Ulf E. Kongsgaard
- Professor, Senior consultant
- +47 22 93 41 05
Publications 2024
Skin conductance algesimeter is unreliable during sudden perioperative temperature increases
Scand J Pain, 24 (1)
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2023-0106, PubMed 38607365
Skin conductance algesimeter is unreliable during sudden perioperative temperature increase
Scand J Pain, 24 (1)
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2024-0058, PubMed 39099226
Publications 2023
[Self-surgery]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (10)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0158, PubMed 37376930
Patient-reported nausea after implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for gynae-oncology patients
Int J Gynecol Cancer, 33 (8), 1287-1294
DOI 10.1136/ijgc-2023-004356, PubMed 37451689
Prospective evaluation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway in a Norwegian cohort of patients with suspected or advanced ovarian cancer
Int J Gynecol Cancer, 33 (8), 1279-1286
DOI 10.1136/ijgc-2023-004355, PubMed 37451690
Oxycodone, Morphine, and Fentanyl in Patients With Chronic Pain: Proposal of Dose-Specific Concentration Ranges
Ther Drug Monit, 45 (6), 777-785
DOI 10.1097/FTD.0000000000001112, PubMed 37296504
Publications 2022
Potentially Severe Incidents During Interhospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients, Frequently Occurring But Rarely Reported: A Prospective Study
J Patient Saf, 18 (1), e315-e319
DOI 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000769, PubMed 32910036
Publications 2021
Interhospital transport of critically ill patients: A prospective observational study of patient and transport characteristics
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 66 (2), 248-255
DOI 10.1111/aas.14005, PubMed 34811736
Publications 2019
Interhospital transport of critically ill patients: experiences and challenges, a qualitative study
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 27 (1), 27
DOI 10.1186/s13049-019-0604-8, PubMed 30832699
Dynamic assessment of the pupillary reflex in patients on high-dose opioids
Scand J Pain, 19 (3), 465-471
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0032, PubMed 31031265
Publications 2018
A patient with solid gynecologic cancer causing lactic acidosis, severe hypercalcemia, and hypoglycemia
Clin Case Rep, 7 (1), 64-70
DOI 10.1002/ccr3.1904, PubMed 30656010
Letter to the Editor regarding "CT guided neurolytic blockade of the coeliac plexus in patients with advanced and intractably painful pancreatic cancer"
Scand J Pain, 18 (4), 759
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0110, PubMed 30048239
Changes in colloid solution sales in Nordic countries
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 62 (4), 522-530
DOI 10.1111/aas.13057, PubMed 29315469
Prevalence, Location, and Characteristics of Chronic Pain in Intensive Care Survivors
Pain Manag Nurs, 19 (4), 366-376
DOI 10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.005, PubMed 29455923
Health-related quality of life in intensive care survivors: Associations with social support, comorbidity, and pain interference
PLoS One, 13 (6), e0199656
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0199656, PubMed 29940026
Publications 2017
Claims for compensation after injuries related to airway management: a nationwide study covering 15 years
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 61 (7), 781-789
DOI 10.1111/aas.12914, PubMed 28556897
Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome and sensory disturbances following thoracotomy at 6- and 12-month follow-ups
J Pain Res, 10, 663-668
DOI 10.2147/JPR.S126639, PubMed 28356766
Intensive care survivor-reported symptoms: a longitudinal study of survivors' symptoms
Nurs Crit Care, 23 (1), 48-54
DOI 10.1111/nicc.12330, PubMed 29243344
Publications 2016
Definition, diagnosis and treatment strategies for opioid-induced bowel dysfunction-Recommendations of the Nordic Working Group
Scand J Pain, 11, 111-122
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2015.12.005, PubMed 28850449
Measuring outcomes of pain management
Scand J Pain, 13, 173-174
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2016.09.003, PubMed 28850527
Complaints to the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation 2001-14 following nerve blockade
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (23-24), 1989-1992
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0368, PubMed 28004547
Publications 2015
Palliative sedation at the end of life – revised guidelines
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (3), 220-1
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.14.1116, PubMed 25668536
Prevalence and predictors of persistent post-surgical pain 12 months after thoracotomy
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 59 (6), 740-8
DOI 10.1111/aas.12532, PubMed 25907109
Transfusion-free medicine and surgery
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 135 (4), 358
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.14.1391
Tachyphylaxis to local anaesthetics. What is the clinical evidence? A systematic review
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 60 (1), 6-14
DOI 10.1111/aas.12631, PubMed 26358179
The effect of tracheotomy on drug consumption in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an observational study
BMC Anesthesiol, 15, 47
DOI 10.1186/s12871-015-0029-5, PubMed 25883531
Prognostic factors in patients with symptomatic spinal metastases and normal neurological function
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 27 (4), 213-21
DOI 10.1016/j.clon.2015.01.002, PubMed 25624156
Publications 2014
The use of Instanyl® in the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients: a 3-month observational, prospective, cohort study
Support Care Cancer, 22 (6), 1655-62
DOI 10.1007/s00520-014-2128-0, PubMed 24510192
[The Lazarus phenomenon]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 134 (12-13), 1257-9
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.14.0052, PubMed 24989208
I. Defining persistent post-surgical pain: is an update required?
Br J Anaesth, 113 (1), 1-4
DOI 10.1093/bja/aeu012, PubMed 24554546
Factors influencing the quality of postoperative epidural analgesia: an observational multicenter study
Local Reg Anesth, 7, 39-45
DOI 10.2147/LRA.S67153, PubMed 25206312
Publications 2013
Does chronic pre-operative pain predict severe post-operative pain after thoracotomy? A prospective longitudinal study
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 57 (8), 1065-72
DOI 10.1111/aas.12159, PubMed 23859248
Mycophenolate pharmacokinetics and inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase activity in liver transplant recipients with an emphasis on therapeutic drug monitoring
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 73 (2), 117-24
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2012.745947, PubMed 23281843
Publications 2012
Thoracic paravertebral block versus transversus abdominis plane block in major gynecological surgery: a prospective, randomized, controlled, observer-blinded study
Local Reg Anesth, 5, 55-61
DOI 10.2147/LRA.S35858, PubMed 23152701
A European survey of oncology nurse breakthrough cancer pain practices
Eur J Oncol Nurs, 17 (1), 95-100
DOI 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.05.005, PubMed 22742829
Publications 2011
Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in a 68-year-old patient with previous heart transplantation and pelvic irradiation
J Robot Surg, 6 (1), 81-3
DOI 10.1007/s11701-011-0270-y, PubMed 22408687
Frédéric Chopin and his suffering
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 131 (7), 707-10
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.10.1056, PubMed 21494310
[Scientific misconduct with colloid plasma substitutes]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 131 (15), 1438-40
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0373, PubMed 21844947
Publications 2010
Experience of unpleasant sensations in the mouth after injection of saline from prefilled syringes
BMC Nurs, 9, 1
DOI 10.1186/1472-6955-9-1, PubMed 20076777
Prevention and treatment of trismus in head and neck cancer: A case report and a systematic review of the literature
Scand J Pain, 1 (2), 84-88
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2010.01.006, PubMed 29913945
Prevention and treatment of trismus in head and neck cancer: A case report and a systematic review of the literature
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 1 (2), 84-88
PublikaID 54
Pain after palliative radiotherapy for spine metastases
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 22 (10), 828-36
DOI 10.1016/j.clon.2010.03.008, PubMed 20363110
Publications 2009
The use of pain descriptors in cancer patients
J Pain Symptom Manage, 38 (2), 208-15
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.08.008, PubMed 19328649
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for late radiation tissue injury in gynaecological patients
Support Care Cancer, 17 (12), 1517-21
DOI 10.1007/s00520-009-0619-1, PubMed 19319575
Evidence-based medicine works best when there is evidence: challenges in palliative medicine when randomized controlled trials are not possible
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother, 23 (1), 48-50
DOI 10.1080/15360280902728237, PubMed 19296355
Infusions of albumin increase free fraction of naproxen in healthy volunteers: a randomized crossover study
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 54 (4), 430-4
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02142.x, PubMed 19878101
Publications 2008
[Use of cannabinoids in palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (7), 822-5
PubMed 18389029
[The elderly need better pain treatment]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (5), 590-1
PubMed 18311205
Infusion of albumin attenuates changes in serum protein binding of drugs in surgical patients compared with volume replacement with HAES
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52 (3), 406-12
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01555.x, PubMed 18269390
Pain in elderly hospitalized cancer patients with bone metastases in Norway
Int J Palliat Nurs, 14 (5), 238-45
DOI 10.12968/ijpn.2008.14.5.29491, PubMed 18563017
Publications 2007
Smertebehandling via intratekal- eller epiduralkateter ogmed nerveblokade
In Palliasjon: nordisk lærebok, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 395-405
BIBSYS 080218431
Prevalence of pain in hospitalised cancer patients in Norway: a national survey
Palliat Med, 21 (1), 7-13
DOI 10.1177/0269216306073127, PubMed 17169954
Publications 2006
Using the American Pain Society's patient outcome questionnaire to evaluate the quality of postoperative pain management in a sample of Norwegian patients
J Pain, 7 (4), 272-80
DOI 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.11.005, PubMed 16618471
[Palliative sedation to the dying]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (4), 471-4
PubMed 16477288
[Major surgery on Jehovah's Witnesses]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (20), 2658-61
PubMed 17057765
Publications 2005
[Cancer pain in hospitalized patients]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (4), 416-8
PubMed 15742010
Lindring av smerter hos kreftpasienter
In Rapport, Kunnskapssenteret, Oslo, nr 9-2005, 254 s.
BIBSYS 060055405, ISBN 82-8121-074-5
[Pain treatment in patients on chronic opioid therapy and in drug abusers]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (20), 2808-10
PubMed 16244688
Breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms
Eur J Pain, 9 (2), 195-206
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.06.001, PubMed 15737812
Publications 2004
[Use of opioids against severe cancer pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (3), 337-8
PubMed 14963506
[Neurolytic blocks for cancer pain--still a useful therapeutic strategy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (4), 481-3
PubMed 14983193
Pharmaceutical-grade albumin: impaired drug-binding capacity in vitro
BMC Clin Pharmacol, 4, 4
DOI 10.1186/1472-6904-4-4, PubMed 15046641
[Haemoglobin levels and transfusion practice among Norwegian anesthesiologists]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (20), 2610-2
PubMed 15534633
Publications 2003
[Use of albumin in Norwegian hospitals--changes following the 1998 Cochrane report]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (9), 1181-3
PubMed 12789784
[Transfusion of "old" blood from the blood banks--time for a new strategy?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (3), 325-7
PubMed 12640900
Publications 1999
Automated albumin method underestimates pharmaceutical-grade albumin in vivo
Clin Chem, 45 (7), 1082-4
PubMed 10388486
Mechanical ventilation in critically ill cancer patients: outcome and utilisation of resources
Support Care Cancer, 7 (2), 95-9
DOI 10.1007/s005200050234, PubMed 10089090
Publications 1996
[Accepted low hemoglobin levels in the perioperative period. A questionnaire survey among Norwegian anesthesiologists]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (27), 3219-21
PubMed 9011973
Leucocyte depletion filter removes cancer cells in human blood
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 40 (1), 118-20
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04397.x, PubMed 8904269
[Blood transfusion and Jehovah's witnesses--problems in life-threatening conditions. A questionnaire among Norwegian anesthesiologists]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (23), 2795-8
PubMed 8928168
Complement activation during and after open-heart surgery is only marginally affected by the choice of fluid for volume replacement
Perfusion, 11 (4), 326-32
DOI 10.1177/026765919601100405, PubMed 8884861
Publications 1995
[Infusion of barbiturates as a compenent in the treatment of refractory pain in patients with terminal cancer]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 115 (18), 2247-9
PubMed 7544497
Autotransfusion after open heart surgery: the oxygen delivery capacity of shed mediastinal blood is maintained
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 39 (6), 754-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1995.tb04165.x, PubMed 7484029
Autotransfusion after open heart surgery: quality of shed mediastinal blood compared to banked blood
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 39 (8), 1062-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1995.tb04230.x, PubMed 8607310
Fluid balance and pulmonary functions during and after coronary artery bypass surgery: Ringer's acetate compared with dextran, polygeline, or albumin
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 39 (5), 671-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1995.tb04146.x, PubMed 7572019
Publications 1993
[Capnography. A new monitoring method may improve patient safety during anesthesia and in the recovery room]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 113 (10), 1220-3
PubMed 8493651
Platelets in shed mediastinal blood used for postoperative autotransfusion
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 37 (3), 265-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03713.x, PubMed 8517103
Complement activation during extracorporeal circulation. In vitro comparison of Duraflo II heparin-coated and uncoated oxygenator circuits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 106 (3), 466-72
PubMed 8361189
Cold and warm infusion of Ringer's acetate in healthy volunteers: the effects on haemodynamic parameters, transcapillary fluid balance, diuresis and atrial peptides
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 37 (8), 768-73
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03807.x, PubMed 8279253
Colloid osmotic pressure of plasma replacement fluids
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 37 (4), 424-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03741.x, PubMed 7686710
Publications 1992
Effects of heparin on proteolytic activities in human plasma
Eur Surg Res, 24 (2), 119-28
DOI 10.1159/000129197, PubMed 1374715
Skin injury in an infant with pulse oximetry
Br J Anaesth, 69 (2), 204-5
DOI 10.1093/bja/69.2.204, PubMed 1389829
Publications 1991
Changes in the plasma protease systems during open heart surgery
Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 920100112, ISBN 82-992521-0-5
Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass compared with changes in the plasma protease systems
Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 25 (3), 223-6
DOI 10.3109/14017439109099043, PubMed 1780739
Haemodynamic effects of heparin during coronary bypass surgery
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 35 (8), 758-61
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1991.tb03386.x, PubMed 1763597
Autotransfusion after open heart surgery: characteristics of shed mediastinal blood and its influence on the plasma proteases in circulating blood
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 35 (1), 71-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1991.tb03244.x, PubMed 2006603
Publications 1990
[Correction of severe hyponatremia]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 110 (28), 3637-9
PubMed 2260065
[Severe, symptomatic hyponatremia]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 110 (28), 3617-9
PubMed 2260060
[Jet ventilation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 110 (1), 54-7
PubMed 2300938
Publications 1989
Different activation patterns in the plasma kallikrein-kinin and complement systems during coronary bypass surgery
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 33 (5), 343-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1989.tb02921.x, PubMed 2800971
Changes in the plasma protease systems during open-heart surgery with dextran vs. Ringer acetate as priming solution
Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 23 (3), 253-8
DOI 10.3109/14017438909106004, PubMed 2482539
Changes in the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems during and after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 37 (3), 158-62
DOI 10.1055/s-2007-1020309, PubMed 2527423
Publications 1987
[Septic severity score. A simple method for the evaluation of intensive care patients with multiple organ failure]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 107 (1), 4-7
PubMed 3824289
[Rectal methohexital as an anesthetic for children]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 107 (29), 2521-3
PubMed 3445249
Publications 1986
[Pneumonia patients in need of intensive care]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 106 (5), 392-4
PubMed 3961757
[Caudal epidural block in pediatric surgery]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 106 (32), 2746-7
PubMed 3810600