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Ingebjørg Gustavsen er dr. philos, spesialist i klinisk farmakologi, seksjonsleder og overlege ved Avdeling for farmakologi, Oslo universitetssykehus.
Articles by Ingebjørg Gustavsen
Usefulness of measuring the serum concentration of antihypertensive drugs in uncontrolled hypertension
- Mimi Stokke Opdal,
- Stine Rognstad,
- Frode Edvardsen,
- Lene Vernås Halvorsen,
- Rune Mo,
- Ingebjørg Gustavsen,
- Anne Cecilie K. Larstorp,
- Camilla Lund Søraas*,
- Arne Helland*
15.08.2024:
One-third of the adult population in Norway has hypertension. Despite receiving lifestyle advice and drug therapy, only half achieve the recommended blood pressure range. Measurements of serum drug concentrations can reveal poor medication adherence and can be used to personalise treatment. The fact...
Delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome after carbon monoxide poisoning
- Ingebjørg Gustavsen,
- Willy Rein Gustavsen,
- Tomasz Gajdzik,
- Volker Moræus Solyga
15.02.2024:
After acute carbon monoxide poisoning, up to half of those who survive can develop delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome. Survivors should therefore be closely monitored by healthcare professionals. The long-term prognosis for the syndrome is unknown. A previously healthy woman in her forties suffered...
Systematic screening of substance use upon hospitalisation
- A. Armika T. Nyman,
- Vigdis Vindenes,
- Rune Tore Strøm,
- Sasa Katadzic,
- Ingebjørg Gustavsen,
- Stig Tore Bogstrand
11.10.2022:
Many people can improve their health by reducing their consumption of alcohol and habit-forming medications. By screening for this in connection with emergency hospital admissions, we can help to reduce use. All emergency patients admitted to Oslo University Hospital will be asked a standard set of...
Serum concentration measurements of addictive drugs
- Arne Helland,
- Jon Andsnes Berg,
- Ingebjørg Gustavsen,
- Kristin Nordal,
- Thor Hilberg,
- Lena Aronsen,
- Marianne Arnestad,
- Sigrid Narum
15.03.2016:
Opioids, benzodiazepines and Z drugs are important and widely used drugs, but are associated with a risk of misuse, abuse and adverse effects. In some situations, serum concentration measurement may be useful to optimise treatment and detect misuse. In this article we show how such measurements can...