Marte Mellingsæter

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Avdeling for geriatri

Akershus universitetssykehus

Hun har bidratt med datainnsamling (Akershus universitetssykehus), utarbeiding av manus og har godkjent den siste manusversjonen.

Marte Mellingsæter er ph.d. og seksjonsleder.

Articles by Marte Mellingsæter

Delirium and cognitive impairment among older patients in Norwegian emergency departments

Sigurd Evensen,
Ingvild Saltvedt,
Anette Hylen Ranhoff,
Marius Myrstad,
Christian Myrstad,
Marte Mellingsæter,
Marte Sofie Wang-Hansen,
Bjørn Erik Neerland

13.03.2019: Delirium is an acute change in attention, awareness and cognition that arises in association with physiological changes such as illness, injuries or surgery Box 1) ( (1). Delirium may affect anybody, but advanced age and cognitive impairment significantly increase the risk (2). The prognosis for...

Medical findings in an interdisciplinary geriatric outpatient clinic specialising in falls

Kristofer Lislerud Smebye,
Solveig Granum,
Torgeir Bruun Wyller,
Marte Mellingsæter

08.04.2014: Falls are common among elderly people and can have serious consequences. In the course of a year, more than one-third of the population over the age of 65 will experience a fall, and the incidence increases with age (1). Falls can lead to serious injuries, impaired functioning, reduced ability to...

An elderly woman with unexplained falls and «tingling sensations in the head»

Marte Mellingsæter,
Torgeir Bruun Wyller,
Torkel Steen

08.04.2014: A fit and self-sufficient woman in her 80s was referred from the emergency department to the specialist outpatient falls clinic (Fallpoliklinikken) in the Department of Geriatric Medicine. She had fallen several times, abruptly and to the floor without being able to stop herself, and had dislocated...