Assessment of psychological and social factors in adolescents risk behavior: questionnaire study.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of preoperative chemoradiotherapy with capecitabine in locally advanced rectal cancer. METHODS:Between June 2004 and January 2005, 57 patients with operable, clinical stage II-III adenocarcinoma of the rectum entered the prospective phase II study. Radiation dose was 45 Gy (25...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Velenik V,Anderluh F,Oblak I,Strojan P,Zakotnik B

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the association of carotid atherosclerosis and right ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DD) among treated hypertensive Nigerian patients. METHODS:This was a single center cross-sectional study performed at the Cardiology Clinic of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria between January and Decemb...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Akintunde AA,Adebayo PB,Aremu AA,Opadijo OG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare primary and secondary wound reconstruction as a treatment method for Gustilo type III open tibial fractures. METHODS:Thirty-five consecutive patients with a Gustilo type III open tibial shaft fracture were treated and followed up for 3 years. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the tr...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Stalekar H,Fuckar Z,Ekl D,Sustić A,Loncarek K,Ledić D

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine factors influencing voluntary counseling and premarital testing on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Malawi. METHOD:We analyzed the data collected by the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2000 to determine the likelihood of Malawi population to accept HIV testing. The MDHS was a nationwi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Misiri H,Muula AS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To update the estimate of multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence in Croatia using multiple epidemiological tools. METHODS:This level IV, epidemiological study gathered data from three national patient registries and one database of a non-governmental MS patients' organization. Data were extracted on all individuals wh...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Benjak T,Štefančić V,Draušnik Ž,Cerovečki I,Roginić D,Habek M,Mihel S,Stevanović R

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a subset of cases with the unusual clinical and histomorphological presentation of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) mimicking fever of unknown origin (FUO) and sepsis. METHODS:A pathology database was searched using full term Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine codes for ALCL to identify 23ALCL ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Mosunjac MB,Sundstrom JB,Mosunjac MI

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether the introduction of a vertical subject on research in biomedicine and founding of The Cochrane Collaboration branch at the University of Split School of Medicine influenced students' knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based medicine (EBM), including the use of research literature. METHO...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Balajić K,Barac-Latas V,Drenjancević I,Ostojić M,Fabijanić D,Puljak L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the workload of general practitioners (GPs) in Austria, with a focus on identifying the differences between GPs working in urban and rural areas. METHODS:Within the framework of the Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC) study, data were collected from a stratified sample of GPs using a ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hoffmann K,Wojczewski S,George A,Schäfer WL,Maier M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last three decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in female sports participation at all levels. However, increased sports participation of female athletes has also increased the incidence of sport-related injuries, which can be either acute trauma or overuse injuries. Overuse injuries may be defined as an im...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivković A,Franić M,Bojanić I,Pećina M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess long-term mental health outcomes in people who suffer from war-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but do not receive appropriate treatment. METHODS:We interviewed 264 subjects from former Yugoslavia, who lived in Croatia, Serbia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. All of them had suffered from PT...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Priebe S,Matanov A,Janković Gavrilović J,McCrone P,Ljubotina D,Knezević G,Kucukalić A,Francisković T,Schützwohl M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the main indicators of income inequality, objective and subjective poverty, material deprivation, and the role of public social transfers in the reduction of poverty in 15 old and 10 new member states of the European Union (EU), undergoing post-communist socio-economic transition, as well as in Croatia, ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Matković T,Sucur Z,Zrinscak S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Svalastog AL,Allgaier J,Gajović S

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the circumstances of building of the Civic Hospital in Split in the light of new archival evidence. The study necessitated a thorough review of the older historiography and previously unpublished archival sources kept in the State Archives in Venice and Zadar. The findings showed that construction of t...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Brisky L,Fatović-Ferencić S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the health-related quality of life of unemployed and employed women with disabilities and establish factors affecting their life satisfaction. METHODS:The study included 318 women with disabilities, 160 of whom were employed and 158 unemployed, paired according to age and region of residence. The health...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Barisin A,Benjak T,Vuletić G

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional interdependence between immune and bone systems is reflected in a number of regulatory molecules acting on the cells of both systems and common precursors for bone and immune cells. Therefore, the disturbances of the immune system may affect bone metabolism, and vice versa. This review addresses the roles o...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Grcević D,Katavić V,Lukić IK,Kovacić N,Lorenzo JA,Marusić A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the prevalence and characteristics of bullying between two towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina-Stolac, which was exposed to firearm conflict during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Posusje, which was outside of the active combat zone. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, we included 484 pr...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Cerni Obrdalj E,Rumboldt M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate successes in the clinical management of severe diarrheal diseases in a busy referral hospital in Ghana, four years after the introduction of the World Health Organization's protocol for the clinical management of diarrhea and the establishment of an oral rehydration therapy Corner. METHOD:Data on the c...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Baffoe-Bonnie B,Addo-Yobbo E,Plange-Rhule J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate psychosomatic complaints and depressive symptoms among civilians, refugees, and soldiers in the war and post-war period in Croatia. METHOD:The design of the study was longitudinal, including four repeated assessments during the war and post-war period (1993, 1995, 2000, and 2004). The baseline assessme...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Proroković A,Cavka M,Cubela Adorić V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test for differences in hemodynamic and analgesic properties in patients with breast cancer undergoing quadrantectomy with paravertebral block (PVB) induced with a solution of either one or two local anesthetics. METHOD:A prospective, single-center, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial was conducted fro...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Župčić M,Graf Župčić S,Duzel V,Šimurina T,Šakić L,Fudurić J,Peršec J,Milošević M,Stanec Z,Korušić A,Barišin S

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess lipid profile and the genotype distribution of lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphism at Pvu II polymorphic site within the intron between exons 6 and 7 in patients with hypertriglyceridemia. METHODS:Pvu II polymorphism was determined in 116 hypertriglyceridemic patients and 50 normolipidemic controls from...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pasalić D,Sertić J,Kunović B,Milicević Z,Pasić A,Zrinski-Topić R,Ferencak G,Stavljenić-Rukavina A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate risk factors related to total mortality in an unselected population of patients implanted with a cardioverter defibrillator. METHODS:Survival analysis was performed retrospectively investigating the records of 77 consecutive patients implanted with defibrillators (median 67 years, range 38-83 years; 63...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Schernthaner C,Pichler M,Strohmer B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most lethal of known human toxins, exerting their actions by cleaving the soluble N-ethyl maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) required for neurotransmitter release. Early detection of these toxins is important for appropriate medical treatment....

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Parpura V,Chapman ER

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radical primary health care-oriented reform of the medical services in Albania is now under way, calling for adequate revision in medical education. The reform has started in 1994. In January 1997, the Department of Family Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, was established for the development...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rrumbullaku L,Theodorakis PN,Caca P,Lionis C,Trell E

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effects of d- and l-limonene on pregnant rat myometrial contractility in vitro, and investigate how these effects are modified by other agents. D- and l-limonene (10(-13)-10(-8) M) caused myometrial contraction in a dose-dependent manner. METHODS:Contractions of uterine rings from 22-day-pregnant rats...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hajagos-Tóth J,Hódi Á,Seres AB,Gáspár R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of suture anchors in the reconstruction of chronic collateral ligaments of fingers. METHODS:We treated 8 patients, 6 with chronic instability of the collateral ligament of the thumb and 2 with the instability of the fifth finger, using the Statak suture anchor. A stable joint was achi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Tuncay I,Ege A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the effectiveness of the long-term group psychotherapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war veterans on the basis of clinical picture of PTSD, associated neurotic symptoms, and adopted models of psychological defense mechanisms. METHODS:Prospective cohort study involved 59 war ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Britvić D,Radelić N,Urlić I

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attainment of the fifth Millennium Development Goal requires adequate national reserves of skilled birth attendants. Nurses, midwives, and their equivalents form the frontline of the formal health system are a critical element of global efforts to reduce ill-health and poverty in the poorest areas of the world. Pl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Wirth M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney transplantation is the most efficient method of renal replacement therapy. When this method is performed, native urinary bladder is the preferred urinary reservoir. However, in some patients with an anatomically and functionally abnormal lower urinary tract, the urinary bladder cannot be used for transplantatio...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Markić D,Oguić R,Krpina K,Gršković A,Vukelić I,Rački S,Ivančić A,Primc D,Španjol J

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the incidence of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in the population of Zagreb, Croatia, and to determine the patients' demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS:From 2012-2017, we identified patients with POTS by a retrospective analysis of medical records at University Hospital...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Adamec I,Crnošija L,Ruška B,Pavičić T,Junaković A,Krbot Skorić M,Pekmezović T,Habek M

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In an effort to help alleviate the lack of an adequate pediatric cardiac surgical service that existed in Croatia following 1991 the International Childrens Heart Foundation (ICHF) was asked to provide the necessary surgery. Initially, this project was undertaken as a humanitarian program to provide pediatric cardi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Novick WM,Anić D,Ivancan V,Di Sessa TG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00