Disputas - cand.med. Anna Bågenholm

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! 

The doctoralthesis!

På grunn av koronautbruddet er auditoriet stengt for publikum. 

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i en uke.

The auditorium will be closed to the public because of the corona outbreak. 

A recording of the disputation will be available for one week.

De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende e-post til leder av disputasen, Professor Mads Gilbert.

Opponents ex auditorio should sign up to the leader of the defense by Professor Mads Gilbert.

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15:

 "CT versus MRI imaging in patients with head injuries. Guidelines and evidence for their appropriate use"

Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet her.

The trial lecture will be streamed. 

Disputas starter kl 12.15. 

Disputasen vil bli strømmet her.

The defense will be streamed.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

People involved in accidents undergo diagnostic computer tomography (CT) imaging to facilitate initiation of early treatment of severe injuries. However, CT uses X-rays that might cause a small risk of inducing cancer later in life. We studied all 144 potentially severely injured patients admitted to the trauma centre in northern Norway in 2015, to evaluate whether X-ray doses were as low as possible. The patients had long pre-hospital transport times, few were severely injured and few had abnormal vital parameters. In spite of this, most underwent whole-body CT. Children underwent significantly less CT than adults, despite similar injury grades and rates of interventions. We conclude that x-ray doses to adults could be reduced by applying the stricter CT indications already used in children. Focusing on the change in vital parameters from accident to hospital admittance, and the patient’s symptom presentation at admission, might facilitate a selective CT examination strategy decision.

Veiledere
Hovedveileder Professor Tor Ingebrigtsen, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Bedømmelseskomitè

Professor Emeritus Jim Malone, Trinity College, Ireland - 1. opponent

Førsteamanuensis Toril Skandsen, NTNU – 2. opponent

Førsteamanuensis Knut Fredriksen, IKM, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Disputasleder