Levels of self-reported depression and anxiety among HIV-positive patients in Albania: a cross-sectional study.

abstract：:Brain death or neurologic death has gradually become recognized as human death over the past decades worldwide. Nevertheless, in Japan, the New York State, and the State of New Jersey, death is declared based not on brain death criteria, but on cardio-pulmonary criteria. In Japan, the 1997 Organ Transplant Law legaliz...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kato Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic medicine is usually considered to be a tripartite composition of teaching, research, and health care services delivery or patient care. The meaning of each component varies with interpretation. Developing countries such as Malawi face particular challenges in the field of academic medicine, including research...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Muula AS,Lau C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polish physicians-philosophers tried to find a compromise between medicine as a science and medicine as a healing art. They stated that clinical practice should be transformed into science, bearing in mind that there would be no medicine without the existence of the sick. A perfect physician is a good and wise person ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pedziwiatr MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the students enrolled in the computer-based teaching program would take the final examination in pathology earlier than those who studied according to the previous traditional program. METHODS:The study included all medical students enrolled in the pathology course at the Zagreb University Sch...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nola M,Morović A,Dotlić S,Dominis M,Jukić S,Damjanov I

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Faculty of Medicine in Tirana, the only institution providing medical training in Albania, has currently developed three separate branches of study, General Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. Since the early 1990s, following the collapse of the communist regime, many faculty members have been trained abroad in dif...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Roshi E,Burazeri G

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To make a survey of children's health and psychosocial needs after the 1992-1995 war in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:Representative samples of school-age children (n=310) from 6 public schools in the Sarajevo Canton, their parents (n=280), and teachers (n=156) were surveyed by means of self-administer...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Baràth A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two closely related boys from the same house hold (Home 1), aged two and three, were affected with fulminant meningococcal sepsis known as Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. Neisseria meningitidis serogorup B was isolated from their blood and cerebrospinal fluid. The two-year-old boy died one day after the onset of the...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Smilović V,Vrbanec-Megla L,Payerl-Pal M,Puntarić D,Baklaić Z

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the association between genetic variants in myocilin and collagen type I alpha 1 genes and high myopia in an isolated island population. METHODS:A total of 944 examinees from the genetic epidemiology study conducted on the island of Korcula, Croatia, were included in the study. We selected 2 short nucleot...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Vatavuk Z,Skunca Herman J,Bencić G,Andrijević Derk B,Lacmanović Loncar V,Petric Vicković I,Bucan K,Mandić K,Mandić A,Skegro I,Pavicić Astalos J,Merc I,Martinović M,Kralj P,Knezević T,Barać-Juretić K,Zgaga L

更新日期：2009-02-01 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 evaluate the results of current reforms in Macedonian health sector. METHOD:Description and situation analysis, covering the period 1991-1997, are focused on demographic and vital indicators, morbidity and mortality data, elements of health care system, legislation, health insurance, health care financing, and ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivanovska L,Ljuma I

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the proportional contribution of influenza viruses (IV), parainfluenza viruses (PIV), adenoviruses (AV), and coronaviruses (CV) to the burden of severe acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). METHODS:The review of the literature followed PRISMA guidelines. We included studies of hospitalized childre...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Lukšić I,Kearns PK,Scott F,Rudan I,Campbell H,Nair H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess clinical and demographic characteristics of Turkish children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD:The study comprised 47 children and adolescents (31 boys and 15 girls) aged between 9 and 15 years, who were diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder according to Diagnostic and Sta...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Diler RS,Avci A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze use and distribution of resources by otolaryngology (ENT) hospital wards in Romania between 2003 and 2008, in order to plan the improvement of patient access to health care services and health care services' financial performance. METHODS:Clinical electronic records were searched for all patients discha...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Stamate M,Chiriac ND

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article considers available options to educate science editors in the fast-transforming digital environment. There is no single course or resource that can cover their constantly changing and diversifying educational needs. The involvement in research, writing, and reviewing is important for gaining editing skills...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Gasparyan AY,Yessirkepov M,Gorin SV,Kitas GD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the quality of diabetes care provided by family medicine teams in primary health centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) through a medical audit, addressing the extent to which clinical practice complied with pre-determined explicit criteria of long-term management. METHOD:Retrospective analysis included ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Novo A,Jokić I

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the level of job satisfaction of nursing professionals in Slovenian hospitals and factors influencing job satisfaction in nursing. METHODS:The study included 4 hospitals selected from the hospital list comprising 26 hospitals in Slovenia. The employees of these hospitals represent 29.8% and 509 employ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Lorber M,Skela Savič B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the relationship between cognitive functions, severity of depressive symptoms, and expression of interleukin 1 (IL)-1 in patients treated with systemic anticancer therapy. METHODS:This prospective study, conducted in 2017-2018, involved 55 patients (56% men) subjected to systemic anticancer therapy. Fort...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Jasionowska J,Talarowska M,Kalinka E,Skiba A,Szemraj J,Mikołajczyk I,Gałecki P

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of psychological and social factors on health risk behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol and psychoactive drug consumption among adolescents and to determine the prevalence of consuming various psychoactive substances. METHODS:The survey was conducted among adolescents in the Primorsko-g...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Malatestinić D,Mićović V,Kendel G,Baricev-Novaković Z

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some aspects of the "impact factor", a quantitative measure of journals' influence on journals in scientific fields, were discussed in the preceding issue of the Croatian Medical Journal by Dr Eugene Garfield, one of its devisers. This factor can be of interest to authors, journal editors, and policy makers, but they ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Huth EJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess retrospectively the results and complications of surgical techniques applied in the treatment of patients with trauma of the lacrimal drainage system. METHODS:Out of 32 patients with lacrimal drainage system trauma included in the study, 25 were treated at the University Eye Clinic, Ljubljana Medical Cen...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Drnovsek-Olup B,Beltram M

更新日期：2004-06-01 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 present our preliminary results with stentless aortic valve bioprostheses. METHODS:From November 2001 to February 2002, 15 patients (8 men and 7 women) underwent aortic valve replacement with aortic stentless bioprosthesis. The patients age ranged from 50 to 79 years (mean+/-SD, 63.3+/-5.7 years). Three patient...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Sutlić Z,Unić D,Rudez I,Biocina B,Barić D,Kontić M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Analysis of countertransference problems in the treatment of a heterogeneous group of war veterans. METHOD:The method used in this work was psychodynamic clinical observation and analysis of countertransference phenomena in group therapy. RESULTS:In the beginning of our work, we faced with a regressive group, whi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Gregurek R

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：AIM:To investigate if there is an association between M235T polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and myocardial infarction (MI) risk and perform a meta-analysis and an in silico approach. METHODS:This case-control study included 340 participants (155 MI patients and 185 controls) examined at Kashan University of Medic...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Raygan F,Karimian M,Rezaeian A,Bahmani B,Behjati M

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the merits of foregrounding the dichotomy of politicization vs de-politicization for our understanding of bio-objects in order to study their production, circulation, and governance in European societies. By asking how bio-objects are configured in science, policy, public, and media discourses an...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Maeseele P,Hendrickx K,Pavone V,Van Hoyweghen I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of possible transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and related risk factors in cardiac surgery patients. METHODS:A single-center prospective cohort study was conducted from January 2009 to March 2010 at the Zagreb University Hospital Center, Croatia. Patient-, transfusion-, and su...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Zah-Bogovic T,Mesaric J,Hrabac P,Majeric-Kogler V

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a paternity testing case in which a double incompatibility was found for two short tandem repeat (STR) markers, human fibrinogen alpha (FGA) and Penta E. Analysis of the trio (mother, father, and daughter) included the amplification with a battery of 15 autosomal short tandem repeats (STR) by using a commer...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nutini AL,Mariottini A,Giunti L,Torricelli F,Ricci U

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of eye color prediction based on six IrisPlex single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in a Slovenian population sample. METHODS:Six IrisPlex predictor SNPs (HERC2 - rs12913832, OCA2 - rs1800407, SLC45A2 - rs16891982 and TYR - rs1393350, SLC24A4 - rs12896399, and IRF4 - rs12203592) of 105 ind...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kastelic V,Pośpiech E,Draus-Barini J,Branicki W,Drobnič K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the involvement of the vesicular membrane trafficking regulator Synaptotagmin IV (Syt IV) in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and to define the cell types containing increased levels of Syt IV in the β-amyloid plaque vicinity. METHODS:Syt IV protein levels in wild type (WT) and Tg2576 mice cortex we...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Tratnjek L,Zivin M,Glavan G

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00