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Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo
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Kirsten Gravningen er ph.d., spesialist i medisinsk mikrobiologi og overlege.
Articles by Kirsten Gravningen
Does a history of cardiovascular disease or cancer affect mortality after SARS-CoV-2 infection?
- Rune Kvåle,
- Kaare Harald Bønaa,
- Rachel Forster,
- Kirsten Gravningen,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Tor Åge Myklebust
29.12.2020:
Cardiovascular disease and cancer have been described as possible risk factors for serious illness and death as a result of COVID-19 (1, 2). In addition to comorbidities, previously published studies have shown that increasing age and male sex are also associated with a greater mortality risk (3–6)...
Deaths after confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in Norway
- Hanne Løvdal Gulseth,
- Eyvind Helland,
- Knut Ivar Johansen,
- Kirsten Gravningen,
- Helena Niemi Eide,
- Siri Eldevik Håberg,
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken
03.12.2020:
The first death to occur in Norway as a result of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was reported on 12 March 2020. As of 10 June 2020, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health reported that altogether 239 deaths associated with COVID-19 had been registered in the Norwegian...
Use of video directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in Northern Norway
- Renate Bendiksen,
- Tone Ovesen,
- Anne-Mette Asfeldt,
- Dag Seeger Halvorsen,
- Kirsten Gravningen
13.01.2020:
Of all infectious diseases, tuberculosis claims the highest number of lives globally (1), but its prevalence in Norway is declining and is among the world's lowest (2). In 2017, altogether 261 patients with tuberculosis were reported to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 89 % of whom were...
When Europe's back door stood open
- Anne Mette Asfeldt,
- Drude Lind Bratlien,
- Anita Brekken,
- Nina Alette Wikan,
- Tone Ovesen,
- Kirsten Gravningen
19.02.2018:
In the autumn of 2015, more than 5 000 asylum seekers crossed the border from Russia into Norway. This had a major impact on the town of Kirkenes with its 10 000 inhabitants and one of the country's smallest hospitals. How did the health services of Sør-Varanger municipality and Kirkenes Hospital...