Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Coeliac disease is a disorder characterised by intolerance to wheat gluten and related proteins from rye and barley, ingestion of which leads to a harmful immune activation in the small intestinal mucosa. The symptoms are often vague and do not suggest an intestinal disorder. ⋯ Coeliac disease can also exist with a normal serology. The trend in many countries is to require less pronounced mucosal abnormalities than previously for the diagnosis.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Nov 2003
[Do-not-resuscitate orders and cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a Norwegian department of surgery].
A previous publication indicates a lack of clear guidelines for DNAR orders in Norwegian hospitals. The Norwegian Board of Health has recently published strict requirements for such a procedure. ⋯ The department had a clear procedure for writing DNAR orders but it was followed in less than half of the cases.
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Lung transplantation has been a therapeutic option for end-stage pulmonary disease in Norway since 1990 and there has been an increasing shortage of donor lungs. ⋯ Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis should be referred earlier and patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis should be given higher priority on the waiting list.