Ketil Størdal

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Ketil Størdal er spesialist i barnesykdommer, overlege ved Oslo universitetssykehus og professor ved Universitetet i Oslo. Han er talsperson for Gjør kloke valg-kampanjen.

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)...