Sexual function in men with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is usually affected to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the type of injury and physiological prerequisites. Social contexts and psychological factors are other aspects that affect sexual function. Sexual dysfunction can lead to an impaired quality of life, depression and other illnesses. Aim: To study reported experiences of sexual function in men with SCI who have participated in The Nordic Spinal Injury Registry (NSCIR) five years follow-up. Design: Quantitative method consisting of a register study based on secondary data.

Background: Spinal Cord Injuries impacts sexuality. In a healthcare environment sexual issues are complicated and not allways easy to answer. Purpose: The purpose has been to highlight how the patient experiences sexuality after sustaining Spinal cord injury. Method: A literature study through systematic review of scientific articles. Result: Five main categories were identified: Relationship, Physical problems, Emotional experiences, Coping, Counselling and information.

Denna uppsats är en jämförelse mellan den fiktiva dokumentären ?This is Spinal Tap? och tre andra dokumentärer, där jag använder mig av narratologisk analys för att besvara mina frågor kring berättarstruktur. Uppsatsen har delats upp med en narratologisk teoridel samt terminologi som förklarar och redogör för hur berättarstruktur fungerar samt en förklarning kring de olika diegetiska nivåerna. Detta leder till en ingående analysdel där jag förklarar hur ?This is Spinal Tap? samt de andra tre dokumentärerna är uppbyggda med hjälp av berättarstrukturella diagram som skildrar hur de olika diegetiska nivåerna smälter samman.

Spinal immobilisering av patienter som drabbats av trauma är vanligt förekommande i ambulanssjukvården. Om en person blivit utsatt för ett högenergitrauma, exempelvis varit med i en bilolycka eller fallit från hög höjd, bör dennes nacke och ryggrad immobiliseras så att eventuella skador på kotpelaren inte förvärras. Syftet med denna intervjustudie var att beskriva ambulanssjuksköterskors erfarenheter av Spinal immobilisering av patienter som drabbats av trauma. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och datainsamlingen skedde genom individuella, semistrukturerade intervjuer med tio deltagare. Vidare analyserades intervjutexterna med manifest kvalitativ innehållsanalys och tre kategorier framkom; Att inte veta vad som väntar, Att göra det bästa för patienten och Att känna sig bekväm med utrustningen.

Aim Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 (DCDQ'07) is an international survey tool based on parents' estimation of their child's motor coordination skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of a Swedish version of DCDQ'07 by finding out how the classification of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) via DCDQ'07 is consistent with the classification of DCD via the motor impairment test, Movement ABC.MethodIn the context of a larger study, a Swedish translated version of the parent survey DCDQ'07 were sent to 4000 randomly selected families with children aged 8 - 10 years in Stockholm County. The classifications "DCD" or "NOT DCD" with cut-off values ??of 56 (9 years) and 57 (10 years) were applied. Forty families were selected from 410 registered responses.

Bakgrund: Immobilisering a?r en vedertagen omva?rdnadsa?tga?rd inom dagens prehospitala traumava?rd, detta trots att det inte finns na?gra randomiserade kontrollerade studier anga?ende a?tga?rden. Ma?nga studier har dock visat att riskerna med immobilisering a?r ma?nga varfo?r det a?r viktigt att underso?ka omva?rdnadshandlingen na?rmare.Syfte: Syftet med studien var att underso?ka fo?rekomsten av radiologiskt faststa?llda Spinala skador hos patienter som immobiliserats prehospitalt efter trauman, samt pa? vilka indikationer denna immobilisering gjordes.Metod: En kvantitativ retrospektiv studie da?r 288 journaler granskades i ambulansens journalsystem MobiMed 3.0 och i sjukhusets journalsystem Cosmic. Da?refter analyserades resultaten i SPSS deskriptivt och grafiskt, med chi2-test samt med oberoende t-test.Resultat: Resultatet visade att av de 246 patienter som genomga?tt en radiologisk underso?kning fanns en konstaterad Spinal skada hos 48 patienter, vilket motsvarade cirka 17 %.

En ständig utveckling av den operativa miljön och krav på ökad produktivitet gjorde det angeläget att studera patienters upplevelser i samband med operationer. Allt fler operationer görs idag i Spinalanestesi. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva patienters upplevelse i samband med att genomgå en TUR-p operation i Spinal anestesi. Studien genomfördes som en intervjustudie med kvalitativ ansats och bygger på åtta deltagare. En tematisk innehållsanalys genomfördes och resulterade i två övergripande teman: Att den långa väntetiden var en besvikelse och att stämning och miljö ingav trygghet och fyra underliggande kategorier: Att ha det jobbigt med prostatabesvär under den långa väntetiden, att få information var avgörande för att känna trygghet, att stämningen var bra gjorde att man kände tillit och förtroende och att den tekniska miljön var som förväntat.

The canine population has during it?s time with humans gone through at least 2 major genetic bottlenecks, the first when it was separated from the wolf, and the second when it was divided into different breeds. Among other things, this has lead to the accumulation of unwanted genes, such as genes causing disease in dogs. One such inherited disease is syringomyelia, which has proven to be more common than expected, especially in certain smaller breeds such as the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Syringomyelia in dogs is often a secondary condition caused by the malformation called occipital hypoplasia.

Background: Patients with cervical Spinal cord injuries are often dependent on a mechanical ventilator due to the damage on the innervation to breathing musculature. During rehabilitation they have to be trained to regain own breathing. This unweaning process may give respiratory complications, which are main causes to morbidity and death. These respiratory complications are traditionally treated in an intensive care unit (ICU), which means that the patients have to return back to these emergency units.Aim: To investigate number, length and causes of returns to intensive care units and the length of the weaning process. Further, to compare if a multidisciplinary approach to the weaning process may reduce ICU returns and to shorten the weaning process.

Trauma tillhör en av de vanligaste dödsorsakerna i västvärlden och patientgruppen är relativt ung. Både prehospitalt och hospitalt har det skett en genomgående utveckling i omhändertagandet av traumapatienter. Det har utvecklats olika konceptutbildningar med syfte att snabbt och korrekt kunna bedöma patientens fysiska status, avgöra om patienten är allvarligt skadad och utifrån det avgöra hur snabbt patienten ska transporteras till sjukhus.Trauma mot ryggkotpelaren med akut ryggmärgsskada som följd är förödande mot den enskilde individen. Det är viktigt att i ett tidigt skede misstänka en Spinal skada för att så korrekt som möjligt behandla patienten utan att förvärra tillståndet. En av de viktigaste behandlingsstrategierna är att med immobilisering förhindra överrörlighet i kotpelaren och därmed motverka ytterligare trauma mot ryggmärgen.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to examine if a pre- and post-operative difference could be seen in self-reported pain disability and self-efficacy among patients undergoing surgery as treatment for Spinal disc herniation in order to improve process of rehabilitation.Method: A quantitative and descriptive design was used. 10 patients awaiting surgical treatment for Spinal disc herniation were included at Akademiska sjukhuset (The Academic Hospital) in Uppsala. Participation was voluntary and the selection was made by convenience. Data was collected using The Pain Disability Index and Self-Efficacy Scale by which the patient would estimate how hindered they felt because of their pain in everyday activities and their self-efficacy to perform everyday activities. This was done the day before surgery and two weeks after surgery.

Chiari type I malformation is a condition in humans characterized by a small posterior cranial fossa, downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, foramen magnum overcrowding and disturbances of cerebroSpinal fluid dynamics. Syringohydromyelia is often seen in patients with Chiari type I malformation. Syringohydromyelia is characterized by fluid-filled cavities in the Spinal cord. This causes damage to the nervous tissue in the Spinal cord. In recent years, a condition similar to Chiari type I malformation has been recognized in dogs. It has mostly been seen in Cavalier King Charles spaniels (CKCS). The condition seen in dogs is usually called occipital bone hypoplasia. The aim of the study was to examine whether there is a difference in the shape of the caudal fossa between CKCS, small bred dogs with a similar head shape and dogs with a normal head shape and if occipital bone hypoplasia is related to a head shape with a steep back of the head. Other aims of the study were to examine the crowding of nervous tissue in the foramen magnum in each breed group, the extent of syringohydromyelia and to what extent the malformation had caused neurological signs. Sculls from dogs on autopsy were divided in halves and the position of the cerebellum compared to the level of the foramen magnum was studied.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is one of the major neurodegenerative diseases, causing an ascending paralysis that usually kills the patient within a few years from disease onset. The motor neurons show aggregates of proteins which in approximately 20 % of cases of the familial form contain mutated SOD1 protein. Trehalose is a disaccharide which has been shown to reduce protein aggregation and increase viability in cell models and alleviate symptoms in animal models of several neurodegenerative diseases associated with protein aggregation. When given orally to the SOD1G93A mouse model of ALS, trehalose failed to slow down the disease progression, which has led to questions about the uptake and distribution of the molecule in this mouse strain. The aim of this study was to investigate whether significant levels of trehalose reach the central nervous system of the SOD1G93A mouse after oral administration. This was performed by a trehalose assay of the brain of trehalose treated animals. A glucose assay was optimised for use in small samples of brain lysate after the digestion of trehalose into glucose by trehalase, and the difference in glucose concentration before and after digestion represented the trehalose level.

The purpose of this study was to compare the body posture among a group of women who recently have given birth (subjects) and a group of women who never have been pregnant (controls). The comparison was done between the two groups using the Comprehensive Body Examination (CBE) according to Bunkan. In the study participated 24 women, 12 who recently have given birth and 12 who never have been pregnant. The results showed that the body posture differed between the two groups. The subjects differed more from satisfactory jointpositions than the controls.

The United Nations has, during many years, developed a model for a globally harmonized system for classification and labeling of chemicals, with the aim of it becoming a global standard. This system is implemented in the European Union through the CLP-regulation and is now working parallel to the existing directives until 1st of June 2015, when all the new classifications of substances and mixtures must be completed. The aim of this project was to adjust the laboratory to the new legislation, through inventory of stored chemicals, update the list of chemicals and perform self-classifications of mixtures. The work included handling of about 650 different chemicals with varying hazard classifications and search for information in corporate websites and chemical databases. This resulted in a new and complete list of chemicals stored and used in the laboratory and, in addition, an example of how to make a self classification of a mixture.