Author information from the last article
E-post: bard.kittang@bergen.kommune.no
Bård Reiakvam Kittang er spesialist i indremedisin og infeksjonssykdommer, overlege ved Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus og Enhet for sykehjemsmedisin, Bergen kommune, og professor ved Klinisk institutt 2, Universitetet i Bergen.
Articles by Bård Reiakvam Kittang
The circle of life
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang
10.01.2023:
Acute illness in young children can present itself in mysterious ways. This is also the case with the elderly and frail. Imagine that you are a nursing home doctor. You receive a phone call from a nurse regarding a long-term resident. He is normally sprightly and the life and soul of the party, but...
COVID-19 – a rare cause of death in nursing homes
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang
23.05.2022:
Only 1.3 % of all deaths in nursing homes in 2020 were attributable to COVID-19. Infection monitoring is a cornerstone in analyses of endemic, epidemic and pandemic infectious diseases. During the coronavirus pandemic, the main focus has been on COVID-19, also among nursing home residents. Danielsen...
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...
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...
Outbreak of COVID-19 at three nursing homes in Bergen
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang,
- Sebastian von Hofacker,
- Sabine Piepenstock Solheim,
- Kjell Krüger,
- Karina Koller Løland,
- Kristian Jansen
18.06.2020:
Nursing home residents tend to constitute a vulnerable and frail population of older people. Among older patients, the proportion with a serious course of COVID-19 is high, both in nursing homes and elsewhere (1–4). The potential for rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 in nursing homes appears to be...
Structured measures against infections in nursing homes
- Bård Reiakvam Kittang,
- Kjell Krüger
05.02.2018:
Nursing home infections are challenging with respect to both workup and choice of treatment strategy. In recent years, we have made targeted efforts in Bergen to improve the treatment of infections in nursing homes. The chief characteristic of nursing home medicine is its diversity. Nursing home...