Vidar Ormaasen
- Senior consultant
Publications 2023
Long-Term Benefits from Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in HIV Infection
NEJM Evid, 2 (3)
DOI 10.1056/evidoa2200302, PubMed 37213438
Publications 2020
Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117 (40), 25018-25025
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2010540117, PubMed 32943538
[Experimental treatment for COVID-19 should be undertaken in randomised studies]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (7)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0282, PubMed 32378863
Publications 2019
To what extent can clinical characteristics be used to distinguish encephalitis from encephalopathy of other causes? Results from a prospective observational study
BMC Infect Dis, 19 (1), 80
DOI 10.1186/s12879-018-3570-2, PubMed 30669985
Encephalitis and aseptic meningitis: short-term and long-term outcome, quality of life and neuropsychological functioning
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 16158
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-52570-2, PubMed 31695095
Publications 2018
Where is the greatest impact of uncontrolled HIV infection on AIDS and non-AIDS events in HIV?
AIDS, 32 (2), 205-215
DOI 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001684, PubMed 29112060
High neopterin and IP-10 levels in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with neurotoxic tryptophan metabolites in acute central nervous system infections
J Neuroinflammation, 15 (1), 327
DOI 10.1186/s12974-018-1366-3, PubMed 30470234
Pneumococcal sepsis requiring mechanical ventilation: Cohort study in 38 patients with rapid progression to septic shock
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 62 (10), 1428-1435
DOI 10.1111/aas.13236, PubMed 30132782
Publications 2015
Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance and the Predicted Effect on Current First-line Regimens in Europe
Clin Infect Dis, 62 (5), 655-663
DOI 10.1093/cid/civ963, PubMed 26620652
Publications 2014
Long term effectiveness of once-daily unboosted atazanavir plus abacavir/lamivudine as a switch strategy in subjects with virological suppression
J Int AIDS Soc, 17 (4 Suppl 3), 19810
DOI 10.7448/IAS.17.4.19810, PubMed 25397554
Deteriorating renal function and clinical outcomes in HIV-positive persons
AIDS, 28 (5), 727-37
DOI 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000134, PubMed 24983543
Publications 2013
Lopinavir/ritonavir, atazanavir/ritonavir, and efavirenz in antiretroviral-naïve HIV-1-infected individuals over 144 weeks: an open-label randomized controlled trial
Scand J Infect Dis, 45 (7), 543-51
DOI 10.3109/00365548.2012.756985, PubMed 23294034
Publications 2012
Infectious encephalitis: a description of a Norwegian cohort
Scand J Infect Dis, 45 (3), 179-85
DOI 10.3109/00365548.2012.719634, PubMed 23113672
External validation of the bilirubin-atazanavir nomogram for assessment of atazanavir plasma exposure in HIV-1-infected patients
AAPS J, 15 (2), 308-15
DOI 10.1208/s12248-012-9440-8, PubMed 23224752
Publications 2011
Bilirubin-a potential marker of drug exposure in atazanavir-based antiretroviral therapy
AAPS J, 13 (4), 598-605
DOI 10.1208/s12248-011-9299-0, PubMed 21913053
Non-linear mixed effects modeling of antiretroviral drug response after administration of lopinavir, atazanavir and efavirenz containing regimens to treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected patients
J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn, 38 (6), 727-42
DOI 10.1007/s10928-011-9217-1, PubMed 21964996
Publications 2010
Drug resistance is widespread among children who receive long-term antiretroviral treatment at a rural Tanzanian hospital
J Antimicrob Chemother, 65 (9), 1996-2000
DOI 10.1093/jac/dkq234, PubMed 20576637
Differential effects of efavirenz, lopinavir/r, and atazanavir/r on the initial viral decay rate in treatment naïve HIV-1-infected patients
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 26 (5), 533-40
DOI 10.1089/aid.2009.0177, PubMed 20455766
Amnesia following herpes simplex encephalitis: diffusion-tensor imaging uncovers reduced integrity of normal-appearing white matter
Radiology, 257 (3), 774-81
DOI 10.1148/radiol.10100179, PubMed 20935078
HIV type-1 drug resistance testing on dried blood spots is feasible and reliable in patients who fail antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania
Antivir Ther, 15 (7), 1003-9
DOI 10.3851/IMP1660, PubMed 21041915
Publications 2009
The relation between treatment outcome and efavirenz, atazanavir or lopinavir exposure in the NORTHIV trial of treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected patients
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 66 (4), 349-57
DOI 10.1007/s00228-009-0763-z, PubMed 19967342
Tracing the HIV-1 subtype B mobility in Europe: a phylogeographic approach
Retrovirology, 6, 49
DOI 10.1186/1742-4690-6-49, PubMed 19457244
Publications 2008
[Treatment of erythema migrans]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (24), 2844
PubMed 19092956
CYP3A induction and inhibition by different antiretroviral regimens reflected by changes in plasma 4beta-hydroxycholesterol levels
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 64 (8), 775-81
DOI 10.1007/s00228-008-0492-8, PubMed 18458892
Publications 2007
Fatal subarachnoidal haemorrhage in a Norwegian traveller with dengue virus infection
Scand J Infect Dis, 39 (3), 272-4
DOI 10.1080/00365540600891307, PubMed 17366065
HIV related and non-HIV related mortality before and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Norway compared to the general population
Scand J Infect Dis, 39 (1), 51-7
DOI 10.1080/00365540600904779, PubMed 17366013
Publications 2006
[HIV/AIDS--from lethal syndrome to chronic disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (23), 3121-4
PubMed 17160119
Immune modulatory effects of cyclooxygenase type 2 inhibitors in HIV patients on combination antiretroviral treatment
AIDS, 20 (6), 813-20
DOI 10.1097/01.aids.0000218544.54586.f1, PubMed 16549964
Serum concentrations of protease inhibitors as predictors of HIV-related clinical events in patients on antiretroviral therapy
Scand J Infect Dis, 38 (8), 650-3
DOI 10.1080/00365540600616993, PubMed 16857610
The calculated genetic barrier for antiretroviral drug resistance substitutions is largely similar for different HIV-1 subtypes
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 41 (3), 352-60
DOI 10.1097/01.qai.0000209899.05126.e4, PubMed 16540937
Publications 2005
Studies on mortality, morbidity and predictors of clinical outcome in HIV infected individuals in Oslo: a cohort study 1983-2004
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 293, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 051512637, ISBN 82-8080-142-1
Prevalence of drug-resistant HIV-1 variants in untreated individuals in Europe: implications for clinical management
J Infect Dis, 192 (6), 958-66
DOI 10.1086/432916, PubMed 16107947
Publications 2004
Immunoglobulin levels amongst persons with and without human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in Uganda and Norway
Scand J Immunol, 59 (2), 203-8
DOI 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01376.x, PubMed 14871298
An algorithm-based genotypic resistance score is associated with clinical outcome in HIV-1-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy
HIV Med, 5 (6), 400-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2004.00244.x, PubMed 15544691
Publications 2003
Prognostic value of changes in CD4 count and HIV RNA during the first six months on highly active antiretroviral therapy in chronic human immunodeficiency virus infection
Scand J Infect Dis, 35 (6-7), 383-8
DOI 10.1080/00365540310009716, PubMed 12953949
Publications 2002
Association of virus load, CD4 cell count, and treatment with clinical progression in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with very low CD4 cell counts
J Infect Dis, 186 (2), 189-97
DOI 10.1086/341466, PubMed 12134254
[Severe falciparum malaria treated with exchange transfusion]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 122 (10), 999-1001
PubMed 12082710
A search for optimal criteria in initiating antiretroviral therapy in chronic human immunodeficiency virus infection focusing on CD4 count and HIV RNA
Scand J Infect Dis, 34 (12), 910-7
DOI 10.1080/0036554021000026957, PubMed 12587624
Publications 2001
[Tick-borne encephalitis in Norway]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (7), 807-9
PubMed 11301704
[Antiviral therapy of HIV infection in adults]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (29), 3414-20
PubMed 11826789
[Tuberculosis among HIV-infected persons in Norway]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (29), 3425-30
PubMed 11826791
[Two cases of pneumococcal pericarditis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (15), 1801-3
PubMed 11464685
Publications 1998
[Practical approach to otitis media with methicillin-resistant yellow Staphylococci]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 118 (26), 4091-2
PubMed 9844514