Background: The benefit of prehospital advanced life support (ALS) is disputed, as is the
prehospital use of specially trained, hospital‐based physicians. The purpose of the study was to …

Background The evacuation of emergency cases by air, usually by helicopter, is controversial
because of the cost of the programme, the possibility of an accident (especially in an urban …

To investigate cardiac electrophysiological effects of thoracic epidural analgesia, a local
anaesthetic solution, 0.5% bupivacaine, was administered into the thoracic epidural space in …

… A study based on data from Hotvedt et al. 1996, concluded that Norwegian GPs could
provide adequate treatment to more than half of the patients treated by an HEMS doctor [Citation28…

To investigate electrophysiologic and hemodynamic responses to various plasma levels of
bupivacaine, especially those in the range normally seen during regional anesthesia, …

To investigate whether thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) has additional cardiac
electrophysiological and hemodynamic effects when induced after [beta]-adrenergic blockade, …

Background Negative experiences are not uncommon among doctors in Norway. Our aim
was to find out about the various types of negative reactions (eg, complaints, negative …

Background Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes
from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside …

During the period March 1987—May 1988, postoperative infection or colonization with
Enterobacter cloacae occurred in 9/379 (2.4%) patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery. …

There is need for a prolonged stable level of anaesthesia, and we therefore investigated the
cardiac electrophysiological effects of continuous pentobarbital infusion after initial …