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：: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：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 examine the relationship between war experiences and war-related distress in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:The survey was performed in the late 2003 on a representative sample of 3313 respondents. The face-to-face interviews included 15 items on war-related distress and 24 items on war experiences. From these...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ringdal GI,Ringdal K,Simkus A

更新日期：2008-02-01 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 define predictive factors for frequent attenders among preschool children in primary health care and investigate the association between socioeconomic factors and medical factors, as well as the reasons for child's appointment in the physician's office. METHODS:This retrospective study was conducted in 7 primar...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Stojanović-Spehar S,Blazeković-Milaković S,Bergman-Marković B,Matijasević I

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：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 provide a screening tool to reduce time and sample consumption when attempting mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup typing. METHODS:A single base primer extension assay was developed to enable typing, in a single reaction, of twelve mtDNA haplogroup specific polymorphisms. For validation purposes a total of 147...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nelson TM,Just RS,Loreille O,Schanfield MS,Podini D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To conduct developmental validation studies on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based short tandem repeat (STR) multiplex typing system, developed for the purpose of genetic individualization and parentage testing in domestic cat samples. METHODS:To evaluate reproducibility of the typing system, the multiplex was...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Coomber N,David VA,O'Brien SJ,Menotti-Raymond M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate missed opportunities to reveal existing but not formerly diagnosed coronary heart disease cases and related risk factors in primary health care. METHODS:The study comprised 850 people aged over 30 years with no known history of coronary heart disease, receiving health services from a primary care ce...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Turkay M,Senol Y,Alimoglu MK,Aktekin MR,Deger N

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess treatment outcomes of psychotherapy for war veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to investigate self-perceived social acknowledgment. METHODS:In this prospective cohort study, a set of psychological instruments was used to assess the level of posttraumatic stress symptoms (Cli...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ljubotina D,Pantić Z,Francisković T,Mladić M,Priebe S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the feasibility of using peer review for the quality control of online materials. METHODS:We analyzed the inter-rater agreement on the quality of epidemiological lectures online, based on the Global Health Network Supercourse lecture library. We examined the agreement among reviewers by looking at kappa...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Linkov F,Lovalekar M,LaPorte R

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：AIM:To assess the seroprevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in Croatia. METHODS:During 2005, a total of 137 serum specimens from Croatian patients aged from 6 days to 51 years, without respiratory symptoms, were collected at the Croatian National Institute of Public Health. The sera were examined using the indire...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ljubin Sternak S,Vilibić Cavlek T,Falsey AR,Walsh EE,Mlinarić Galinović G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

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 evaluate scientific production among research fellows employed at the Zagreb University School of Medicine and identify factors associated with their scientific output. METHOD:We conducted a survey among research fellows and their mentors during June 2005. The main outcome measure was publication success, defin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Polasek O,Kolcić I,Buneta Z,Cikes N,Pećina M

更新日期：2006-10-01 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 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 assess genetic diversity and genetic distances among isolated populations from Dagestan. METHODS:A cross-population genetic epidemiology design was applied in ethnically and demographically diverse isolates from Dagestan, some with more than 200 and some with less than 100 generations of demographical history s...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bulayeva KB

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To asses prevalence of essential arterial hypertension in family members of soldiers killed in 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:The study enrolled 1144 subjects who lost a family member in the war and 582 of their close neighbors who experienced no such loss. Data on their medical history and habit...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Santić Z,Lukić A,Sesar D,Milicević S,Ilakovac V

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health and health care provision are among the most important and politically sensitive public service areas. Politicians carefully incorporate health care program changes in their political agendas to gain votes. However, knowing health care priorities of the electoral body is not useful only to politicians, but also...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dzakula A,Polasek O,Sosic Z,Voncina L,Pavleković G,Brborović O

更新日期：2006-06-01 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 evaluate motoric intestinal disturbances during inflammation with Trichinella spiralis in rats as an experimental model. METHODS:We examined the changes in worm-positive (jejunum) and worm-free (ileum) intestinal segments of rats infected with T. spiralis. To investigate the relationship between structural and ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Tanović A,Fernández E,Jiménez M

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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 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 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 assess fetal behavior in all three trimesters of normal pregnancy and to investigate the continuation of behavior from fetal to neonatal period. METHODS:One hundred out of 130 pregnant women in all trimesters with singleton pregnancy were assigned for the investigation. All recordings were performed in the morn...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kurjak A,Stanojevic M,Andonotopo W,Scazzocchio-Duenas E,Azumendi G,Carrera JM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate maternal and paternal smoking habits during pregnancy and determine their correlation with pregnancy complications and newborn status. METHODS:The study included 499 pregnant women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Uludag University School of Medicine, over a period of one...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Uncu Y,Ozcakir A,Ercan I,Bilgel N,Uncu G

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：AIM:To develop an automated, high throughput extraction protocol in order to produce database eligible profiles from fingerprints and other low copy number (LCN) DNA sources. METHODS:Extraction of either purified control DNA or buccal cells, for example, with commercial kits was compared to extraction with a simple di...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Schiffner LA,Bajda EJ,Prinz M,Sebestyen J,Shaler R,Caragine TA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine types and frequency of CAPN3 mutations in 29 unrelated Croatian families, analyzed during 6-year prospective and ongoing genetic and epidemiological study of muscular dystrophies in Croatia. METHODS:Mutation analysis included allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or combination of PCR and re...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Milic A,Canki-Klain N

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：AIM:To examine the usefulness of molecular analysis of IgH gene rearrangement in assessment of clonality in bone marrow biopsies with lymphoid aggregates (LA) and/or nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) in patients with different subtypes of malignant lymphomas. METHOD:Five hundred and twenty nine samples of bone marrow...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dominis M,Pesut A,Borovecki A,Marusic-Vrsalovic M,Kusec R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test antinociceptive properties of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in rats with carrageenan- and capsaicin-induced pain and inflammation. METHODS:Pain was provoked with carrageenan (1%) or capsaicin (0.1%) injection into the plantar surface of the rat paw-pad. The effect of BTX-A 5 U/kg on carrageenan- and capsa...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bach-Rojecky L,Lacković Z

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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 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：:Academic medicine integrates three of the most honorable human activities: treating the ill, teaching, and research. The quality that all three share is persistent quest for truth. However, there is reluctance of academic medicine today to openly defend scientific truth by challenging the arguments and the very existe...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Marusic M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00