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Tor A. Strand
Researcher at Innlandet Hospital Trust
Publications - 230
Citations - 7700
Tor A. Strand is an academic researcher from Innlandet Hospital Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 203 publications receiving 5598 citations. Previous affiliations of Tor A. Strand include University of Bergen & Kathmandu.
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Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children.
Tor A. Strand,Pushpa Raj Sharma,Håkon K. Gjessing,Håkon K. Gjessing,Manjeswori Ulak,Manjeswori Ulak,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Ramesh K. Adhikari,Halvor Sommerfelt,Halvor Sommerfelt +10 more
TL;DR: It is found that high stool frequency, not being breastfed, young age and acquiring diarrhea in the rainy season were risk factors for prolonged diarrhea.
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Predictors of plasma zinc concentrations in children with acute diarrhea
TL;DR: Dehydration, clinical and biochemical indicators of inflammation and hemolysis, and, when possible, plasma albumin concentrations should be taken into account when the plasma zinc concentration is used to estimate zinc status during episodes of diarrhea in childhood.
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Vitamin B12 and folic acid improve gross motor and problem-solving skills in young North Indian children: A randomized placebo-controlled trial
Ingrid Kvestad,Sunita Taneja,Tivendra Kumar,Mari Hysing,Helga Refsum,Chittaranjan S. Yajnik,Nita Bhandari,Tor A. Strand,Folate +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that supplementation of vitamin B12 and folic acid benefit development in North Indian Children.
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A randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc as adjuvant therapy in children 2–35 mo of age with severe or nonsevere pneumonia in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Palle Valentiner-Branth,Prakash Shrestha,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Maria Mathisen,Sudha Basnet,Nita Bhandari,Ramesh K. Adhikari,Halvor Sommerfelt,Tor A. Strand +8 more
TL;DR: Adjuvant treatment with zinc neither reduced the risk of treatment failure nor accelerated recovery in episodes of nonsevere or severe pneumonia.
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Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.
Xin Wang,You Li,Maria Deloria-Knoll,Shabir A. Madhi,Cheryl Cohen,Asad Ali,Sudha Basnet,Sudha Basnet,Quique Bassat,W. Abdullah Brooks,Malinee Chittaganpitch,Marcela Echavarria,Rodrigo Fasce,Doli Goswami,Siddhivinayak Hirve,Nusrat Homaira,Nusrat Homaira,Stephen R. C. Howie,Stephen R. C. Howie,Karen L. Kotloff,Najwa Khuri-Bulos,Anand Krishnan,Marilla G. Lucero,Socorro Lupisan,Ainara Mira-Iglesias,David P. Moore,Cinta Moraleda,Cinta Moraleda,Marta C. Nunes,Histoshi Oshitani,Betty E Owor,Fernando P. Polack,Katherine L. O'Brien,Zeba A Rasmussen,Barbara Rath,Vahid Salimi,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott,Eric A. F. Simões,Tor A. Strand,Donald M. Thea,Florette K. Treurnicht,Linda Cheyenne Vaccari,Lay-Myint Yoshida,Heather J. Zar,Harry Campbell,Harish Nair,Romina Libster,Grieven P. Otieno,Imane Joundi,Shobha Broor,Mark P. Nicol,Ritvik Amarchand,Ting Shi,F. Xavier López-Labrador,Julia M Baker,Alexandra Jamison,Avinash Choudekar,Sanjay Juvekar,Patrick Obermeier,Brunhilde Schweiger,Lola Madrid,Elizabeth D. Thomas,Miguel A. Lanaspa,Hanna Nohynek,James Nokes,Marta Werner,Anh Danhg,Mandeep S. Chadha,Joan Puig-Barberà,Mauricio T. Caballero,Maria Mathisen,Sibongile Walaza,Orienka Hellferscee,Matt Laubscher,Melissa M. Higdon,Meredith Haddix,Pongpun Sawatwong,Henry C. Baggett,Phil Seidenberg,Lawrence Mwanayanda,Martin Antonio,Bernard E. Ebruke,Tanja Adams,Mustafizur Rahman,Mohammed Ziaur Rahman,Samboa O. Sow,Vicky L. Baillie,Lesley Workman,Michiko Toizumi,Milagritos D. Tapia,Thi hien anh Nguyen,Susan C. Morpeth +93 more
TL;DR: The authors in this article estimated the global burden of human metapneumovirus-associated ALRIs in children younger than 5 years from a systematic review of 119 studies published between Jan 1, 2001, and Dec 31, 2019, and 40 high quality unpublished studies.