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Articles by Finn Egil Skjeldestad
Implementing a birth registry in a developing country – experiences from Georgia
- Erik Eik Anda,
- Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg,
- Charlotta Rylander,
- Amiran Gamkrelidze,
- Alexander Turdziladze,
- Finn Egil Skjeldestad,
- Tamar Ugulava,
- Tormod Brenn
02.01.2018:
Population-based systematic registration of health events is vital for the development of tools to improve health care systems and health care services, and to provide a basis for research. A birth registry records data on pregnant women such as demographics, disease history, antenatal visits and...
Prescribing contraception for young women
- Finn Egil Skjeldestad
07.02.2012:
There is little available knowledge on the use of contraceptives among young women, since they are rarely represented in surveys of contraceptive patterns in Norway (1) – (3), in the other Nordic countries (4) or in Western countries as a whole (4). Traditionally, only doctors have had the right to...
Antibiotics prophylaxis in connection with caesarean section – guidelines at Norwegian maternity departments
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen,
- Anja Ramberg Sæther,
- Inger Økland,
- Ellen Langen,
- Ylva Sandness,
- Anne Bødtker,
- Finn Egil Skjeldestad
29.11.2011:
The frequency of caesarean sections in Norway increased from 2 % in 1967 to 17 % in 2009. More than 9 000 caesarean sections are now performed each year (1, 2). One possible complication with caesarean sections is infection in operation wounds and/or underlying spaces and organs (3). Veileder i...