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INTRODUCTION The primary purpose of reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery is to improve patients’ quality of life, and patient-reported outcome measurements are important in outcome assessment of breast surgery. The BREAST-Q questionnaire measures changes in quality of life and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing breast surgery. The aim of this work was to translate and linguistically validate all BREAST-Q modules for use in Denmark. METHODS The Danish version of the BREAST-Q was developed through forward translation, back translation and cognitive debriefing following the guidelines from the MAPI Research Trust Foundation and approved by the developers. The aim was to achieve a conceptually equivalent Danish version using colloquial language rather than undertaking a simple literal translation. RESULTS A conceptually equivalent Danish version of all five BREAST-Q modules was achieved. The cognitive debriefing revealed good content validity. A cultural difference regarding the Satisfaction with Office Staff Scale was discovered. CONCLUSIONS The BREAST-Q can now be used for patients undergoing breast surgery in Denmark to measure change in quality of life and patient satisfaction as part of the outcome assessment. The BREAST-Q may be used for both individual and group measurements in clinical and research settings alike. Data collection with BREAST-Q can provide valuable information for use in clinical counseling of women undergoing breast surgery. A psychometric validation of the Danish version of the BREAST-Q is currently underway. FUNDING none. TRIAL REGISTRATION not relevant. Articles published in the DMJ are “open access”. This means that the articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.INTRODUCTION The scientific outcome of Health Science PhD theses has been questioned by arguments suggesting that strategic motives are important for graduationamong clinical PhD graduates which may compromise scientific output and quality. This study aimed to investigate the scientific outcome of clinical PhD theses. METHODS A total of 841PhD theses from the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, were concluded in 2013-2017. These theses were examined, and all published manuscripts were identified in online databases. Thesis bibliographics, publication activity and article/journal impact of the published manuscripts were obtained between 21 March and 18 September 2019. RESULTS Overall, 2,845 manuscripts were embedded in the theses (3.4 ± 0.8 manuscripts/thesis, mean ± standard deviation). A total of 56% and 92% of the manuscripts were published at the time of thesis submission and observation, respectively. The SCImago Journal Rank was 2.1 ± 1.7 and 82% of the manuscripts were published in journals with a field-specific ranking in the best quartile. The mean field-weighted citation impact of the published manuscripts was 102% higher than the world average. CONCLUSIONS The scientific outcome of clinical PhD theses was high as 92% of all manuscripts were published with a field-weighted journal ranking and citation impact above the world average, indicating that the productivity and quality of the clinical PhD theses are not compromised even though strategic motives is a driver for graduation. FUNDING This study was funded by theGraduate School of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. TRIAL REGISTRATION not relevant. Articles published in the DMJ are “open access”. This means that the articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.INTRODUCTION It has been proposed that ankyloglossia and lingual frenotomy have increased. The aim of this study was to analyse the trends of ankyloglossia and lingual frenotomy among children treated in hospitals in Denmark in the 1996-2015 period. METHODS We included children aged 0-17 years registered with the diagnosis ankyloglossia (DQ381) or the procedure frenotomy (KEJC20) using nationwide hospital-based data from the Danish National Patient Registry in 1996-2015. The incidence during the study period and the average annual percentage change (AAPC) and age-specific incidences were calculated. RESULTS A total of 1,608 children were diagnosed with ankyloglossia (67% boys). DZNeP The overall incidence of ankyloglossia increased from 3.2 per 100,000 in 1996 to 13.6 per 100,000 in 2015, corresponding to an AAPC of 7.1%. The age-specific incidence revealed a more than ten times higher incidence of ankyloglossia among patients less than one year old compared with those aged one year or above. In all, 3,625 frenotomy procedures were carried out (66% boys). The frequency of frenotomy increased from 5.1 per 100,000 in 1996 to 38.5 per 100,000 in 2015, corresponding to an AAPC of 11.1%. The age-specific incidence of frenotomy showed a more than thirty times higher frequency among children less than one year of age. CONCLUSIONS Ankyloglossia and frenotomy increased significantly during the period 1996-2015 among children in Denmark according to nationwide hospital data. Rates of both ankyloglossia and frenotomy were highest in children less than one year of age and among boys. FUNDING none. TRIAL REGISTRATION not relevant. Articles published in the DMJ are “open access”. This means that the articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.INTRODUCTION The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)pandemic reached Denmark in early 2020. This paper presents initial intensive-care unit (ICU) experiences with COVID-19 patients at Roskilde Hospital, which was the primary recipient of COVID-19 patients in need of intensive care in the Zealand Region, Denmark. METHODS An evaluation was conducted of the COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU due to respiratory failure from 11 March 2020 to 01 April 2020. The number of ICU beds was increased from eight to 22 beds during this period. RESULTS Sixteen patients (four women) were evaluated. The median age was 69.5 years (range 56-84 years). All the patients were admitted to the ICU for hypoxemic respiratory failure and all needed mechanical ventilation by orotracheal intubation. By 16 April, six patients were still admitted to the ICU, four patients had been discharged from the ICU and seven had died. At present, the average length of ICU stay is 14 ± 9 days (mean ± standard deviation). One patient has remained on ventilatory support for 31 days.