer patients
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-06-10)
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Background and Aims: The practices of the end-of-life (EOL) care of cancer patients remain unknown in Finland. The aim of this retrospective study was to study the effects of palliative intervention on cancer ...
Electrocardiographic changes in hypertension
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-12-03)
The resting electrocardiogram (ECG) is a recommended procedure for the routine assessment of every hypertensive patient to detect electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH), a potent cardiovascular risk ...
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-12-17)
Magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU) treatment is an emerging non-invasive treatment method in which the targeted tissue is heated by high-intensity ultrasound causing coagulative necrosis. ...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-08-28)
Bladder cancer can be divided into non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive types. In the muscle-invasive type of bladder cancer, removal of the bladder and internal genitalia is the cornerstone of treatment. Treatment ...
Role of symptoms in the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media in young children
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-03-09)
Acute symptoms are required for the diagnosis of acute otitis media (AOM) and they guide the management together with the laterality of AOM. However, symptoms are variable in young children and not diagnostic with AOM.
We ...
Cardiac left ventricular mass and arterial stiffness from childhood to early adulthood - association with cardiometabolic risk factors : the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP)
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-05-25)
Background: Cardiac left ventricular mass and arterial stiffness are subclinical markers of cardiovascular disease which are associated with cardiovascular disease and clinical events in adulthood.
Aims: The aim of this ...
The risk of school-age asthma after the first severe rhinovirus-induced wheezing
(Annales Universitatis Turkuensis D 1280Turun yliopisto, 2017-05-05)
Background: The rhinovirus etiology of wheezing is an important risk factor for developing recurrent wheezing and asthma, especially in children with atopic predisposition. However, rhinovirus infection has not yet been ...
Bullying among School-aged Children and Adolescents. Prevalence of Bullying Victimization, Mental Health Symptoms Associated with Bullying Victimization, Relative Age Effects and Bullying as a Predictor of Later Violent Offenses
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-12-02)
Bullying includes repetition, intentional harm and an imbalance of power that decreases the victim’s possibility to escape it. The aim of this thesis was to study the prevalence of bullying victimization and school ...
Vitamin D in the Prevention and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
(Turun yliopisto, 2017-10-06)
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS); it is the most common cause of neurological disability in young adults. The cause of MS is unknown but it is believed ...
Pregnancy-related immune alterations in multiple sclerosis
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-11-16)
Background: Pregnancy induces alterations in the maternal immune system. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which is ameliorated during pregnancy. The exact ...