Published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
BackgroundInfection is the most common cause of mortality within the first year after lung transplantation (LTx). The management of perioperative antibiotic therapy is a major issue, but little is known about worldwide practices.MethodsWe sent by email a survey dealing with 5 daily clinical vignettes concerning perioperative antibiotic therapy to 1...
Published in Journal of Cancer Education
Due to COVID-19, an annual interactive statistics and research methodology workshop for radiation oncology trainees was adapted at short notice into a live virtual format. This study aimed to evaluate trainee opinions around the educational value of the workshop, logistical aspects and impact on interactivity. A post-course on-line survey was compl...
Published in Population Health Metrics
Background Monitoring abortion rates is highly relevant for demographic and public health considerations, yet its reliable estimation is fraught with uncertainty due to lack of complete national health facility service statistics and bias in self-reported survey data. In this study, we aim to test the confidante methodology for estimating abortion ...
Published in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
To understand the current state of neurology residents training in neuropathology, we electronically distributed a 16-item survey to 150 adult and 70 child neurology program directors (PDs). The survey inquired about their program characteristics, neuropathology curriculum and assessment methods, trainee performance, and attitudes. Descriptive anal...
Published in BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundRepeated studies of working hours among Norwegian regular general practitioners (RGPs) have shown that the average total number of weekly working hours has remained unchanged since 1994 and up until 2014. For both male and female RGPs, the mean total weekly working hours amounted to almost 50 h in 2014.In recent years, Norwegian RGPs have...
Published in World Neurosurgery
Objective To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the neurosurgical workforce. Methods A survey consisting of twenty-two questions assessing respondent’s operative experience, location, type of practice, subspecialty, changes in clinic and operative volumes, changes to staff, and changes to income since the pandemic began was distribut...
Published in JSES International
Background The Covid19 pandemic drastically affected the healthcare delivery worldwide. Elective surgical interventions were cancelled or postponed avoiding disease transmission and excessive consumption of critical hospital resources. The main objective for composing this survey was to document the preventive attitude and its variations against Co...
Published in European Journal of Pediatrics
Between February and May 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, paediatric emergency departments in 12 European countries were prospectively surveyed on their implementation of SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) testing and infection control strategies. All participating departments (23) implemented standardised case definitions, testing ...
Published in Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
During the last decade, the use of free-floating carsharing systems has grown rapidly in urban areas. However, little is known on the effects free-floating carsharing offerings have on car ownership in general. Also the main drivers why free-floating users sell their cars are still rarely analysed. To shed some light on these issues, we carried out...
Published in Malaria Journal
BackgroundThe value of malaria eradication, the permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of malaria infection caused by human malaria parasites, would be enormous. However, the expected value of an investment in an intended, but uncertain, outcome hinges on the probability of, and time until, its fulfilment. Though the long-term benef...
