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Torgeir Bruun Wyller er spesialist i indremedisin og i geriatri, professor i geriatri ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo og overlege ved Geriatrisk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus.
Articles by Torgeir Bruun Wyller
Primary progressive aphasia
- Peter Bekkhus-Wetterberg,
- Anne Brækhus,
- Ebba Gløersen Müller,
- Monica Irene Norvik,
- Ingvild Elisabeth Winsnes,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
23.11.2022:
Neurodegenerative dementia may, in rare cases, initially manifest as isolated language impairments in the absence of other cognitive symptoms. These impairments are often somewhat imprecisely referred to as difficulties with 'word finding'. There are several variants of this form of dementia, each...
Nursing home deaths after COVID-19 vaccination
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller,
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang,
- Anette Hylen Ranhoff,
- Pernille Harg,
- Marius Myrstad
19.05.2021:
The first COVID-19 vaccination was given in Norway on 27 December 2020. Priority was given to nursing home patients because they have the highest risk of a fatal outcome from COVID-19 (1, 2). However, frail elderly people and those with multiple chronic diseases were underrepresented in the vaccine...
Frailty among older patients receiving home care services
- Maria Krogseth,
- Siri Rostoft,
- Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,
- Geir Selbæk,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
08.03.2021:
The current life expectancy in Norway is 83 years. The increase in life expectancy over the last 70 years is mainly due to medical advancements, and new treatment methods make us survive diseases that previously were fatal. Consequently, many people live with chronic diseases or sequelae after...
Should all nursing home residents be vaccinated?
- Anette Hylen Ranhoff,
- Marius Myrstad,
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
27.01.2021:
Some frail nursing home residents in Norway have died after being vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination is an important measure for preventing outbreaks and deaths in nursing homes, but some of the frailest residents with serious health problems should not be vaccinated. Nursing homes in Norway...
Medical findings in an interdisciplinary geriatric outpatient clinic specialising in falls
- Kristofer Lislerud Smebye,
- Solveig Granum,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller,
- Marte Mellingsæter
08.04.2014:
Falls are common among elderly people and can have serious consequences. In the course of a year, more than one-third of the population over the age of 65 will experience a fall, and the incidence increases with age (1). Falls can lead to serious injuries, impaired functioning, reduced ability to...
An elderly woman with unexplained falls and «tingling sensations in the head»
- Marte Mellingsæter,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller,
- Torkel Steen
08.04.2014:
A fit and self-sufficient woman in her 80s was referred from the emergency department to the specialist outpatient falls clinic (Fallpoliklinikken) in the Department of Geriatric Medicine. She had fallen several times, abruptly and to the floor without being able to stop herself, and had dislocated...
Politics or quasi-science?
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
11.02.2014:
On 12 March 2013, Jonas Gahr Støre, then Minister of Health and Care Services, declared that patients with metastatic malignant melanoma would receive the drug ipilimumab, provided that they otherwise fell within the approved indication. This was a complete about-turn from the decision made by the...
New consciousness scale for delirium
- Bjørn Erik Neerland,
- Marc Ahmed,
- Leiv Otto Watne,
- Karen Roksund Hov,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
28.01.2014:
A new tool for assessing level of consciousness may improve the diagnosis of delirium. We have translated the Observational Scale of Level of Arousal (OSLA) into Norwegian and will use it in clinical practice and research. Delirium, or ‘acute confusional state’, occurs frequently in acute somatic...