Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Feb 2004
[337 home calls during daytime from the emergency medical center in Oslo].
Few studies have addressed physicians' home calls in Norway. The aim of this study is to analyse home calls during daytime in Oslo in relation to patients (age, sex, district), diagnoses, request procedures, and clinical outcome. ⋯ Access to acute home calls by a physician during daytime is a necessary function in an urban public health service.
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There is a relatively high postoperative mortality after lung cancer surgery. However, the alternative is almost 100% mortality within five years if surgery is not performed. ⋯ Postoperative fatal complications after lung resection for cancer are too high.