Knut Øymar

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Barne- og ungdomsklinikken

Stavanger universitetssjukehus

Det medisinske fakultet

Klinisk institutt 2

Universitetet i Bergen

Forfatterbidrag: idé/utforming, design, utarbeiding/revisjon av selve manuset og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Knut Øymar er spesialist i barnesykdommer, overlege og professor.

Articles by Knut Øymar

Prescribing of asthma drugs for children 2004–2015

Ingvild Bruun Mikalsen,
Øystein Karlstad,
Kari Furu,
Knut Øymar

19.02.2018: Recurrent episodes of airway obstruction or coughing are very common during the first years of life. In most children younger than 4–5 years, these symptoms will be transient, but such episodes may also be the first indication of asthma (1). Because few objective diagnostic tests of children younger...

Protracted bacterial bronchitis in children

Knut Øymar,
Ingvild Bruun Mikalsen,
Suzanne Crowley

21.08.2017: Protracted bacterial bronchitis is a common cause of persistent, wet cough in pre-school children. The condition has been described relatively recently, and knowledge of the diagnosis may be an aid to making the correct assessment of children with chronic cough, helping to ensure that the symptoms...