John-Peder Escobar Kvitting

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Thoraxkirurgisk avdeling

Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet

Institutt for klinisk medisin

Universitetet i Oslo

Forfatterbidrag: idé, utforming/design, litteratursøk, utarbeiding/revisjon av manuset og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting er ph.d., spesialist i thoraxkirurgi, overlege og førsteamanuensis.

Articles by John-Peder Escobar Kvitting

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting,
Håvard Ravnestad,
Rune Andersen,
Eyvind Gjønnæss,
Natasha Moe,
Sigurd Birkeland,
Morten Svalebjørg,
Per Snorre Lingaas,
Einar Gude,
Lars Gullestad,
Kaspar Broch,
Arne K. Andreassen

26.03.2025: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a rare complication of pulmonary embolism and entails high morbidity and mortality. The gold standard for treatment is pulmonary endarterectomy, which improves haemodynamics and exercise capacity, and is potentially curative. Alternative options for...

Supersonic passenger aircraft, the Oedipus Trap and the reluctance to reverse a decision

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting,
Paal H.H. Lindenskov,
Kalle Moene

18.03.2024: Why is it so difficult to reconsider a decision? At the very least, mountain-savvy Norwegians should remember: 'Turn back before it's too late, there's no shame in turning back!' Economic, psychological, historical and evolutionary biology factors help to explain the reluctance to reverse a decision...

Black swans and fat tails

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting,
Paal H.H. Lindenskov,
Kalle Moene

12.12.2022: Economists use the terms black swans and fat-tailed distributions to describe rare, but high-impact events in areas ranging from the financial markets to climate change. We would do well to take such phenomena into account – including in medicine. Until a black swan was discovered in Western...