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Bjorn Blomberg

- Verified email at uib.no - Cited by 4441

Björn Blomberg

- Verified email at umcutrecht.nl - Cited by 1433

Diagnostic accuracy of stress myocardial perfusion imaging compared to invasive coronary angiography with fractional flow reserve meta-analysis

RAP Takx, BA Blomberg, HE Aidi, J Habets… - Circulation …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease is an important
indication for revascularization. Stress myocardial perfusion imaging is a noninvasive …

[PDF][PDF] The rationale for recommending fixed-dose combination tablets for treatment of tuberculosis

B Blomberg, S Spinaci, B Fourie… - Bulletin of the world …, 2001 - SciELO Public Health
There is considerable exigency to take all necessary steps to cure tuberculosis cases and
prevent further emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis. The most important of these steps …

The pivotal role of FDG-PET/CT in modern medicine

S Hess, BA Blomberg, HJ Zhu, PF Høilund-Carlsen… - Academic radiology, 2014 - Elsevier
The technology behind positron emission tomography (PET) and the most widely used
tracer, 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), were both conceived in the 1970s, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID in a prospective cohort of home-isolated patients

B Blomberg, KGI Mohn, KA Brokstad, F Zhou… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Long-term complications after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are common in
hospitalized patients, but the spectrum of symptoms in milder cases needs further …

CNS involvement and treatment with interferon-α are independent prognostic factors in Erdheim-Chester disease: a multicenter survival analysis of 53 patients

L Arnaud, B Hervier, A Néel… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare form of non-Langerhans histiocytosis, with
noncodified therapeutic management and high mortality. No treatment has yet been shown …

High rate of fatal cases of pediatric septicemia caused by gram-negative bacteria with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

B Blomberg, R Jureen, KP Manji… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) were present in high proportions of
Escherichia coli (25%[9 of 36]) and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates (17%[9 of 52]) causing …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance predicts death in Tanzanian children with bloodstream infections: a prospective cohort study

B Blomberg, KP Manji, WK Urassa, BS Tamim… - BMC infectious …, 2007 - Springer
Background Bloodstream infection is a common cause of hospitalization, morbidity and
death in children. The impact of antimicrobial resistance and HIV infection on outcome is not …

Evaluation of the effects of remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine on viral clearance in COVID-19: a randomized trial

A Barratt-Due, IC Olsen… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: New treatment modalities are urgently needed for patients with COVID-19. The
World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity trial showed no effect of remdesivir or …

The Short Health Scale: a valid measure of subjective health in ulcerative colitis

H Hjortswang, G Järnerot, B Curman… - Scandinavian journal …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is important in both clinical
practice and clinical trials, and several multi-item questionnaires are currently in use. We …

[HTML][HTML] Thoracic aorta calcification but not inflammation is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk: results of the CAMONA study

BA Blomberg, PA de Jong, A Thomassen… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Arterial inflammation and vascular calcification are regarded as early prognostic
markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this study we investigated the relationship …