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Institutt for indremedisinsk forskning
Universitetet i Oslo
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Seksjon for klinisk immunologi og infeksjonsmedisin
Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet
Forfatterbidrag: utarbeiding av manuskriptet, særlig mht. patomekanismer og behandling, og godkjenning av den innsendte manusversjonen.
Pål Aukrust er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og infeksjonsmedisin, professor emeritus og tidligere seksjonsleder og overlege.
Articles by Pål Aukrust
Recurrent pericarditis
- Peter M. Andel,
- Pål Aukrust,
- Jostein Gleditsch,
- Einar Gude,
- Glenn Haugeberg,
- Sverre Høie,
- Tore Salte,
- Kjetil Steine,
- Dan Atar
31.05.2023:
Pericarditis is an important differential diagnosis in patients with chest pain. The two most common causes in the developed world are idiopathic pericarditis and inflammation following cardiac surgery or myocardial infarction. Recurrence of pericarditis affects up to 30 % of patients, half of whom...
A man in his fifties with recurrent urticaria, fever and joint pain
- Hans Erling Simonsen,
- Raimonda Berkman,
- Per Kristian Skorpen,
- Randi Fykse Hallstensen,
- Pål Aukrust
02.03.2022:
A man had been suffering from recurrent urticaria, fever and joint pain for approximately a year when, prior to elective knee surgery, he was also found to have elevated inflammatory markers. Further investigation led to the diagnosis of a rare disorder for which effective treatments are now...
How does COVID-19 affect the brain?
- Anne Hege Aamodt,
- Hanne Flinstad Harbo,
- Guttorm Eldøen,
- Andreas Barratt-Due,
- Pål Aukrust
29.05.2020:
Neurological symptoms may be the first to present in cases of COVID-19, but they more commonly emerge later in the disease course and in severe infections. More and more cases are being reported of diverse neurological manifestations, but to date little is known about the extent of post-infectious...
Ramadan during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Sheraz Yaqub,
- Mohammad Usman Rana,
- Pål Aukrust
05.05.2020:
Ramadan has started. What advice should we give to patients at risk who want to fast? Approximately 200 000 Muslims live in Norway (1). During the month of Ramadan, it is customary for all healthy adult Muslims to fast from dawn ( suhur) to sunset ( iftar). This year, Ramadan began on April 24 th...
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in COVID-19 cases?
- Hallgeir Tveiten,
- Pål Aukrust,
- Gustav Lehne,
- Jezabel R. Rodriguez,
- Ole Henning Skjønsberg
23.03.2020:
Could haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis be a factor in severe coronavirus disease? Puja Mehta and colleagues have recently published an article in The Lancet in which they discuss whether secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) can be triggered by coronavirus (1). The Journal of the...
A man in his forties with increasing shortness of breath
- Hallgeir Tveiten,
- Gustav Lehne,
- Pål Aukrust,
- Jezabel R. Rodriguez,
- Ole Henning Skjønsberg
23.03.2020:
A previously healthy man was admitted to the local hospital with increasing dyspnoea, a sensation of fever and reduced general condition. After a short time he became critically ill with respiratory distress and pulmonary infiltrates. Only when a rare immunological syndrome was suspected did we come...