Sebastian von Hofacker

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Enhet for sykehjemsmedisin

Bergen kommune

Stiftelsen Verdighetsenteret

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Sebastian Von Hofacker er spesialist i anestesiologi og overlege.

Articles by Sebastian von Hofacker

Outbreak of COVID-19 at three nursing homes in Bergen

Bård Reiakvam Kittang,
Sebastian von Hofacker,
Sabine Piepenstock Solheim,
Kjell Krüger,
Karina Koller Løland,
Kristian Jansen

18.06.2020: Nursing home residents tend to constitute a vulnerable and frail population of older people. Among older patients, the proportion with a serious course of COVID-19 is high, both in nursing homes and elsewhere (1–4). The potential for rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 in nursing homes appears to be...

Palliative sedation at the end of life – revised guidelines

Reidun Førde,
Lars Johan Materstvedt,
Trond Markestad,
Ulf E. Kongsgaard,
Sebastian von Hofacker,
Siri Brelin,
Stephan Ore,
Morten Laudal

10.02.2015: Palliative sedation of patients at the end of life involves a number of medical, ethical and legal challenges. As a support to doctors who provide this treatment to patients who cannot be helped in any other way, the Norwegian Medical Association prepared a set of guidelines in 2001. These have now...