The main objective of this research was to study how increased arterial oxygenation by the use of Pulsed Inhaled Nitric-Oxide (PiNO) influenced the metabolic and cardiovascular parameters on horses undergoing acute abdominal surgery because of colic. The parameters blood lactate, blood glucose, pH and heart rate were evaluated before and during anesthesia and closely after recovery. The study showed that blood lactate concentrations decreased significantly during anaesthesia in horses treated with PiNO compared to non-treated horses. It was also seen that the lactate concentration decreased most in horses with the highest levels before PiNO treatment. Since enhanced oxygen extraction ratio was evident in the PiNO group, improved oxygen delivery to the tissue may be a possible explanation for the improved situation.

ABSTRACTAim. To describe intensive care nurses´ experiences of caring for patients with postoperative delirium after heart surgery.Background. Delirium is a common condition after heart surgery. Previous research has focused more on pathophysiology, incidence, etiology, prevention, detection and management, and less on how nurses caring for patients with delirium experience it.Design. A qualitative interview study.Method.

Bakgrund: ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) är ett standardiserat multimodalt vårdprogram vid elektiv kolorektalkirurgi, som syftar till snabbare återhämtning och kortare vårdtider genom ett tvärprofessionellt samarbete.  En vecka innan planerad operation träffar sjuksköterskan patienten för ett samtal om vårdförloppet. Syfte: Att identifiera och beskriva patientens upplevelse av sjuksköterskans ERAS- samtal och dess betydelse för patientens delaktighet i sin vård.   Metod: Datainsamlingen skedde genom kvalitativa intervjuer. Tolv patienter, nio män och tre kvinnor har intervjuats. De ljudinspelade samtalen har transkriberats ordagrant och analyserats med hjälp av tolkande fenomenologisk analys (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). Resultat: Analysarbetet resulterade i fem olika teman; bli sedd, trygghet, tillit, ansvar samt delaktighet. Alla teman relaterar till varandra och illustrerar en positiv och en negativ sida av den upplevda erfarenheten. Tillsammans bildar en helhet av upplevelsen; ERAS- samtalet och dess betydelse för patientens delaktighet. Konklusion: Resultatet visar att patienterna känner sig sedda under informationssamtalet.

För att vidareutveckla Volvo Aeros konkurrenskraft för stora fläktstrukturer undersöks nu möjligheten att integrera fläktutloppsledskenornas aerodynamiska och akustiska funktion med den lastöverförande funktion som konventionella mellanhus har. Som en del i detta vill nu Volvo Aero kunna skapa en första konstruktionsmodell, i ett tidigt konceptstadie, som har en låg vikt men som ändå uppfyller styvhetskraven som ställs på konstruktionen. Denna rapport avhandlar en optimeringsrutin för optimering av bypass-delen av mellanhuset i en jetmotor. Optimeringsrutinen är anpassad för Ansys och i de optimeringar som genomförts så har två av Ansys inbyggda optimeringsalgoritmer använts. Resultatet av användandet av dessa algoritmer visade att om man vill ha med modalkravet i analysen så måste man ha en god startkonstruktion för att optimeringen skall finna den bästa lösningen..

By limiting our horse?s freedom of movement, we restrict their opportunity to forage, which is one of their most important needs. If their need of forage is not fulfilled it can lead to frustration, which might manifest itself in abnormal behaviour, like the oral stereotypies for example crib-biting. It is a held belief that the horse swallows air while crib-biting, which they don?t, and that swallowed air causes colic, and the belief that other horses can copy the behaviour, leads to the use of many methods to prevent the behaviour.

In order to facilitate testing of anesthesia machines a patient simulator has been required by Maquet Critical Care AB. A patient simulator has been developed to reduce expensive and time consuming animal experiments and temporary lab arrangements. The patient simulator has been developed and designed to simulate human lungs with regards to anesthetic uptake, production of carbon dioxide and heating and moisturizing exhaled air.The system comprises a container and a test lung to simulate the volume and the dynamic of the human lung. The simulation of uptake of anesthetics has been implemented by pumping a fraction of the gas from the container through a bypass circuit with an active charcoal filter that adsorbs volatile anesthetics. The flow through the bypass circuit is generated by a pump and is controlled by a linear valve.The resulting performance of the patient simulator has fulfilled the requirements.

Peritonitis is a potentially life-threatening disease in horses. With no published work from Sweden, the objective of the study was to describe the occurrence and demographics of horses with peritonitis and to evaluate the outcome of treatment in terms of short-term survival during a ten-year period in a large clinic in Sweden. Data were examined in a retrospective manner in 69 horses diagnosed with and treated for peritonitis at Universitetsdjursjukhuset (UDS) in Uppsala between 2002-2012. Demographic data examined included age, breed, gender, history, duration of illness before arriving at UDS, reason for seeking veterinary care, initial clinical findings (general state of health, heart rate, respiratory rate, mucous membrane appearance, rectal temperature, abdominal sounds, rectal examination, nasogastric tube results), abdominocentesis results (abdominal fluid analysis including visual inspection, leukocytes and protein, cytology, bacterial culture and sensitivity pattern), complete blood count (CBC), Serum amyloid-A (SAA) upon presentation and a follow up, plasma fibrinogen, plasma protein and albumin, treatments, length of hospitalisation and outcome. All medical records with the diagnosis of peritonitis were extracted from the medical records system Trofast. All records with any other diagnosis code referring to trauma such as rectal tear or ruptured uterus, recent abdominal surgery, external trauma or rupture in the gastrointestinal tract were excluded. To be included in the study, the peritoneal fluid should contain more than 20.000 cells/?L, have a peritoneal protein value of >30 g/L; or have a significantly changed peritoneal fluid sample (orange with increased turbidity or worse) in cases where no data on cells or protein were available. The horses were divided into two groups; one where the peritonitis was deemed to have an idiopathic aetiology (primary peritonitis) and the other group where the peritonitis had a possible aetiology such as intestinal parasites, impaction etc.

Dystocia, or difficult birth, is a commonly seen complication to natural birth in veterinary hospitals. Although other methods of resolving dystocia exist, 60 % of dystocias will need to undergo caesarean section. To perform a caesarean section, the bitch will have to undergo anesthesia. The purpose of this literary study was to provide a deeper understanding regarding how the physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy influence anesthetic management in the bitch and puppies. Which anesthetic drugs and drug combinations indicated was also investigated as well as how a veterinary nurse can optimize care of the mother throughout the procedure and how resuscitation of the puppies should be carried out for best possible outcome.

Horses are by nature herbivores, specialized on grass, and graze during the main part of the day. The horse has neither changed this basic behaviour nor the function of gastro-intestinal tract, when the horse was domesticated by man. A horse on pasture has an even production of saliva and gastric acids. The buffering effect of the saliva makes the pH in the stomach above four throughout most of the day. With abnormal long breaks of eating, the pH may decrease, causing an increased risk of gastric ulcer.

The Stockholm Bypass is an infrastructural project planned to be located west of Stockholm. This study investigates the argumentation concerning the project from different perspectives. The theoretical starting point is within Decision Theory. The main theories include Bounded Rationality, Kingdon's study of the political agenda and theory regarding venue shopping, framing and lobbying. The method chosen for this qualitative case study consists of both gathering data through semi-structured interviews and through documents provided by stakeholders and information available publically through archives and media.

Thisbachelorthesisdealswithhealthcare.Whichisacurrentandurgentsubject.ItconcernsspecificallySkaraborg´sHospital,oneoutoffourhospitalgroupswithintheVästragötaland´sRegion.ThishospitalgroupinturnconsistsofthehospitalsinFalköping,inLidköping,inMariestadandinSkövde.Skaraborg´sHospitalisafterarecentreorganizationofanextensivedegree,dividedintofourdifferentmainareas(divisions)withatotalofapproximately4200employees.Thefourmainareas(divisions)are(1)Surgery(K),(2)MedicineandPsychiatry(M),(3)ResearchandEducationalDevelopment(FoUU),and(4)StabincludingHumanRelations(HR)andEconomy.TherearetodaysomespecificdifficultiestoinadequatewaysmonitorandunderstandthedifferentactivitieswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Suchrelationshipsnaturallycreatesobstaclesforexampletocarryoutorganizationalandoccupationalwork.Onesuchexampleisthelackofopportunitytolinkmainareas(i.e.divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswiththesurfacesandpremisesthattheseusestoday.Theaimofthebachelorthesisis(fortheseandotherreasons)toconnectthedifferentorganizationalunits,etc.withinSkaraborg´sHospitaltothesurfacesandpremisesthattheyuse,andtothusmakeitpossibletodescribethemainareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswithmoreaccurateandpracticaldenotations,sothattheycanbeunderstoodbybusinessrepresentatives(patients)andemployees.DuetothefactthatSkaraborg´sHospitalisalargeandcomplexorganization,Ihaveenclosedthethesisbyprimarilystudyonlyonemedicalsubdivision,whichisM.3andconsistsofseventeenorganizationalunitsprovidingcarebymeansofmainlythreemedicalspecialties,namelycardiology,skininfectionandrenalmedicin.SubdivisionofM.3waschosenforthisentireactivityislocatedinthesamelocality,whichisinSkövde.Butalsoduetothefactthatthiswasoneofthemorecomplexorganizationalunitscontributedtothischoice.Thebachelorthesiscontainssevenappendices,inwhichthethesisso-­?calledmethodstepsaredetailedfurther,whichalsoincludestheappropriatesub-­?results.Therebyaretheresultscomprisedintheseappendixes.Observe,thatsomeofwhatarepresentedarecontributionsfromotherauthors,i.e.resultsfromaprogressiveresearchprojectwithinSkaraborg?sHospital.Theseappendicesarecalled(1)?Skaraborg´sHospitalashortdescription?,(2)?TheworkwiththefourExceldocuments?,(3)?BuildingswithinSkövdehospitalillustratedwithcurrentbuildingdrawingsfromVästfastigheter,incombinationwithadevelopedschemetoshowsuchbuildings?,(4)?ResultsfromthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremiseswithinthesubdivisionM.3?,(5)?Suggestionsformoreaccurateandpracticaldenotationsonareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionandorganisationalunits?,(6)?ExampleofasurveyproposedtobesenttounitmanagerswithinthesubdivisionM.3toensuretheresultsofthephysicalinventory?and(7)?Commentsonsomeresultsobtainedfromasemi-­?structuredinterviewwithoneofthemanagers(i.e.adoctorresponsibleforsomeoftheactivitieswhithinResearchandEducationalDevelopmentFoUU).ThethesisisbasedonanumberofExcel-­?documentsobtainedfromSkaraborg´sHospitalanddrawingsofthepremisesobtainedfromVästfastigheter.ItisalsobasedonavarietyoffieldtripswhereIhavebeenabletovisitandtherebycarryoutthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremisesoftheselectedorganizationalunitsandinterviewsofanumberofkeyemployees.Thetheoreticalframeworkforthisthesisispartlybasedonorganizationandorganizationalmanagement,organizationalcultureandworkofchangewithinanorganizationandtheworkingenvironmentandsafetyresponsibilities.Thethesisisalsobasedontheoriesandstudiesthathavebeendoneonhealthcareorganizationsandhealthcaremanagement.ThethesisworkhashelpedtoidentifyallsurfacesandpremisesthatorganizationalunitswithinthesubdivisionM.3exploits,andtoprovidesuggestionsformoreaccurateandfunctionaldenotationsfortheseorganizationalunits.ThisthesisalsoprovidesabetterfoundationforvariousongoingandfutureinitiativestoimproveefficienciesaswellasworkandworkconditionswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Anexampleoftheresultstherebygained,isthatthemethodusedtoidentifyboththesurfacesandpremisessubdivisionM.3uses,whichcanbeusedforalloftheothersubdivisionsandorganizationalunitsthanthosethathavebeenstudiedinthisthesisframes..

SammanfattningBakgrund: Övervikt och fetma är ett växande problem i Sverige och i stora delar av världen. Överviktskirurgin har ökat kraftigt de senaste åren och är idag en utbredd metod för att behandla övervikt och dess följdsjukdomar. Trots att syftet med operationen är att minska risken för ohälsa så visar studier att personer som genomgått denna typ av behandling, konsumerar mer sjukvård än personer som behandlats med andra metoder mot sin fetma. Därav är det viktigt att få en djupare förståelse för hur personer som genomgår överviktskirurgi upplever sin situation i samband med ingreppet.  Syfte: Att beskriva personers upplevelser och behov i samband med överviktskirurgi ur ett vårdvetenskapligt perspektiv.Teoretisk utgångspunkt: Transitionsteorin utifrån Meleis et.

Background: A patient undergoing surgery will meet many caregivers in different settings pre-, intra- and postoperative in the surgical pathway. Lack of communication is a common digression and the handoff is such an occasion. The purpose is to describe current knowledge about the patients´ right to safe care perioperative. The study is a systematic review (pilot). Result: The handoff was informal, unstructured and inconsistent.

Thisbachelorthesisdealswithhealthcare.Whichisacurrentandurgentsubject.ItconcernsspecificallySkaraborg´sHospital,oneoutoffourhospitalgroupswithintheVästragötaland´sRegion.ThishospitalgroupinturnconsistsofthehospitalsinFalköping,inLidköping,inMariestadandinSkövde.Skaraborg´sHospitalisafterarecentreorganizationofanextensivedegree,dividedintofourdifferentmainareas(divisions)withatotalofapproximately4200employees.Thefourmainareas(divisions)are(1)Surgery(K),(2)MedicineandPsychiatry(M),(3)ResearchandEducationalDevelopment(FoUU),and(4)StabincludingHumanRelations(HR)andEconomy.TherearetodaysomespecificdifficultiestoinadequatewaysmonitorandunderstandthedifferentactivitieswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Suchrelationshipsnaturallycreatesobstaclesforexampletocarryoutorganizationalandoccupationalwork.Onesuchexampleisthelackofopportunitytolinkmainareas(i.e.divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswiththesurfacesandpremisesthattheseusestoday.Theaimofthebachelorthesisis(fortheseandotherreasons)toconnectthedifferentorganizationalunits,etc.withinSkaraborg´sHospitaltothesurfacesandpremisesthattheyuse,andtothusmakeitpossibletodescribethemainareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswithmoreaccurateandpracticaldenotations,sothattheycanbeunderstoodbybusinessrepresentatives(patients)andemployees.DuetothefactthatSkaraborg´sHospitalisalargeandcomplexorganization,Ihaveenclosedthethesisbyprimarilystudyonlyonemedicalsubdivision,whichisM.3andconsistsofseventeenorganizationalunitsprovidingcarebymeansofmainlythreemedicalspecialties,namelycardiology,skininfectionandrenalmedicin.SubdivisionofM.3waschosenforthisentireactivityislocatedinthesamelocality,whichisinSkövde.Butalsoduetothefactthatthiswasoneofthemorecomplexorganizationalunitscontributedtothischoice.Thebachelorthesiscontainssevenappendices,inwhichthethesisso-­?calledmethodstepsaredetailedfurther,whichalsoincludestheappropriatesub-­?results.Therebyaretheresultscomprisedintheseappendixes.Observe,thatsomeofwhatarepresentedarecontributionsfromotherauthors,i.e.resultsfromaprogressiveresearchprojectwithinSkaraborg?sHospital.Theseappendicesarecalled(1)?Skaraborg´sHospitalashortdescription?,(2)?TheworkwiththefourExceldocuments?,(3)?BuildingswithinSkövdehospitalillustratedwithcurrentbuildingdrawingsfromVästfastigheter,incombinationwithadevelopedschemetoshowsuchbuildings?,(4)?ResultsfromthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremiseswithinthesubdivisionM.3?,(5)?Suggestionsformoreaccurateandpracticaldenotationsonareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionandorganisationalunits?,(6)?ExampleofasurveyproposedtobesenttounitmanagerswithinthesubdivisionM.3toensuretheresultsofthephysicalinventory?and(7)?Commentsonsomeresultsobtainedfromasemi-­?structuredinterviewwithoneofthemanagers(i.e.adoctorresponsibleforsomeoftheactivitieswhithinResearchandEducationalDevelopmentFoUU).ThethesisisbasedonanumberofExcel-­?documentsobtainedfromSkaraborg´sHospitalanddrawingsofthepremisesobtainedfromVästfastigheter.ItisalsobasedonavarietyoffieldtripswhereIhavebeenabletovisitandtherebycarryoutthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremisesoftheselectedorganizationalunitsandinterviewsofanumberofkeyemployees.Thetheoreticalframeworkforthisthesisispartlybasedonorganizationandorganizationalmanagement,organizationalcultureandworkofchangewithinanorganizationandtheworkingenvironmentandsafetyresponsibilities.Thethesisisalsobasedontheoriesandstudiesthathavebeendoneonhealthcareorganizationsandhealthcaremanagement.ThethesisworkhashelpedtoidentifyallsurfacesandpremisesthatorganizationalunitswithinthesubdivisionM.3exploits,andtoprovidesuggestionsformoreaccurateandfunctionaldenotationsfortheseorganizationalunits.ThisthesisalsoprovidesabetterfoundationforvariousongoingandfutureinitiativestoimproveefficienciesaswellasworkandworkconditionswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Anexampleoftheresultstherebygained,isthatthemethodusedtoidentifyboththesurfacesandpremisessubdivisionM.3uses,whichcanbeusedforalloftheothersubdivisionsandorganizationalunitsthanthosethathavebeenstudiedinthisthesisframes..

Thisbachelorthesisdealswithhealthcare.Whichisacurrentandurgentsubject.ItconcernsspecificallySkaraborg´sHospital,oneoutoffourhospitalgroupswithintheVästragötaland´sRegion.ThishospitalgroupinturnconsistsofthehospitalsinFalköping,inLidköping,inMariestadandinSkövde.Skaraborg´sHospitalisafterarecentreorganizationofanextensivedegree,dividedintofourdifferentmainareas(divisions)withatotalofapproximately4200employees.Thefourmainareas(divisions)are(1)Surgery(K),(2)MedicineandPsychiatry(M),(3)ResearchandEducationalDevelopment(FoUU),and(4)StabincludingHumanRelations(HR)andEconomy.TherearetodaysomespecificdifficultiestoinadequatewaysmonitorandunderstandthedifferentactivitieswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Suchrelationshipsnaturallycreatesobstaclesforexampletocarryoutorganizationalandoccupationalwork.Onesuchexampleisthelackofopportunitytolinkmainareas(i.e.divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswiththesurfacesandpremisesthattheseusestoday.Theaimofthebachelorthesisis(fortheseandotherreasons)toconnectthedifferentorganizationalunits,etc.withinSkaraborg´sHospitaltothesurfacesandpremisesthattheyuse,andtothusmakeitpossibletodescribethemainareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswithmoreaccurateandpracticaldenotations,sothattheycanbeunderstoodbybusinessrepresentatives(patients)andemployees.DuetothefactthatSkaraborg´sHospitalisalargeandcomplexorganization,Ihaveenclosedthethesisbyprimarilystudyonlyonemedicalsubdivision,whichisM.3andconsistsofseventeenorganizationalunitsprovidingcarebymeansofmainlythreemedicalspecialties,namelycardiology,skininfectionandrenalmedicin.SubdivisionofM.3waschosenforthisentireactivityislocatedinthesamelocality,whichisinSkövde.Butalsoduetothefactthatthiswasoneofthemorecomplexorganizationalunitscontributedtothischoice.Thebachelorthesiscontainssevenappendices,inwhichthethesisso-­?calledmethodstepsaredetailedfurther,whichalsoincludestheappropriatesub-­?results.Therebyaretheresultscomprisedintheseappendixes.Observe,thatsomeofwhatarepresentedarecontributionsfromotherauthors,i.e.resultsfromaprogressiveresearchprojectwithinSkaraborg?sHospital.Theseappendicesarecalled(1)?Skaraborg´sHospitalashortdescription?,(2)?TheworkwiththefourExceldocuments?,(3)?BuildingswithinSkövdehospitalillustratedwithcurrentbuildingdrawingsfromVästfastigheter,incombinationwithadevelopedschemetoshowsuchbuildings?,(4)?ResultsfromthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremiseswithinthesubdivisionM.3?,(5)?Suggestionsformoreaccurateandpracticaldenotationsonareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionandorganisationalunits?,(6)?ExampleofasurveyproposedtobesenttounitmanagerswithinthesubdivisionM.3toensuretheresultsofthephysicalinventory?and(7)?Commentsonsomeresultsobtainedfromasemi-­?structuredinterviewwithoneofthemanagers(i.e.adoctorresponsibleforsomeoftheactivitieswhithinResearchandEducationalDevelopmentFoUU).ThethesisisbasedonanumberofExcel-­?documentsobtainedfromSkaraborg´sHospitalanddrawingsofthepremisesobtainedfromVästfastigheter.ItisalsobasedonavarietyoffieldtripswhereIhavebeenabletovisitandtherebycarryoutthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremisesoftheselectedorganizationalunitsandinterviewsofanumberofkeyemployees.Thetheoreticalframeworkforthisthesisispartlybasedonorganizationandorganizationalmanagement,organizationalcultureandworkofchangewithinanorganizationandtheworkingenvironmentandsafetyresponsibilities.Thethesisisalsobasedontheoriesandstudiesthathavebeendoneonhealthcareorganizationsandhealthcaremanagement.ThethesisworkhashelpedtoidentifyallsurfacesandpremisesthatorganizationalunitswithinthesubdivisionM.3exploits,andtoprovidesuggestionsformoreaccurateandfunctionaldenotationsfortheseorganizationalunits.ThisthesisalsoprovidesabetterfoundationforvariousongoingandfutureinitiativestoimproveefficienciesaswellasworkandworkconditionswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Anexampleoftheresultstherebygained,isthatthemethodusedtoidentifyboththesurfacesandpremisessubdivisionM.3uses,whichcanbeusedforalloftheothersubdivisionsandorganizationalunitsthanthosethathavebeenstudiedinthisthesisframes..