Lars Erik Laugsand

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Klinikk for akutt- og mottaksmedisin

St. Olavs hospital

Institutt for sirkulasjon og bildediagnostikk

NTNU

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Lars Erik Laugsand er spesialist i akutt- og mottaksmedisin, overlege og assisterande klinikksjef ved Akutten, St. Olavs hospital og førsteamanuensis ved NTNU.

Articles by Lars Erik Laugsand

Patient influx to emergency departments at two Norwegian university hospitals from 2012–21

Målfrid Asheim Nummedal,
Dagfinn Lunde Markussen,
Lars Eide Næss,
Lars Erik Laugsand,
Lars Petter Bjørnsen

24.06.2024: Increased patient influx to emergency departments (EDs) is a global challenge to patient management (1). Capacity overload can create challenges for patient flow and have adverse consequences for patients and staff (1, 2). Demographics and trends in patient influx have been examined (3–6), but there...

Intoxication cases in the Emergency Department at a Norwegian University Hospital 2019–20

Gustav Graabak,
Lars Eide Næss,
Lars Erik Laugsand,
Lars Petter Bjørnsen

24.06.2024: Ingestion of or exposure to toxic quantities of intoxicants, medications or other substances can cause acute intoxication. Ethanol has previously been the most common cause of acute intoxication referrals to hospitals in Norway, followed by benzodiazepines and paracetamol (1–3). The use of poisoning...

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)...

Patient visits to an emergency department in anticipation of the COVID-19 pandemic

Lars Petter Bjørnsen,
Lars Eide Næss-Pleym,
Jostein Dale,
Lars Erik Laugsand

24.04.2020: The current pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was predicted to reach Norway shortly after the outbreak in China (1). Following the government decision to virtually shut Norway down on 12 March (week 11), acute admissions departments have prepared for a large influx of infected patients. The...