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Einar Heldal

About Einar Heldal

Norwegian Association of Heart and Lung Patients
Website: http://www.lhl.no/ Type: Trade Association Country: Norway About: The Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organisation - is a nationwide interest organization of people with heart and lung disease. Our vision is joy of life and good health. Everyone supporting our goal can become a member. Today, the LHL is Norways largest patients’ organization with approximately 55 000 members, 300 local associations and 12 district associations. The organization owns and runs * two clinics, * four rehabilitation centres, * a technical college for the disabled, * its own housing society, * heart and lung centres, * 40 activity centres and * a patients’ ombudsman’s office.

Recent Contributions

Einar Heldal replied to "Question about treatment outcome" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Dear Mamel, Thanks again for a good question. This is my understanding of the guidelines. Whether the patient should start treatment again or not after having defaulted, is of course a clinical question. The doctors have three options: (1) decide that there is no need to give more treatment, (2) decide to continue the interrupted treatment for a few more months, or (3) decide to start a new full MDR-TB treatment. In the recording and ...
Einar Heldal replied to "Question about treatment outcome" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Dear Saalman, There is probably no loophole: The first outcome should be used, and the moment the patient has been without treatment for 2 months (and not already been declared completed treatment by the doctor), he/she should be classified as default, independently of what happens afterwards. Sorry.... PS: It is always normal to have some defaults. One main purpose of the R&R should be to detect areas with less successful outcomes (over time or between ...

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