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Gunnar Guðmundsson - Professor
–
Heilbrigðisvísindasvið
Gunnar Guðmundsson
Íslenska
Professor
Professor Faculty of Medicine
Location
LSH - Fossvogi
Phone
5436876
Email
ggudmund [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Medicine
Website
http://www.landspitali.is
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7251-8322
Research portal – Gunnar Guðmundsson
Courses 2023 - 2024
LÆK307G - Pharmacology II
LÆK515G - Pharmacology and Toxicology
LÆK203F - Internal Medicine, Clinical
Collaboration
Interstitial lung abnormalities
,
Matt Hunninghake
,
Harvard University
Education
2000
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Medicine
1988
,
Kandídatspróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Medicine
Professional Experience
1998 -
,
Respiratory physican,
National University Hospital
2001 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
Published works
2023
Letter from Iceland
Respirology
2022
Ethical Dilemmas in Physicians’ Consultations with COPD Patients
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
2020
Traction Bronchiectasis/Bronchiolectasis is Associated with Interstitial Lung Abnormality Mortality.
European journal of radiology
Associations of Omega-3 Fatty acids with Interstitial Lung Disease and Lung Imaging Abnormalities Among Adults.
American journal of epidemiology
The Associations of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities with Cancer Diagnoses and Mortality.
The European respiratory journal
[Bronchiectasis - a review].
Laeknabladid
Hiatus hernia and interstitial lung abnormalities.
The European respiratory journal
[The impact of lung diseases, smoking and e-cigarette use on the severity of COVID-19 illness at diagnosis].
Laeknabladid
Frustrated Caring: Family Members’ Experience of Motivating COPD Patients Towards Self-Management
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
2019
Resequencing Study Confirms That Host Defense and Cell Senescence Gene Variants Contribute to the Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Oxygen in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease: an international Delphi survey.
The European respiratory journal
[High altitude illness and related diseases - a review].
Laeknabladid
[Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on the physical capacity of individuals with heart failure].
Laeknabladid
Diagnostic imaging in adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Breathe
[Air pollution in Iceland and the effects on human health. Review].
Laeknabladid
[Asbestos and its effects on health of Icelanders - review].
Laeknabladid
Overlap of Genetic Risk between Interstitial Lung Abnormalities and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
COPD patients' experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-driven strategies to cope with self-management.
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
A MUC5B polymorphism associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis mediates overexpression through decreased CpG methylation and C/EBPβ transcriptional activation
Genome-wide association study of susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Imaging Patterns are Associated with Interstitial Lung Abnormality Progression and Mortality.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2018
Analysis of pulmonary features and treatment approaches in the COPA syndrome.
ERJ open research
Interstitial lung abnormalities and physical function.
ERJ open research
Interstitial lung abnormalities and self-reported health and functional status.
Thorax
2017
COPA syndrome in an Icelandic family caused by a recurrent missense mutation in COPA.
BMC medical genetics
The MUC5B promoter polymorphism is associated with specific interstitial lung abnormality subtypes.
The European respiratory journal
2015
Effectiveness of a partnership-based self-management programme for patients with mild and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
Journal of advanced nursing
2013
[Pulmonary embolism: victories and future hopes].
Laeknabladid
2012
[Prevalence of smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients at the Akureyri Primary Care Center].
Laeknabladid
[Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of community acquired pneumonia - results from three primary care centers in Iceland].
Laeknabladid
2011
[The United Nations and non-communicable diseases].
Laeknabladid
A common MUC5B promoter polymorphism and pulmonary fibrosis.
The New England journal of medicine
2010
[Mediastinoscopy in Iceland: indications and surgical outcome].
Laeknabladid
[Critically ill patients with influenza A H1A1v 2009 and rapid publication in the Icelandic Medical Journal].
Laeknabladid
2009
[High altitude sickness - review].
Laeknabladid
2008
[Sleepiness and driving].
Laeknabladid
[Organising Pneumonia - a review and results from Icelandic studies].
Laeknabladid
2007
[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia in Iceland: clinical features, epidemiology and review].
Laeknabladid
[Prevalence of COPD in Iceland--the BOLD study].
Laeknabladid
Clinical features in secondary and cryptogenic organising pneumonia.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2005
[Clinical guidelines from Landspitali University Hospital on the diagnosis and treatment of acute asthma exacerbation].
Laeknabladid
[Computerized tomography guided percutaneous needle biopsies at Landspitali University Hospital. Indications, complications and results].
Laeknabladid
[Farmer's lung disease caused by straw or hay? Case report].
Laeknabladid
1998
Interleukin-10 modulates the severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in mice.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IL-12 modulates expression of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
1997
Spirometric values in obese individuals. Effects of body position.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
1996
Middle lobe syndrome.
American family physician
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