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Claus Klingenberg er seksjonsoverlege ved Barne- og ungdomsavdelingen, Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge og professor ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Articles by Claus Klingenberg
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection can be prevented
- Regine Barlinn,
- Anne Helbig,
- Arild Rønnestad,
- Katarina Hilde,
- Claus Klingenberg,
- Astri M. Lang
09.04.2025:
Around 250 children are born with cytomegalovirus infection in Norway every year, and up to 20 % develop permanent sequelae. Preventive measures can help avoid many of these cases. Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can have potentially severe consequences for a child. Knowledge of this type...
Hip dysplasia in newborns
- Karen Rosendahl,
- Trude Gundersen,
- Claus Klingenberg
13.03.2025:
A new evidence-based interdisciplinary clinical guideline on the screening, treatment and follow-up of hips in newborns has been published. Hip dysplasia is characterised by a shallow or dysplastic acetabulum (hip socket), which increases the risk of hip dislocation, early osteoarthritis and...
Gentamicin serum concentration measurement in children
- Karolina Teresa Maulen Grodås,
- Henrik Døllner,
- Christian Magnus Thaulow,
- Per Kristian Knudsen,
- Anders Tønnessen,
- Mari Skeibrok,
- Claus Klingenberg
16.01.2023:
In Norway, gentamicin is the most common aminoglycoside used for the treatment of serious bacterial infections in children (1). Aminoglycosides have a concentration-dependent bactericidal effect, particularly on Gram-negative aerobic bacteria (2, 3), but also on staphylococci (4, 5). Gentamicin in...
Parents of children with Down syndrome and their experiences with the healthcare services
- Marte Johanne Stefferud,
- Anne Grethe Einang,
- Claus Klingenberg
21.09.2021:
Down syndrome is the single most common cause of intellectual disability in Norway (1). Over the last 20 years, 60–90 children with Down syndrome have been born each year (2). People with Down syndrome have complex medical and social needs. Parents of children with disabilities face challenges in...
Antibiotic resistance in paediatric UTIs in Norway
- Christian Magnus Thaulow,
- Paul Christoffer Lindemann,
- Claus Klingenberg
08.06.2021:
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in children. Approximately 2 % of boys and 8 % of girls will have had a UTI before the age of eight (1). In paediatrics, there is a tradition of distinguishing between upper (febrile) and lower (afebrile) UTIs (1–3). The incidence is highest among infants...
SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents in Norway: confirmed infection, hospitalisations and underlying conditions
- Ketil Størdal,
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken,
- Margrethe Greve-Isdahl,
- Claus Klingenberg,
- Eyvind Helland,
- Wenche Nystad,
- Vidar Hjellvik,
- Hanne Løvdal Gulseth
24.06.2020:
Measures targeting children and adolescents in Norway have attracted great attention since the pandemic outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Children and adolescents can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and become ill, but their symptoms appear mainly to be substantially...
A foreign body in the urinary bladder
- Claus Klingenberg,
- Thorsten Koehler,
- Jan Due
28.01.2019:
Foreign bodies in the urinary bladder are generally introduced via the urethra, through a puncture or migration from neighbouring organs. It is essential to consider foreign bodies in the urinary bladder as a rare cause of pain and inflammation in the bladder region (1, 2). A boy of primary school...
Umbilical cord clamping at birth – practice in Norwegian maternity wards
- Camilla Lundberg,
- Pål Øian,
- Claus Klingenberg
26.11.2013:
The timing and practice for clamping of the umbilical cord in newborns after birth varies internationally. Modern birth monitoring (2) and baby-friendly initiatives (3) may both have an effect on practice related to clamping of the umbilical cord. Early cord clamping is often defined as clamping...