Bispebjerg Hospital

This study tested if sending patients home with a wireless patch that continuously monitors their vital signs (like heart rate and oxygen) could help doctors spot problems early. It involved 83 adults who were recently in the hospital or seen by emergency services. The goal was t…

This study tested whether a simple mobile device could help older hospital patients be more active. About 130 patients with conditions like COPD, heart failure, or frailty were randomly assigned to either use the device or not. The device gave visual feedback on their movement, a…

This large study looked at nearly 100,000 patients to understand if having weight loss surgery before a knee replacement affects how long the new knee lasts. Researchers analyzed national health records to see if patients who had weight loss surgery needed fewer follow-up surgeri…

This study tested whether doing strength training before having a leg immobilized could protect against muscle loss. Researchers worked with 64 healthy younger and older adults. Half did 4 weeks of heavy leg exercises before having one knee immobilized for 7-10 days, while the ot…

This study aimed to understand why some leg wounds don't heal by collecting and analyzing the fluid that seeps from them. Researchers followed 13 patients with chronic venous leg ulcers over four weeks, collecting wound fluid samples and measuring wound size. The goal was to lear…

This study explored whether two non-invasive tools—a special skin scan and a simple tape strip—could work together to better detect basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer. Researchers tested these methods on 50 adults with a suspicious skin spot to see if the informat…

This study looked at over 100,000 Danish patients who had knee replacement surgery to see if obese patients were more likely to get a serious joint infection. Researchers compared infection rates and the types of bacteria causing infections in obese and non-obese patients over tw…