Skaraborg Hospital

Babesia divergens IgG Antibodies and ABO Blood Types In Humans

Babesia is an intraerythrocytic parasite transmitted by ticks or through blood transfusion, and it can cause babesiosis with symptoms such as fever, anemia, and organ failure. The parasite is closely related to the mosquito-borne Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria. Sever...

Efficacy of HER2-targeted therapy in early breast cancer 2008–2020 in Sweden in the real-world setting

Abstract Large-scale real-world evidence on outcomes in HER2-positive (HER2 +) early breast cancer (EBC) remains limited. We investigated overall survival (OS) and its prognostic factors in patients with HER2+ EBC. We here analyzed data from 4,638 patients with HER2 + EBC diagnos...

Orthopaedic surgeons’ perceptions of individual feedback from a national arthroplasty quality register

Aims: Our aim was to explore Swedish orthopaedic surgeons' and trainees' perceptions of receiving individual surgeon feedback following total hip arthroplasty (THA) from a national arthroplasty quality register. Methods: A qualitative study with a phenomenographic approach was co...