Fredrik Alm
Position: Lecturer School/office: School of Health SciencesEmail: fredrik.alm@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 302432
Room: P2241

About Fredrik Alm
Fredrik Alm has been a registered nurse since 2007 and a registered nurse anesthetist since 2011. Fredrik completed his PhD studies in 2021 with the thesis: Postoperative recovery in children after tonsil surgery: with a focus on pain and pain management from the child’s, caregivers’, and professionals’ perspectives.
Fredrik is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, Örebro University. Fredrik teaches at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Articles in journals
- Dahlberg, K. , Månsson, S. , Lyckner, S. , Lindgren, L. & Alm, F. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on perioperative factors: data from the Swedish Perioperative Register. Perioperative Medicine, 12 (1).
- Lundström, F. , Odhagen, E. , Alm, F. , Hemlin, C. , Nerfeldt, P. & Sunnergren, O. (2022). A validation study of data in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden: high agreement with medical records ensures that data can be used to monitor clinical practices and outcomes. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22 (1).
- Alm, F. , Lööf, G. , Blomberg, K. & Ericsson, E. (2021). Establishment of resilience in a challenging recovery at home after pediatric tonsil surgery: Children’s and caregivers’ perspectives. Paediatric and Neonatal Pain, 3 (2), 75-86.
- Alm, F. , Lundeberg, S. & Ericsson, E. (2021). Postoperative pain, pain management, and recovery at home after pediatric tonsil surgery. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 278, 451-461.
- Alm, F. , Jaensson, M. , Lundeberg, S. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Adherence to Swedish guidelines for pain treatment in relation to pediatric tonsil surgery: A survey of the multidisciplinary team. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 101, 123-131.
- Alm, F. , Stalfors, J. , Nerfeldt, P. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Patient reported pain-related outcome measures after tonsil surgery: an analysis of 32,225 children from the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden 2009–2016. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 274 (10), 3711-3722.
Conference papers
- Roskvist, M. , Alm, F. , Nerfeldt, P. & Ericsson, E. (2023). A national survey of pediatric tonsil surgery regarding pain management in Sweden. Paper presented at 16th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Liverpool, England, 20-23 May 2023.
- Alm, F. , Lundeberg, S. & Ericsson, E. (2019). Pain and pain management at home after tonsil surgery. Paper presented at 12th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP), Basel, Switzerland, June 16-20, 2019.
- Alm, F. , Lundeberg, S. , Stalfors, J. , Nerfeldt, P. & Ericsson, E. (2018). Improving pain management after pediatric tonsil surgery – an ongoing project. Paper presented at 14th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2-5, 2018.
- Alm, F. & Ericsson, E. (2018). Smärta och smärtbehandling i samband med tonsillkirurgi på barn: ett ständigt pågående förbättringsarbete med ett multidisciplinärt ansvar. Paper presented at Riksförening för Anestesi och Intensivvård (AnIva) vårkongress, Visby, Sweden, May 17-18, 2018.
- Alm, F. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Pain and pain management after pediatric tonsil surgery. Paper presented at XXXIII Congress of the Nordic Association of Otolaryngology, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 31 - June 3, 2017.
- Alm, F. , Stalfors, J. , Nerfeldt, P. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Patient reported outcome of pain after tonsil surgery: An analysis of 32,225 children from the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden 2009-2016. Paper presented at XXXIII Congress of the Nordic Association of Otolaryngology, Gothenburg, Sweden May 31 - June 3, 2017.
- Alm, F. , Stalfors, J. , Nerfeldt, P. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Patient reported outcome of pain after tonsil surgery: An analysis of 32,225 children from the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden 2009-2016. Paper presented at Nordic Pediatric Pain Symposium 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, March 30-31, 2017.
- Alm, F. & Ericsson, E. (2017). Vilka faktorer påverkar den postoperativa smärtan i samband med tonsillkirurgi?. Paper presented at Dagkirurgidagar, Örebro, Sweden, May 11-12, 2017.
- Alm, F. , Jaensson, M. , Lundeberg, S. , Hemlin, C. , Hessén-Söderman, A. , Nerfeldt, P. , Odhagen, E. , Sunnergren, O. & et al. (2016). Adherence to Swedish Guidelines for Pain Treatment in Tonsil Surgery in Pediatric Patients. Paper presented at 13th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO 2016), Lisbon, Portugal, June 18-21, 2016.
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Alm, F. (2021). Postoperative recovery in children after tonsil surgery: with a focus on pain and pain management from the child's, caregivers', and professionals' perspectives. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University.
Reports
- Ola, S. & Alm, F. (2021). Nationella patientflöden tonsilloperation: En rapport från Referensgruppen för Tonsilloperationsregistret och Nationell arbetsgrupp för tonsilloperation.. .
- Alm, F. (2021). Tonsilloperationer under Covid-19 pandemin: Data från svenska tonsilloperationsregistret och svenska intensivvårdsregistret.. .