Blar i forfatter "Romner, Bertil"

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    • Accuracy of physical examination for chronic lumbar radiculopathy 

      Iversen, Trond; Solberg, Tore; Romner, Bertil; Wilsgaard, Tom; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Waterloo, Knut; Brox, Jens Ivar; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background: Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify whether there is nerve root impingement. The aims of this study were to investigate the association between findings at clinical examination and nerve root impingement, to evaluate the accuracy of clinical index tests in a specialised care setting, and to see whether imaging clarifies the cause of chronic ...

    • Alcohol consumption, blood alcohol concentration level and guideline compliance in hospital referred patients with minimal, mild and moderate head injuries 

      Efskind, Marianne; Heskestad, Ben Ottar; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Romner, Bertil; RØNNING, PÅL ANDRE; Helseth, Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In 2000 the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee published guidelines for safe and cost-effective management of minimal, mild and moderate head injured patients. The aims of this study were to investigate to what extent the head injury population is under the influence of alcohol, and to evaluate whether the physicians’ compliance to the guidelines is affected when patients are influenced by ...

    • Effect of caudal epidural steroid or saline injection in chronic lumbar radiculopathy: multicentre, blinded, randomised controlled trial 

      Iversen, Trond; Solberg, Tore; Romner, Bertil; Wilsgaard, Tom; Twisk, Jos WR; Anke, Audny; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Hasvold, Toralf; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Objective To assess the efficacy of caudal epidural steroid or saline injection in chronic lumbar radiculopathy in the short (6 weeks), intermediate (12 weeks), and long term (52 weeks).<p> <p>Design Multicentre, blinded, randomised controlled trial. <p>Setting Outpatient multidisciplinary back clinics of five Norwegian hospitals. <p>Participants Between October 2005 and February 2009, 461 ...

    • Incidence of hospital referred head injuries in Norway : a population based survey from the Stavanger region 

      Romner, Bertil; Heskestad, Ben; Baardsen, Roald; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Helseth, Eirik; Waterloo, Knut (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-02-20)
      Background: In three previous Norwegian studies conducted between 1974 and 1993, the annual incidence rates of hospital admitted head injuries were 236, 200 and 169 per 100,000 population. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of head injury in the Stavanger region and to compare it with previous Norwegian studies. <br> Methods: All head injured patients referred to Stavanger ...

    • No impact of early intervention on late outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury 

      Heskestad, Ben; Waterloo, Knut; Romner, Bertil; Baardsen, Roald; Helseth, Eirik; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)

    • An observational study of compliance with the Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injury. 

      Heskestad, Ben Ottar; Waterloo, Knut; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Romner, Bertil; Harr, Marianne Efskind; Helseth, Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries were developed to provide safe and cost effective assessment of head injured patients. In a previous study conducted one year after publication and implementation of the guidelines (2003), we showed low compliance, involving over-triage with computed tomography (CT) and hospital admissions. The aim of the present ...