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Avdeling for resistens- og infeksjonsforebygging
Folkehelseinstituttet
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Farmasøytisk institutt
Universitetet i Oslo
Forfatterbidrag: analyse og tolkning av data, litteratursøk, utarbeidelse av manus, revisjon, tolkninger og diskusjon av data samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.
Hege Salvesen Blix er ph.d., cand.pharm., seniorforsker og professor i klinisk farmasi.
Articles by Hege Salvesen Blix
Use of psychotropic medications in the specialist health service for mental health care and substance use disorders in 2012–23
- Liv Marit Seljeflot,
- Hege Salvesen Blix,
- Yvonne Andersson,
- Torfinn Hynnekleiv
13.05.2025:
Mental disorders are one of the greatest health and societal challenges in Norway. Considerable resources are used in the treatment of mental disorders, and the Norwegian National Health and Hospital Plan 2020–2023 has focused on the further development of mental health services, including through...
Use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Hege Salvesen Blix,
- Sigurd Høye
12.02.2021:
Compared to other countries, the consumption of antibiotics in Norway is low, and the proportion of narrow-spectrum antibiotics is high (1, 2). Dispensing on prescription outside institutions accounts for 80 % of total sales (1). Since 2012, the use declined year on year until 2018, followed by a...
Ciprofloxacin usage at a local hospital
- Vigdis Andreassen,
- Bjørn Waagsbø,
- Hege Salvesen Blix
12.10.2020:
Fluoroquinolones have been available in Norway since the 1980s, with ciprofloxacin accounting for the greater part of usage. From 1999 to 2012, usage almost tripled. It then decreased thereafter and had almost halved by 2019 (1). Fluoroquinolones are highly potent antibiotics which exert their...
Antibiotic use and infections in nursing homes
- Torunn Alberg,
- Øyunn Holen,
- Hege Salvesen Blix,
- Morten Lindbæk,
- Horst Bentele,
- Hanne Merete Eriksen
07.03.2017:
Residents in nursing homes have a higher risk of developing infections that require antibiotic treatment than elderly people living at home (1). Antibiotics are also used to prevent infections, for example UTIs and surgical site infections. Antibiotics can cause adverse effects, and elderly people...
Broad-spectrum antibiotics in Norwegian hospitals
- Øyunn Holen,
- Torunn Alberg,
- Hege Salvesen Blix,
- Ingrid Smith,
- Marion Iren Neteland,
- Hanne Merete Eriksen
07.03.2017:
Reducing overconsumption and misuse of antibiotics, and the broad-spectrum types in particular, is crucial for limiting the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant microbes. Broad-spectrum antibiotics should only be used in cases of severe illness (1, 2). When seen in an international context, the...
Use of antibiotics in nursing homes – surveillance with different methods
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen,
- Anja Ramberg Sæther,
- Kirsten K. Viktil,
- Lene Andberg,
- Marianne Winther Munkerud,
- Karin Willoch,
- Hege Salvesen Blix
15.10.2013:
The risk of developing an infection that ought to be treated with antibiotics is relatively high in the nursing home population, and the infections often entail serious consequences (1) – (3). From drug sales statistics, it has been estimated that the use of antibiotics in nursing homes accounts...
Classification of drug-related problems
- Sabine Ruths,
- Kirsten K. Viktil,
- Hege Salvesen Blix
29.11.2007:
Drugs are important in prevention and treatment of disease and health complaints. The increasing number of available drugs and drug users, as well as more complex drug regimens lead to more side effects and drug interactions, and complicates follow-up. Drug-related problems (DRPs) lead to...