DOCTORAL THESIS. More active efforts to reduce patients’ time on a ventilator in an ICU can both spare their suffering and free up intensive care resources, a thesis at the University of Gothenburg shows. Mechanical ventilation (MV) in an intensive care unit (ICU) is often needed to save a patient’s life. But prolonged stay in ICU also increase the risks of severe complications and higher mortality. Taking patients off the…
10 years after obesity surgery: how did life turn out?
NEW STUDY. In a new study from University of Gothenburg and Lund University, patients were interviewed about their experiences ten years after undergoing obesity surgery. The results show that the effect on eating and weight regulation persisted, whereas other problems, such as feelings of guilt about still not being healthy enough, remained. “This is one of few follow-ups from a patients perspective so long after surgery”, says My Engström, researcher…
Akademisk kvart – Twitter data as a basis for research
CONDITIONS OF RESEARCH. In the latest episode of Akademisk Kvart, Cornelia van Diepen describes how she uses data from Twitter in her healthcare research. How can you do research about health care via social media? Considering how many people go out on Twitter and sign off after a doctor’s visit, there is a lot of information that you just have to go out and pick up. Cornelia Van Diepen is…
Sahlgrenska Academy in program overview for Sahlgrenska Life, Buildings 2 and 3
CAMPUS MEDICINAREBERGET. A program review of parts of Sahlgrenska Life, Buildings 2 and 3, in which the University will be a primary tenant, is currently underway. Simultaneously, Region Västra Götaland (VGR, the county council) is continuing work on Building 1, and the City of Gothenburg (the municipality) is taking new steps towards the adoption of the detailed development plan. Work on the program overview for Buildings 2 and 3 is…
Study on African fathers’ involvement during pregnancy and at childbirth
YOUNG RESEARCHER. Samuel Nambile Cumber has been a senior lecturer in the fields of Social Medicine and Epidemiology since 2017. For the coming two years, he will be studying African fathers’ involvement during pregnancy, at childbirth and during infancy. The project is being funding through a post-doctoral scholarship from the Anna Ahrenberg Foundation. We spoke with Samuel Cumber over an unstable video link. He is currently in Cameroon, carrying out…