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Hans Erik Heier er spesialist i immunologi og transfusjonsmedisin og professor emeritus ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
Articles by Hans Erik Heier
Is Norway's transfusion service ethical and sustainable?
- Morten Haugen,
- Hans Erik Heier,
- Lise Sofie Haug Nissen-Meyer
02.02.2026:
The use of immunoglobulins is increasing, but their administration is often not supported by robust scientific evidence. This creates ethical and supply-related challenges that require coordinated action at a national level. Immunoglobulins are used both as replacement therapy for immunodeficiency...
Revised textbook of transfusion medicine
- Hans Erik Heier
16.02.2017:
Simon, Toby L. McCullough, Jeffrey Snyder et , Edward L. Rossi’s Principles of Transfusion Medicine 5 th edition. 733 pages, tables, illustrations. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. Price GPB 218 ISBN 978-1-119-01299-3 Twenty-five years after the first edition, the fifth edition of one of the major...
Are human beings supposed to work in Norwegian hospitals?
- Hans Erik Heier
21.06.2016:
Hospitals primarily exist for the benefit of patients. However, they are also workplaces for thousands of people. These are not robots, but people with a need to enjoy their work and feel valued. Such things are also pertinent to the success of a new hospital. The other day, I visited a new...
RhD immunisation in pregnancy
- Çiğdem Akalin Akkök,
- Torbjørn Moe Eggebø,
- Torvid Kiserud,
- Hans Erik Heier
03.05.2016:
Postnatal prophylaxis with anti-RhD immunoglobulin has reduced the immunisation rate for RhD-negative women with an RhD-positive foetus by 80 %. Haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn has become a rare cause of death. However, some foetuses do still develop severe anaemia as a result of RhD...
A century of transfusion medicine
- Hans Erik Heier
28.10.2014:
In 1914, Olav Hanssen defended the first Norwegian PhD thesis on a topic related to transfusion medicine. At the time transfusion was almost unknown as a treatment. In 2014, it is a fundamental procedure with many functions, performed in all general hospitals and dependent both on volunteer blood...
Is Norway heading for a blood-supply crisis?
- Hans Erik Heier,
- Richard W. Olaussen,
- Vibeke M. Svenningsen
27.11.2012:
Norway is no longer self-sufficient in plasma products. The shortfall is covered from the commercial plasma market, in which plasma from paid blood donors is included as a source. This conflicts with the altruistic foundation of the transfusion services. There is also a risk of a supply crisis with...
Red blood cell transfusion at Ullevål University Hospital – indications, consumption and blood group immunisation
- Hans Erik Heier,
- Ivo Nentwich,
- Liv Jorunn Garvik,
- Berit Gran
21.08.2012:
Material and method Study design and consents All patients who received transfusions at Ullevål University Hospital in the periods 1 – 14 May and 1 – 14 September 2003 were included. The two recording periods comprised 7.6 % of the year 2003, and were chosen because it was assumed that they were...