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    Recommendations for in vitro evaluation of blood components collected, prepared and stored in non-DEHP medical devices 
    Klei, Thomas R L; Begue, Stephane; Lotens, Anaïs; Sigurjónsson, Ólafur Eysteinn; Wiltshire, Michael D; George, Chloë; van den Burg, Peter J M; Evans, Ryan; Larsson, Linda; Thomas, Stephen; Najdovski, Tome; Handke, Wiebke; Eronen, Juha; Mallas, Birte; de Korte, Dirk (2023-02)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, is the most common member of the class of ortho-phthalates, which are used as plasticizers. The Medical Device Regulation has restricted the use of phthalates in medical devices. Also DEHP ...
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    Management of Nail Disease in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis : An Updated Literature Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations 
    Laheru, Dhruvkumar; Antony, Anna; Carneiro, Sueli; Di Lernia, Vito; Garg, Amit; Löve, Þorvarður Jón; Del Rocio Macias Garcia, Karla; Mendonça, José Alexandre; Mukherjee, Sandeep; Olteanu, Rodica; Perez-Chada, Lourdes; Rosen, Cheryl F; Tannenbaum, Rachel; Yazbek, Michel Alexandre (2023-03-01)
    OBJECTIVE: Nail psoriasis is common, impairs fine motor finger functioning, affects cosmesis, and is associated with a lower quality of life. This review updates the previous Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) ...
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    Use of Elamipretide in patients assigned treatment in the compassionate use program : Case series in pediatric patients with rare orphan diseases 
    Koenig, Mary Kay; Russo, Sam Nick; McBride, Kim L.; Björnsson, Hans Tómas; Gunnarsdottir, Brynja Bjork; Goldstein, Amy; Falk, Scott A. (2023-01)
    Several mitochondrial diseases are caused by pathogenic variants that impair membrane phospholipid remodeling, with no FDA-approved therapies. Elamipretide targets the inner mitochondrial membrane where it binds to cardiolipin, resulting in improved ...
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    Hyperhidrosis in sleep disorders – A narrative review of mechanisms and clinical significance 
    Idiaquez, Juan; Casar, Juan Carlos; Arnardóttir, Erna Sif; August, Elias; Santin, Julia; Iturriaga, Rodrigo (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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    Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults : an international cohort study, ECRHS 
    Moitra, Subhabrata; Carsin, Anne Elie; Abramson, Michael J.; Accordini, Simone; Amaral, Andre F.S.; Anto, Josep; Bono, Roberto; Casas Ruiz, Lidia; Cerveri, Isa; Chatzi, Leda; Demoly, Pascal; Dorado-Arenas, Sandra; Forsberg, Bertil; Gilliland, Frank; Gíslason, Þórarinn; Gullón, Jose A.; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jogi, Rain; Gómez Real, Francisco; Jarvis, Debbie; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Nowak, Dennis; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Raherison-Semjen, Chantal; Siroux, Valerie; Guerra, Stefano; Kogevinas, Manolis; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith (2023-02)
    Introduction: Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidence showed asthma causing obesity in children, the link between asthma and obesity has not been investigated in adults. Methods: We used data from the European Community ...
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    Developing silent video tasks’ instructional sequence in collaboration with teachers 
    Kristinsdóttir, Bjarnheiður; Hreinsdóttir, Freyja; Lavicza, Zsolt; Jankvist, Uffe Thomas; Elicer, Raimundo; Clark-Wilson, Alison; Weigand, Hans-Georg; Thomsen, Marianne (Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, 2022)
    Previous research indicated that silent video tasks might be useful for formative assessment practices. Thus, in a second data collection phase of a doctoral study on the development and design of silent video tasks, participants were selected to have ...
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    Analysis of Policies Supporting Teachers to Tackle Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Facilitate Inclusion from the Perspectives of Iceland and the Faroe Islands 
    Vijayavarathan-R, Kalpana; Óskarsdóttir, Edda; Hirshberg, Diane B.; Beaton, Mhairi C.; Maxwell, Gregor; Turunen, Tuija; Peltokorpi, Janette (Springer, 2023-01-01)
    In today’s fast changing multicultural societies, governments and organisations must use their agency to ensure the contribution and inclusion of all cultures and ethnicities. A key factor for enabling this is ensuring education plays a leading role ...
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    Association of respiratory symptoms and lung function with occupation in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study 
    BOLD Collaborative Research Group (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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    Áhrif lungnasjúkdóma, reykinga og rafrettunotkunar á alvarleika einkenna við greiningu COVID-19 
    Axelsson, Gísli Þór; Eyþórsson, Elías Sæbjörn; Harðardóttir, Hrönn; Guðmundsson, Gunnar; Hansdóttir, Sif (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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    Student demands and thematic learning at the University College of Education in Iceland in 1978 
    Jónasson, Gunnar Börkur; Macdonald, A.; Kristinsdóttir, Guðrún (2014)
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    Lyfjaþolinn háþrýstingur – hjáhnoðuæxli : Sjúkratilfelli. 
    Jonsson, Krister Blaer; Guðmundsson, Eiríkur Orri; Sigurðardóttir, Margrét; Jónsson, Jón Jóhannes; Sigurjónsdóttir, Helga Ágústa (2023-03-01)
    Ágrip Fjallað er um karlmann með þriggja áratuga sögu um lyfjaþolinn háþrýsting, svitaköst, hjartsláttaróþægindi og járnbragð í munni. Þrátt fyrir endurteknar komur á bráðamóttöku og uppvinnslu á göngudeild var undirliggjandi orsök ekki greind. Síðustu ...
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    Mæðradauði á Íslandi 1976-2015 
    Birgisdottir, Hera; Aspelund, Thor; Geirsson, Reynir Tómas (2023-03-01)
    Ágrip TILGANGUR Mæðradauði er fátíður og alvarlegur atburður, – mælikvarði á umgjörð þungunar og barneigna. Tilgangur rannsóknarinnar var að finna og flokka tilvik á Íslandi samkvæmt alþjóðlegum skilgreiningum og skoða breytingar dánarhlutfalla á 40 ...
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    Hæðarveiki og tengdir sjúkdómar 
    Guðbjartsson, Tómas; Sigurðsson, Engilbert; Gottfreðsson, Magnús; Björnsson, Ólafur Már; Guðmundsson, Gunnar (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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    Kvikasilfur í hári barnshafandi kvenna 
    Dufthaksdottir, Edda; Jacobsen, Eva; Eiriksdottir, Asa Valgerdur; Magnúsdóttir, Óla Kallý; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Halldórsson, Þórhallur Ingi (2023-03-06)
    Ágrip BAKGRUNNUR Rannsóknir frá Færeyjum hafa sýnt fram á skýr tengsl milli útsetningar móður fyrir kvikasilfri á meðgöngu og taugaþroska fósturs og hafa Matvælaöryggisstofnun Evrópu (EFSA) og Umhverfisstofnun Bandaríkjanna (US-EPA) lagt til mismunandi ...
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    Matvæla- og fæðuöryggi á meðgöngu 
    Gunnarsdóttir, Ingibjörg (2023-03-01)
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    Klínískar rannsóknir og mikilvægi þess að hafa eigin gögn 
    Björnsson, Einar Stefán (2023-03-06)
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    Respiratory outcomes after delivery room stabilisation with a new respiratory support system using nasal prongs 
    Baldursdottir, Sonja; Dónaldsson, Snorri Freyr; Palleri, Elena; Drevhammar, Thomas; Jonsson, Baldvin (2023-04)
    AIM: To study if stabilisation using a new respiratory support system with nasal prongs compared to T-piece with a face mask is associated with less need for mechanical ventilation and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. METHODS: A single-centre follow-up study ...
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    Transition of Extremely Preterm Infants from Birth to Stable Breathing : A Secondary Analysis of the CORSAD Trial 
    Dónaldsson, Snorri Freyr; Palleri, Elena; Jonsson, Baldvin; Drevhammar, Thomas (2023-03)
    OBJECTIVE: Exploratory secondary analysis of the CORSAD trial compared a new resuscitation system (rPAP) to the standard T-piece system. This analysis focused on the subgroup of infants who were not intubated in the delivery room. The aim was to compare ...
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    Comparing COVID-19 pandemic health responses in two high-income island nations : Iceland and New Zealand 
    Grout, Leah; Gottfreðsson, Magnús; Kvalsvig, Amanda; Baker, Michael G; Wilson, Nick; Summers, Jennifer (2023-07)
    AIMS: We aimed to compare COVID-19 control measures, epidemiological characteristics and economic performance measures in two high-income island nations with small populations, favorable border control options, and relatively good outcomes: Iceland and ...
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    Acute central nervous system toxicity during treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia : phenotypes, risk factors and genotypes 
    Anastasopoulou, Stavroula; Nielsen, Rikke Linnemann; Als-Nielsen, Bodil; Banerjee, Joanna; Eriksson, Mats A.; Helenius, Marianne; Heyman, Mats M.; Johannsdottir, Inga Maria; Jónsson, Ólafur Gísli; MacGregor, Stuart; Mateos, Marion K.; Mayoh, Chelsea; Mikkel, Sirje; Myrberg, Ida Hed; Niinimäki, Riitta; Schmiegelow, Kjeld; Taskinen, Mervi; Vaitkeviciene, Goda; Warnqvist, Anna; Wolthers, Benjamin; Harila-Saari, Arja; Ranta, Susanna (2022-10)
    Central nervous system (CNS) toxicity is common at diagnosis and during treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We studied CNS toxicity in 1, 464 children aged 1.0-17.9 years, diagnosed with ALL and treated according to the Nordic ...