Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · May 2001
[Norwegian medical students abroad--career plans, personality, smoking and alcohol use].
More than 30% of Norwegian physicians have graduated from medical schools outside Norway, and the number of Norwegian students that attend medical schools abroad is increasing, particularly in Hungary, Poland and the Czech republic. There is a need to know more about these future Norwegian doctors, what their motives and plans are, and how they differ from students at home. ⋯ Norwegian medical students abroad do not particularly prefer specialties like general practice and psychiatry, where the demand for medical manpower is highest. They seem to have quite traditional preferences according to gender.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · May 2001
Case Reports[Is the epidural analgesia to blame when it comes to neurological complications following labor?].
One of every four parturient in Norway receives epidural analgesia during labour. Even though epidural analgesia is considered very safe, there is a tendency to blame the epidural whenever there are neurological complications after labour. ⋯ Gynaecologists, neurologists, mid-wives and even anaesthesiologists seem unaware of the fact that the incidence of neurological complications are four to five times higher as a result of the labour per se than complications caused by the epidural. Peripheral neurological symptoms after labour occur in 1:2-3,000 labours. Postpartum drop-foot and femoral mononeuropathy are the most frequent complications. Half of all parturients will experience low back pain during pregnancy and/or labour, and one in four will complain of headache in the immediate postpartum period. Urinary bladder dysfunction after pregnancy is not uncommon, but the incidence is the same among mothers who have received epidural analgesia and those who have not. Complications after epidural analgesia, such as haematoma, abscesses and direct nerve damage are extremely rare, but need immediate treatment.