Navigating Knowledge Landscapes in the digital society: a look back and visions for the future.

abstract：AIM:To compare morbidity and mortality of patients with severe intra-abdominal infections after two types of surgical treatment, on-demand ("wait and see") relaparotomy and modified planned relaparotomy. METHODS:We prospectively analyzed the outcomes of 65 patients with severe peritonitis surgically treated in two Cro...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rakić M,Popović D,Rakić M,Druzijanić N,Lojpur M,Hall BA,Williams BA,Sprung J

更新日期：2005-12-01 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 determine the prevalence and intercorrelation of different forms of childhood maltreatment and psychological problems in adolescents in Western Herzegovina Canton. METHOD:A questionnaire study was conducted in March 2003 on a convenient sample of 458 third-grade high-school students (39% boys) aged between 15 a...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Sesar K,Zivcić-Bećirević I,Sesar D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the impact of high fat diet and estrogen deficiency on the oxidative and antioxidative status in the liver of the ovariectomized rats, as well as the ameliorating effect of physical activity or consumption of functional food containing bioactive compounds with antioxidative properties on oxidative damag...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Vuković R,Blažetić S,Oršolić I,Heffer M,Vari SG,Gajdoš M,Krivošíková Z,Kramárová P,Kebis A,Has-Schön E

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the stimulation site of both facial and hypoglossal nerves after transcranial magnetic stimulation. METHODS:After surgical exposure of the brainstem in 22 patients with intrinsic pontine (n=9) or medullary (n=13) tumors, the facial colliculus and the hypoglossal triangle were electrically stimulated. ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Liscić RM,Morota N,Deletis V

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：AIM:To compare the quality of the 2008 cancer mortality data of the Istanbul Directorate of Cemeteries (IDC) with the 2008 data of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), and discuss the suitability of using this databank for estimations of cancer mortality in the fu...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ulus T,Yurtseven E,Cavdar S,Erginoz E,Erdogan MS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of 1991-1995 war on the prevalence, duration, and practice of breast-feeding Croatian children up to 5 years of age. METHOD:In 1996, interviews were conducted in households with children up to 2 years of age (757 children) and 2-5 years of age (1,180 children). Data for war-free areas,...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Zakanj Z,Armano G,Grgurić J,Herceg-Cavrak V

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the role of perceived stressfulness of trauma exposure and economic, social, occupational, educational, and familial adaptation after trauma in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in displaced war survivors. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted between March 2000 and July 2002 ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Letica-Crepulja M,Salcioglu E,Francisković T,Basoglu M

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To gain an initial perspective of mental health issues facing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive population at the University Hospital Center of Tirana (UHCT) HIV/AIDS Ambulatory Clinic. METHODS:From June-August 2009, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 79 patients (93% response rate) at the ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Morrison SD,Banushi VH,Sarnquist C,Gashi VH,Osterberg L,Maldonado Y,Harxhi A

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim .To investigate if there are differences in medical ethics education between different schools of medicine in Spain, specifically between private and public schools and between recently founded schools and older ones. METHOD:The curricula of medical degrees from all Spanish faculties were reviewed for the 2014/20...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ferreira-Padilla G,Ferrández-Antón T,Lolas-Stepke F,Almeida-Cabrera R,Brunet J,Bosch-Barrera J

更新日期：2016-10-31 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：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 evaluate long-term cognitive consequences of subarachnoid hemorrhage with good outcome and the opinion of patients and their relatives about these consequences. METHODS:The study included 10 patients surgically treated for subarachnoid hemorrhage due to the rupture of aneurysm of the anterior communicating arte...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ravnik J,Starovasnik B,Sesok S,Pirtosek Z,Svigelj V,Bunc G,Bosnjak R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine why the demand for substitutive voluntary health insurance in Germany is low. METHOD:A comparison of the benefits and costs of statutory and voluntary health insurance in Germany, based on a review of literature published in academic journals and books as well as gray literature. RESULTS:Employees in G...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Thomson S,Busse R,Mossialos E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On behalf of the European Commission, a Cross-Border Health Care Project was undertaken to explore how citizens living in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine can obtain improved access to health services in the Member States concerned: Belgium, Germany, and The Netherlands. Main attention of the project is focused on practical is...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hermans HE,den Exter A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the primary health care information system from the general practitioner's (GP) point of view. METHODS:Sixty-seven Croatian GPs were distributed a questionnaire about characteristics of the GP's office, overall impression of the application, handling of daily routine information, more sophisticated inf...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Andrijasević L,Angebrandt P,Kern J

更新日期：2012-02-15 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 determine whether and in what concentrations the underground waters, stream waters, spring water, and tap water from the Zagreb area contain phthalates -- compounds used as plastic softeners, which have recently been ascribed carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects. METHOD:The presence of dimethyl phth...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Mihovec-Grdić M,Smit Z,Puntarić D,Bosnir J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationships between body mass index (BMI), dietary habits, and cardiovascular risk factors in isolated Adriatic island populations of Croatia. METHODS:Random sample of subjects (n=1001) was interviewed, using a validated questionnaire developed for this research program. Dietary habits were as...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pucarin-Cvetković J,Mustajbegović J,Doko Jelinić J,Senta A,Nola IA,Ivanković D,Kaić-Rak A,Milosević M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the hypothesis that tSSEP findings reflect clinical and MRI MS lesions, the aim of this study was to investigate tSSEP changes in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) in relation to clinical and brainstem MRI findings. The second aim was to investigate whether the interpretation of the tSSEP res...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Krbot Skorić M,Adamec I,Crnošija L,Gabelić T,Barun B,Zadro I,Butković Soldo S,Habek M

更新日期：2016-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Susac syndrome is a rare microangiopathy of cochlea, retina, and brain. We report a case of a 30-year-old man with Susac syndrome. The patient initially suffered from unilateral hearing loss associated with peripheral vestibular syndrome, and followed with recurrent arterial retinal occlusions and encephalopathy. The ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Szilasiová J,Klímová E

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine ways of ensuring access to health services within the framework of primary health care (PHC), since the goal of PHC to make universal health care available to all people has become increasingly neglected amid emerging themes of globalization, trade, and foreign policy. From a public health point of view, we...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Sambala EZ,Sapsed S,Mkandawire ML

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the economic justification for introducing ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in Croatia. METHODS:The analysis was based on the two formulas: that cost-benefit equals benefit/cost, and that net benefit equals benefit minus cost. Screening costs were expressed as a sum of trainin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bralić I,Vrdoljak J,Kovacić L

更新日期：2001-04-01 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 investigate whether socioeconomic inequalities at a micro-scale, through their effect on major health risk factors and other health indicators, contribute to health status in an isolated island population with demonstrated reduced genetic and environmental variability. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was per...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Smoljanović A,Vorko-Jović A,Kolcić I,Bernat R,Stojanović D,Polasek O

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the usefulness of dental methods in the identification of victims in the railway accident in Zagreb (August 30, 1974) and midair collision of a British and a Slovenian airplane near Vrbovec (September 10, 1976). METHODS:There were 152 people killed in the railway accident, and 176 fatalities in the pl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dumancić J,Kaić Z,Njemirovskij V,Brkić H,Zecević D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To present a novel strategy for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL), using human metapopulations. The strategy is based on the expectation that in geographic clusters of small and distinct human isolates, a combination of founder effect and genetic drift can dramatically increase population frequency of rare QTL ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rudan I,Biloglav Z,Carothers AD,Wright AF,Campbell H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the myocardial effects of cardioplegia by warm blood, tepid blood, and cold crystalloid during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS:Patients undergoing CABG surgery at Kaunas University Hospital between 2000 and 2004 were randomized into three groups (n=156), receiving a different method of c...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Sirvinskas E,Nasvytis L,Raliene L,Vaskelyte J,Toleikis A,Trumbeckaite S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of oral cancer in Jordan. METHOD:We retrospectively analyzed the medical records 118 consecutive patients treated for oral cancer from 1989 until 1998. RESULTS:The age of the patients ranged from 35 to 90 years (median 62.5 years); three quarters were men. N...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ma'aita JK

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00