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Dag Jacobsen er spesialist i klinisk farmakologi, i indremedisin og i hjertesykdommer og er toksikolog, overlege og professor emeritus.
Articles by Dag Jacobsen
Methaemoglobinaemia after local anaesthesia
- Ane Kühmstedt Knutsen,
- Oona Dunlop,
- Dag Jacobsen,
- Pernille Glæserud,
- Grunde Wibetoe
04.02.2025:
Methaemoglobinaemia is a rare but potentially life-threating condition, with specific clinical and biochemical findings. We present the case report of a woman who became unwell after dental extraction. This case highlights the importance of adhering to recommended doses of local anaesthetics and...
Medication error with methotrexate
- Maren Wennberg Husby,
- Lars Petter Bache-Wiig Bjørnsen,
- Arve Jørgensen,
- Tone Merete Lassen,
- Dag Jacobsen,
- Lars Erik Laugsand
21.03.2024:
An older woman was referred to the accident and emergency department due to increasing shortness of breath over the preceding three weeks. Her problems were caused by incorrect administration of methotrexate. A woman in her seventies with diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
A gas causing laughter and harm
- Dag Jacobsen
06.01.2023:
Misuse of nitrous oxide among partying young people has remained under the radar for several years. Good old pathophysiology can explain the dangers of this misuse. The recreational drug market is creative and constantly evolving. The latest drug on the scene is nitrous oxide – both an anaesthetic...
New patient care pathways: You can't please everyone
- Dag Jacobsen
01.02.2021:
The new patient care pathways in emergency medicine can save lives – providing the patient is on the right pathway and the pathway is not so narrow that retreat is impossible. 'The father of medicine', Hippocrates, who practised around 450 BC, was concerned with diagnostics, treatment and prognosis...
Living conditions in the districts of Oslo and poisonings by substances of abuse treated at casualty clinic level
- Maja Akopian,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes,
- Dag Jacobsen,
- Øivind Ekeberg,
- Mette Brekke
17.11.2015:
Acute poisonings are a serious health problem and often require treatment in hospital and/or at the pre-hospital level (1) – (3). There seems to be an inverse correlation between both the incidence and the degree of severity of acute poisonings on the one hand and socioeconomic status on the other...