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Browsing by Subject "Lungnalæknisfræði"
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(2022-01-03)Background: In Iceland air quality is generally good; however, previous studies indicate that there is an association between air pollution in Reykjavik and adverse health effects as measured by dispensing of medications, mortality, and increase in ... -
(2019-07)Asbest eru þráðlaga kristölluð sílikat-steinefni sem hafa mismunandi byggingu og eiginleika. Asbestþræðir eru mjög slitsterkir og þola mjög mikinn hita. Það var því algengt að asbest væri notað sem brunavarnarefni, hitaeinangrun og þar sem mikill hiti ...
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(2023-01)BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been associated with exposures in the workplace. We aimed to assess the association of respiratory symptoms and lung function with occupation in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study. METHODS: ...
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(2022-12-01)We studied home environment exposures in relation to asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis among offspring of participants (parents) in the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) study (age ≤ 30 y). Totally 17,881 offspring from Iceland, ...
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(2020-12)INNGANGUR Heimsfaraldur COVID-19-sjúkdóms af völdum SARS-CoV-2 hefur valdið miklu álagi á heilbrigðiskerfi um allan heim og aðgerðir vegna hans valdið miklu efnahagstjóni. Alvarlegum sjúkdómi fylgir yfirleitt lungnabólga og fylgikvillar frá lungum eru ...
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(2022)Background: Although asthma and allergic rhinitis are chronic diseases, some patients experience periods of remission. Information on prognostic factors associated with the remission of asthma and allergic rhinitis is valuable in resource prioritization. ...
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(2022-06-01)Purpose The Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) cohort was established to (1) investigate how exposures before conception and in previous generations influence health and disease, particularly allergies and respiratory ...
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(2021-10-05)Background: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a well-known marker of type-2 inflammation. FeNO is elevated in asthma and allergic rhinitis, with IgE sensitization as a major determinant. Objective: We aimed to see whether there was an independent ...
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Development of a prognostic model of COVID-19 severity : a population-based cohort study in Iceland (2022-09-08)BACKGROUND: The severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection varies from asymptomatic state to severe respiratory failure and the clinical course is difficult to predict. The aim of the study was to develop a prognostic model to predict the severity of COVID-19 ...
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(2022-07-27)The increasing prevalence of asthma is linked to westernization and urbanization. Farm environments have been associated with a lower risk of asthma development. However, this may not be universal, as the association differs across birth cohorts and ...
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(2022-04-06)Svefn er sífellt oftar til umfjöllunar hér á landi. Áberandi eru fullyrðingar um að svefnlengd sé að styttast og stefni heilsu Íslendinga í voða. Fjárhagslegir hagsmunir og sölumennska lita umræðu um heilsu og þar er svefn engin undantekning. Í þessari ...
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(2022-06)Background The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea is higher in women after menopause. This is suggested to be a result of an altered sex hormone balance but has so far not been confirmed in a population-based study. Objective To investigate whether ...
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Health-related quality of life as associated with asthma control, psychological status and insomnia (2022)BACKGROUND: Asthma is associated not only with lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) but also with psychological health and insomnia. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between HRQL, asthma symptoms, psychological status and ...
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(2021-05)Study objectives: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibit heterogeneous heart rate variability (HRV) during wakefulness and sleep. We investigated the influence of OSA severity on HRV parameters during wakefulness in a large international ...
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(2022-10-01)Introduction Treatment with biologics for severe asthma is informed by international and national guidelines and defined by national regulating bodies, but how these drugs are used in real-life is unknown. Materials and methods The European Respiratory ...
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(2021-03)Ágrip Sjúkdómar tengdir vinnu í heyryki hafa lengi verið þekktir á Íslandi. Árið 1981 hófust rannsóknir á heysjúkdómum að beiðni bændasamtakanna og eru helstu niðurstöður þeirra dregnar saman í þessari grein. Í ljós kom að mikið magn af heymítlum, myglu ...
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(2023-02)Hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating beyond thermoregulatory needs that affects patients' quality of life. It results from an excessive stimulation of eccrine sweat glands in the skin by the sympathetic nervous system. Hyperhidrosis may ...
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(2019-11)Þegar komið er yfir 2500 m hæð yfir sjávarmáli geta einkenni hæðarveiki gert vart við sig innan nokkurra daga. Áhættan ræðst einkum af hæð og hraða hækkunar og einkennin eru fjölbreytt. Háfjallaveiki er langalgengust en lífshættulegur hæðarheilabjúgur ...
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