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Ketil Størdal er overlege ved Barneklinikken, Oslo universitetssykehus og professor ved Universitetet i Oslo.
Articles by Ketil Størdal
When the restrictions are worse than the pandemic
- Ketil Størdal,
- Margrethe Greve-Isdahl,
- Pål Surén
28.01.2021:
Stricter infection controls and school closures to tackle COVID-19 are regularly called for in the public discourse on the pandemic. However, restrictions on schooling and leisure activities can have negative consequences. Norwegian and international data appear to support the argument to keep...
SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents in Norway: confirmed infection, hospitalisations and underlying conditions
- Ketil Størdal,
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken,
- Margrethe Greve-Isdahl,
- Claus Klingenberg,
- Eyvind Helland,
- Wenche Nystad,
- Vidar Hjellvik,
- Hanne Løvdal Gulseth
24.06.2020:
Measures targeting children and adolescents in Norway have attracted great attention since the pandemic outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Children and adolescents can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and become ill, but their symptoms appear mainly to be substantially...
Can we make wiser choices?
- Ketil Størdal,
- Stefán Hjörleifsson
23.01.2020:
Norway is well qualified to measure the use of health services. Such measurement can increase the impact of the Choosing Wisely Norway campaign. In September 2018, the Norwegian Medical Association launched the Choosing Wisely Norway campaign in order to reduce unnecessary tests and treatments that...
Use of nitrous oxide in children
- Annette Olsen,
- Cathrine Iversen,
- Ketil Størdal
09.09.2019:
Painful procedures are often necessary in association with medical assessment, diagnosis and some forms of treatment. Painful experiences in childhood may influence pain perception in adulthood (1, 2), and anxiety and pain during procedures may adversely affect responses to subsequent procedures (3)...