Viktor Wintzell

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About me

* PhD, Karolinska Institutet (2021)
* MSc, Stockholm School of Economics (2011)

Research

* Research focus on pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
* Work at the Clinical Epidemiology Division [1], Department of Medicine,
Solna
[1] https://ki.se/en/meds/clinical-epidemiology-division-kep

Articles

Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2024;184(11):1301-1312
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Risk of Suicide Death
Ueda P; Soderling J; Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Pazzagli L; Eliasson B; Melbye M; Hviid A; Pasternak B
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (EHJ) - CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY. 2024;10(5):432-443
Comparative cardiovascular and renal effectiveness of empagliflozin and dapagliflozin: Scandinavian cohort study
Engstrom A; Soderling J; Hviid A; Eliasson B; Gudbjornsdottir S; Wintzell V; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Melbye M; Pasternak B; Ueda P
Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2024;79(6):1401-1411
Association of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists with serious liver events among patients with type 2 diabetes: A Scandinavian cohort study
Engstrom A; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Svanstrom H; Eliasson B; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Hviid A; Ueda P; Pasternak B
Article: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2024;22(6):1226-1237.e14
Use of DPP4 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Intestinal Obstruction: Scandinavian Cohort Study
Ueda P; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Eliasson B; Soderling J; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Svanstrom H; Hviid A; Pasternak B
Article: THORAX. 2024;79(5):395-402
Use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of hospitalisation for pneumonia in children with asthma: a nationwide cohort study
Kamgang K-HS; Rhedin SA; Almqvist C; Wintzell V
Article: THE BMJ. 2024;385:e078225
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist use and risk of thyroid cancer: Scandinavian cohort study
Pasternak B; Wintzell V; Hviid A; Eliasson B; Gudbjornsdottir S; Jonasson C; Hveem K; Svanstrom H; Melbye M; Ueda P
Article: DIABETES CARE. 2023;46(2):351-360
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Treatment and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: Scandinavian Cohort Study
Engstroem A; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Hviid A; Eliasson B; Gudbjoernsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Svanstroem H; Pasternak B; Ueda P
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;33(5):707-714
Selection of Comparator Group in Observational Drug Safety Studies: Alternatives to the Active Comparator New User Design
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2022;15(5):1112-1122
Proton pump inhibitor use and risk of depression and anxiety in children: nationwide cohort study
Wang Y-H; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(4):e060771
Association between proton pump inhibitor use and risk of pneumonia in children: nationwide self-controlled case series study in Sweden
Wang Y-H; Svanstrom H; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B
Article: DIABETES, OBESITY AND METABOLISM. 2022;24(3):473-485
The comparative cardiovascular and renal effectiveness of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: A Scandinavian cohort study
Ueda P; Wintzell V; Dahlqwist E; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Franzen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Melbye M; Hviid A; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2021;64(10):2204-2214
Use of incretin-based drugs and risk of cholangiocarcinoma: Scandinavian cohort study
Ueda P; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Franzen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2021;175(4):394-403
Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Asthma in Children
Wang Y-H; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;289(3):411-419
Direct oral anticoagulant use and risk of severe COVID-19
Flam B; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Martensson J; Pasternak B
Article: CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION. 2020;40(12):1147-1154
Data Mining for Adverse Events of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Inhibitors in Pediatric Patients: Tree-Based Scan Statistic Analyses of Danish Nationwide Health Data
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Melbye M; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B; Kulldorff M
Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2020;29(9):1086-1092
Impact of variable look-back periods on the incidence rates of chronic diseases using real world data
Rosenlund M; Ekstrom N; Tornblom M; Wintzell V; Stark JH; Titievsky L
Article: DIABETES CARE. 2020;43(6):1326-1335
Use of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Serious Renal Events: Scandinavian Cohort Study
Pasternak B; Wintzell V; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Franzen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Melbye M; Svanstrom H; Ueda P
Article: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2020;174(6):543-551
Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Fracture in Children
Wang Y-H; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Article: THE BMJ. 2020;369:m1186
Use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and risk of serious renal events: Scandinavian cohort study
Pasternak B; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Franzen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Svanstrom H; Ueda P
Article: THE LANCET GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2019;4(11):845-853
Use of tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors and the risk of serious infection in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Melbye M; Jess T; Olen O; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B
Article: THE BMJ. 2019;366:l4772
Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of major cardiovascular events and heart failure: Scandinavian register based cohort study
Pasternak B; Ueda P; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Franzen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Svanstrom H
Article: THE LANCET CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2019;3(3):158-165
Association between use of azathioprine and risk of acute pancreatitis in children with inflammatory bowel disease: a Swedish-Danish nationwide cohort study
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Olen O; Melbye M; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B
Article: ANNALS OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2018;23:852-866
Healthcare Resource Use, Cost, and Sick Leave Following Kidney Transplantation in Sweden: A Population-Based, 5-Year, Retrospective Study of Outcomes: COIN
von Zur-Muhlen B; Wintzell V; Levine A; Rosenlund M; Kilany S; Nordling S; Wadstrom J
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All other publications

Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2023;31:8-9
Association of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists with serious liver events: Scandinavian cohort study
Engstrom A; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Svanstrom H; Eliasson B; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Hviid A; Pasternak B; Ueda P
Editorial comment: DIABETES CARE. 2022;45(5):e93-e96
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Risk of Bladder and Renal Cancer: Scandinavian Cohort Study
Ueda P; Svanstrom H; Hviid A; Eliasson B; Svensson A-M; Frazen S; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Pasternak B
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31:97
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor treatment and risk of atrial fibrillation: Scandinavian cohort study
Engstrom A; Wintzell V; Melbye M; Hviid A; Eliasson B; Gudbjornsdottir S; Hveem K; Jonasson C; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B; Ueda P
Thesis / dissertation: 2021
Pharmacoepidemiologic studies of drug safety in pediatric chronic inflammatory disease
Wintzell, Viktor
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2020;29:451-452
Data mining for adverse events of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors in pediatric patients - A tree-based and treetemporal scan statistics analysis of Danish nationwide health data
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Melbye M; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B; Kulldorff M
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2020;29:452
Association between proton pump inhibitor use and risk of fracture in children
Wang Y-H; Wintzell V; Ludvigsson JF; Svanstrom H; Pasternak B
Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA). 2018;319(22):2333-2335
Oral Fluconazole in Pregnancy and Risk of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death
Pasternak B; Wintzell V; Furu K; Engeland A; Neovius M; Stephansson O
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27:28-29
Assessment of misclassification bias due to short look-back periods in epidemiological studies of chronic disease incidence
Ekstrom N; Tornblom M; Titievsky L; Wintzell V; Stark J; Rosenlund M
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27:30
Oral fluconazole in pregnancy and risk of stillbirth and neonatal death
Pasternak B; Wintzell V; Furu K; Engeland A; Neovius M; Stephansson O
Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27:196
Association between azathioprine use and risk of acute pancreatitis in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A nationwide Swedish cohort study
Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Olen O; Melbye M; Ludvigsson JF; Pasternak B
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2017;19:55
Drug treatment patterns in patients newly diagnosed with heart failure: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Sweden
Wikstrom G; Lindmark K; Olofsson M; Stalhammar J; Bergman GJ; Tornblom M; Wintzell V; Wirta SB; Balas B; Boman K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2017;19:54-55
Management of patients with heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Sweden
Stalhammar J; Boman K; Olofsson M; Wikstrom G; Bergman GJ; Tornblom M; Wintzell V; Wirta SB; Proenca CC; Schlienger R; Lindmark K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2017;19:54
Suboptimal dosing of common heart failure treatments in newly diagnosed patients with heart failure: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Sweden
Wikstrom G; Boman K; Olofsson M; Stalhammar J; Bergman GJ; Tornblom M; Wintzell V; Balas B; Corda S; Lindmark K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2016;18:341
Dosing of heart failure treatments in newly diagnosed unselected patients in sweden: compliance with european society of cardiology guidelines
Wikstrom G; Boman K; Olofsson M; Lindmark K; Lahoz R; Corda S; Wintzell V; Linder R; Gondos A; Stalhammar J
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2016;18:195
A description of unselected patients with heart failure: a swedish population-based study
Stalhammar J; Boman K; Olofsson M; Lindmark K; Lahoz R; Corda S; Wintzell V; Linder R; Gondos A; Wikstrom G
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2016;18:54-55
Recent trends in diagnostic work-up among unselected patients newly diagnosed with heart failure: a Swedish population-based study
Stalhammar J; Boman K; Olofsson M; Lindmark K; Lahoz R; Corda S; Wintzell V; Linder R; Gondos A; Wikstrom G
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2016;18:48
Exposure to heart failure treatments in newly diagnosed patients in Sweden
Wikstrom G; Boman K; Olofsson M; Lindmark K; Lahoz R; Corda S; Wintzell V; Linder R; Gondos A; Stalhammar J
Meeting abstract: VALUE IN HEALTH. 2014;17(3):A48-A49
RESOURCE USE RELATED TO VERTEBRAL FRACTURES BASED ON DATA FROM ICUROS
Svedbom A; Wintzell V; Alekna V; Bianchi ML; Clark P; Diaz-Curiel M; Dimai HP; Lesnyak O; McCloskey E; Sanders KM; Tamulaitiene M; Thomas T; Borgstrom F; Kanis JA
Conference publication: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2014;25:S109-S110
HOSPITALIZED AND NONHOSPUIALIZED VERTEBRAL FRACTURES: COMPARISON OF PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IMPLICATIONS
Svedbom A; Wintzell V; Alekna V; Tamulaitiene M; Bianchi ML; Clark P; Diaz-Curiel M; Dimai HP; Lesnyak O; McCloskey EV; Sanders KM; Thomas T; Borgstrom F; Kanis JA
Meeting abstract: VALUE IN HEALTH. 2013;16(7):A573-A574
THE RESOURCE USE RELATED TO HIP FRACTURES BASED ON DATA FROM ICUROS
Wintzell V; Ivergard M; Tanko LB; Barghout V; Svedbom A; Alekna V; Bianchi ML; Clark P; Diaz Curiel M; Dimai HP; Juerisson M; Lesnyak O; McCloskey E; Sanders KM; Thomas T; Borgstrom F; Kanis JA
Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2013;65:S520
The Quality Of Life and Resource Use Related To Hip Fractures Based On Data From The International Costs and Utilities Related To Osteoporotic Fractures Study.
Ivergard M; Wintzell V; Tanko LB; Barghout V; Svedbom A; Alekna V; Bianchi ML; Clark P; Diaz Curiel M; Dimai HP; Juerisson M; Lesnyak O; McCloskey E; Sanders KM; Thomas T; Borgstroem F; Kanis JA
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Employments

Coordinator, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2021

Supervisor

Arvid Engström, 2020

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