Oscar Kristiansen

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Medisinsk avdeling

Drammen sykehus, Vestre Viken

Forfatterbidrag: idé, utforming/design, tolking av data, revisjon av manuset samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Oscar Kristiansen er ph.d., lege og avdelingssjef.

Articles by Oscar Kristiansen

Frailty, health literacy and self-care in patients admitted with acute heart failure

John Munkhaugen,
Elise Sverre,
Toril Dammen,
Einar Husebye,
Erik Gjertsen,
Oscar Kristiansen,
Erlend Aune

20.11.2023: Heart failure is characterised by objective evidence of structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities that prevent the heart muscle from pumping a sufficient amount of oxygen-rich blood to the body (1). Traditionally, heart failure has been classified into distinct phenotypes (systolic and...

Statins seldom cause adverse reactions

John Munkhaugen,
Oscar Kristiansen,
Elise Sverre,
Kjetil Retterstøl,
Serena Tonstad

21.01.2022: Statins seldom cause muscle side effects and are tolerated by the great majority of people. It is important to spend time, build trust, manage negative expectations and identify other causes of muscle problems than the use of statins. Statins are cost-effective drugs that cause regression of...