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Nordlandssykehuset Bodø
Articles by Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
A Land Safety Code for uncertainty in clinical practice
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Stig Haugset Nymo,
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Inger Johanne Christiansen,
- Miriam Gustafsson,
- Margrethe Aase Schaufel,
- Håvard Dale,
- Marc Vali Ahmed,
- Ingrid Miljeteig
01.10.2025:
There is a cure that protects patients from overdiagnosis and overtreatment, and doctors from insecurity and burnout. There is a growing awareness of the disconnect between the certain, correct-answer-seeking natural science that medicine is built upon, and real-life clinical practice, where we meet...
To young aspiring doctors
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
15.08.2023:
This autumn, record numbers will start their medical studies in Norway and their specialty training in Norwegian hospitals. Welcome to our wonderful world! Dear medical students. Some of you wanted to study medicine because you are fascinated by the incredible human body and how it works. You will...
First year junior doctors and medical uncertainty – a qualitative study
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Karoline Asdal,
- Bruno Nightingale,
- Paul K. Han,
- Trine Ammentorp Gregersen,
- Pål Gulbrandsen
31.05.2023:
Uncertainty is an unavoidable aspect of medicine that can arise in many different situations (1). It can arise due to a lack of knowledge and awareness. This awareness leads to emotional, cognitive and behavioural responses in healthcare personnel and patients (2). Common reactions to uncertainty...
Low-voltage electric shock – proposed new recommendations
- Lars Petter Bjørnsen,
- Trude Beathe Svendsen,
- Dina Bærheim,
- Jostein Dale,
- Svend Peder Vesterfjell,
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Lars Eide Næss-Pleym,
- Lars Ole Goffeng
28.02.2022:
We propose new recommendations for the emergency treatment of low-voltage electric injuries (
Doctors educated in Bodø – who are they and where do they work?
- Åsa Langen Westlie,
- Margrete Gaski,
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Hilde Grimstad,
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
13.01.2022:
The 2019 report of the Grimstad committee concluded that medical education capacity in Norway was too low and recommended increasing it by 440 medical students annually (1). Offering medical studies at more health institutions was proposed as a strategy for increasing the number of students. Studies...
Patients with low-voltage electric shock referred to an Emergency Department
- Trude Beathe Svendsen*,
- Dina Bærheim*,
- Jostein Dale,
- Lars Ole Goffeng,
- Svend Peder Vesterfjell,
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Lars Eide Næss-Pleym,
- Lars Petter Bjørnsen
06.01.2022:
Low-voltage electric shock (< 1,000 V) (1, 2) is more common than high-voltage electric shock (3). Most cases involve young men at work, and many are referred to the Emergency Department (1). There are national and international guidelines for the management of electric shock, but clinical practice...
Time to expand decentralisation of medical education in Norway
- Ingrid Petrikke Olsen,
- Børge Lillebo,
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Arve Østlyngen,
- Knut Tore Lappegård
20.07.2021:
Will decentralising medical education in Norway enhance learning, reduce the burden on university hospitals and increase recruitment in rural areas? The conditions for educating doctors have changed. As the demand for doctors has increased, the annual intake of students at Norway's four medical...
Patient with severe COVID-19 treated with corticosteroids
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad,
- Tore Hauglid,
- Terje Tollåli,
- Katarina Radisavljevic Vasiljevic,
- Knut Dybwik
13.08.2020:
A woman in her sixties with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome was critically ill with no improvement after three weeks of intensive care. On her nineteenth day on a ventilator she was treated with corticosteroids. Clinical improvement was rapid, and she could be weaned from...