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Articles by Bjørn Bratland
General practitioners' use of ICPC diagnoses and their correspondence with patient record notes
- Geir Lindquist Sporaland,
- Gunnar Mouland,
- Bjørn Bratland,
- Ellen Rygh,
- Harald Reiso
14.10.2019:
The general practitioners' setting of diagnoses in their patient record notes has multiple purposes. The patient record serves as the doctor's work-tool, and it is useful to document diagnoses as part of the clinical assessments. It is also a requirement laid down in the Regulations regarding...
Warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation in general practice – is bleeding risk underestimated?
- Bjørn Bratland,
- Magn-Bjørn Hornnes
28.01.2014:
Atrial fibrillation occurs in approximately 10 % of the population aged 75 and above, and the incidence increases with age. The condition gives rise to a fivefold increase in risk for thromboembolic stroke (1). There appears to be the same risk from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation as from permanent...