BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated how doctors in Norway deal with medical uncertainty. The purpose of the study was to explore how first year junior doctors perceive and manage uncertainty in clinical practice.

CONCLUSION: Clinical risk scores may guide a personalized evaluation approach in CS patients. Increasing awareness of the usage of available AF-predicting scores may optimize the arrhythmia detection pathway in stroke units.

BACKGROUND: We describe a successful composite graft of a 4.5 cm piece of an amputated tongue, performed without microvascular technique.

In recent years, the development of new therapies and improvements in our understanding of older therapies have led to changes in the management of Parkinson's disease. However, current Norwegian and international therapy recommendations present a r...

INTRODUCTION: Secondary stroke prevention depends on proper identification of the underlying etiology and initiation of optimal treatment after the index event. The aim of the NOR-FIB study was to detect and quantify underlying atrial fibrillation (...

CONCLUSION: Cryptogenic stroke often indicates the inability to identify the cause in the acute phase and should be considered as a working diagnosis until efforts of diagnostic work up succeed in identifying a specific underlying etiology. Timefram...

CONCLUSION: Several clinically established biomarkers were associated with AF. NT-proBNP performed best as AF predictor and could be used for selecting patients for long-term monitoring with ICMs.

CONCLUSION: By testing women 25-39 years of age with a normal cytology result using a specific 3-type HPV mRNA test, an increase in screening programme sensitivity can be achieved without an excessive additional workload. Women with normal cytology ...

CONCLUSION: We found several targets for system improvements in order to mitigate reperfusion delays along the entire chain of care, regardless of reperfusion modality chosen. More patients should receive prehospital thrombolysis. The most important...

CONCLUSIONS: In a country with equal access to healthcare, high education level was associated with lower odds for coronary heart disease and chronic kidney disease in individuals with type 2 diabetes.