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Swedish Institute
Government•Stockholm, Sweden•
About: Swedish Institute is a government organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 1657 authors who have published 2301 publications receiving 103682 citations. The organization is also known as: Svenska Institutet.
Topics: Population, Health care, Cost effectiveness, Virus, Vaccination
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15 Feb 2005-Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
TL;DR: In this article, a nanocrystalline/amorphous 50Ni-50Ti alloy was produced by solid state synthesis via mechanical alloying from elemental Ti and Ni powders using X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electro...
Abstract: A nanocrystalline/amorphous 50Ni-50Ti alloy was produced by solid state synthesis via mechanical alloying from elemental Ti and Ni powders. Using X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electro ...
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TL;DR: The societal cost of RBC transfusion using three different techniques, i.e. allogeneic, autologous and intraoperative transfusion, was estimated in Sweden based on information from interviews with hospital staff at large Swedish hospitals and from published data.
Abstract: Anaemia is characterised by an insufficient number of red blood cells (RBCs) and might occur for different reasons, e.g. surgical procedures are often with associated blood loss. Patients who suffer from anaemia have the option of treatment with blood transfusion or medical treatment. In this study, the societal cost, for the case of Sweden, of RBC transfusion using three different techniques, i.e. allogeneic, autologous and intraoperative transfusion, was estimated. The analysis was based on information from interviews with hospital staff at large Swedish hospitals and from published data. The average cost for a 2 units transfusion was found to be Swedish kronor (SEK) 6330 (702 Euro) for filtered allogeneic RBCs and SEK 5394 (598 Euro) for autologous RBCs for surgery patients. Transfusion reactions accounted for almost 35 per cent of the costs of allogeneic RBC transfusions. The administration cost was found to be much higher for autologous transfusions compared with allogeneic transfusions. The cost of intraoperative erythrocyte salvage was calculated to be SEK 2567 (285 Euro) per transfusion (>4 units).
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TL;DR: A list of recommendations for institutes planning to introduce computer-supported outbreak detection, based on experiences on the practical usage of the systems, are concluded.
Abstract: This paper discusses computer-supported outbreak detection using routine surveillance data, as implemented at six institutes for infectious disease control in five European countries. We give an overview of the systems used at the Statens Serum Institut (Denmark), Health Protection Agency (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), Robert Koch Institute (Germany), Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony (Germany), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (the Netherlands) and Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (Sweden). Despite the usefulness of the algorithms or the outbreak detection procedure itself, all institutes have experienced certain limitations of the systems. The paper therefore concludes with a list of recommendations for institutes planning to introduce computer-supported outbreak detection, based on experiences on the practical usage of the systems. This list - which concerns usability, standard operating procedures and evaluation - might also inspire improvements of systems in use today. .
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TL;DR: It is argued that the current incentives, in combination with criticism against county council activities in the early 1990's, account for the present inconsistencies as regards reforms, and that a weak form of separation between purchasers and providers will lead to distorted incentives, restricting innovative behaviour and structural change.
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TL;DR: Children born to non-immune mothers are at significantly higher risk of acquiring Giardia infection and developing giardiasis with more severe symptoms compared with children of immune mothers.
Abstract: The protective effect of anti-Giardia antibodies in mother's milk on the acquisition of Giardia infection in their children during the first 2 y of life was analysed as part of a prospective study on infant diarrhoea in a group of 307 mothers and children in Leon, Nicaragua. Among 24 children acquiring infection within the first 6 months, 23 were born to mothers lacking antibodies. These children also developed more severe diarrhoea. A significant difference between children born to mothers with and without antibodies with respect to the age at which the first Giardia infection was acquired was demonstrated by survival analysis and log rank test (p = 0.036). In conclusion, children born to non-immune mothers are at significantly higher risk of acquiring Giardia infection and developing giardiasis with more severe symptoms compared with children of immune mothers.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Kevin Marsh | 128 | 567 | 55356 |
Gerhard Andersson | 118 | 902 | 49159 |
Staffan Normark | 96 | 289 | 29787 |
Tirone E. David | 82 | 382 | 22078 |
Olof Nyrén | 78 | 274 | 23034 |
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte | 74 | 462 | 26093 |
Björn Lindman | 74 | 526 | 21454 |
Job J. Bwayo | 74 | 190 | 16928 |
Jan Albert | 73 | 323 | 19740 |
Dan I. Andersson | 73 | 257 | 20958 |
Jan Vinjé | 72 | 233 | 19778 |
Helena Johansson | 72 | 320 | 27007 |
David Bergqvist | 71 | 597 | 22200 |
Lars Engstrand | 69 | 302 | 20090 |
Joan Ivanov | 67 | 211 | 13473 |