Bjørn Gjelsvik

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Bjørn Gjelsvik er ph.d., spesialist i allmennmedisin og i samfunnsmedisin, førsteamanuensis emeritus ved Avdeling for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo og medlem av klassifikasjonsutvalget i Norsk forening for allmennmedisin.

Articles by Bjørn Gjelsvik

New guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Tor Ole Klemsdal,
Bjørn Gjelsvik,
Inger Elling,
Sirin Johansen,
Sverre E. Kjeldsen,
Øivind Kristensen,
Steinar Madsen,
Inger Njølstad,
Randi Selmer,
Serena Tonstad,
Hilde Voie

23.08.2017: New national guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease include a novel algorithm that calculates the risk of cardiovascular events and death. The guidelines contain updated recommendations with which health care professionals should familiarise themselves. The revised guidelines have...

General practitioners’ advice on menopausal hormone therapy

Bjørn Gjelsvik

14.08.2008: In the 1990s, doctors in general and gynaecologists in particular had a positive attitude to hormone therapy (HT) (oestrogen or oestrogen-gestagen-combinations) for menopausal and post-menopausal women. Most female gynaecologists and male gynaecologists’ partners of the relevant age used hormones (1...

General practitioners’ view on hormone replacement therapy during and after menopause

Bjørn Gjelsvik,
Elisabeth Swensen,
Per Hjortdahl

31.05.2007: In recent years the knowledge base for hormone therapy (HT)– treatment of menopausal and post-menopausal women with oestrogen or a combination of oestrogen and gestagen – has improved substantially. It used to be assumed that oestrogen had a beneficial effect on the risk of cardiovascular disease...