2,699 papers found

Cyanoacrylate adhesive closure (CAC) systems are widely used to treat varicose veins. In terms of efficacy and safety, these nonthermal, non-tumescent methods are noninferior to endovenous thermal ablation techniques. However, no published studies have compared products that use CAC systems. VenaSeal(Medtronic, Santa R…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To outline and to examine the current research and grey literature on aggressive incidents of persons with dementia towards professional caregivers in the home care setting. We intended to identify evidence and research gaps in this field. BACKGROUND: Worldwide, around fifty million people are liv…

OBJECTIVES: Positive blood cultures (BC) are considered a gold standard specific test for diagnosing and managing patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The aims of this study were to determine the positivity rate of BCs performed in patients with CAP, empirically started antibiotic regimens and conformity o…

BACKGROUND: Phyllodes tumor (PT) is a rare neoplasm comprising less than 1% of all breast tumors. Its clinical spectrum ranges from a benign and locally recurrent form of behavior to malignant and metastatic forms. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics, treatment regimens, survival and late…

AIM: In the current study we evaluated adverse effects of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on memory formation and its retrieval as well as the role of ascorbic acid (Vitamin-C) in prevention of MSG-induced alteration of neurobehavioral performance in periadolescent rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Healthy male albino Wistar ra…

A case with severe acute carbon monoxide poisoning is presented the 17-year-old female was previously healthy and non-smoker. She was found lying unconscious on the floor. Although her father smelled a pungent odor and felt headache, dizziness, agitation, and dyspnea after entering the room, he had realized that she wa…

OBJECTIVE: To determine serum and synovial fluid (SF) concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) or CCL2 chemokine, in patients suffering (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) and to correlate the values to disease activity, and other patient- and disease-related parameters. METHODS: The CCL-2/MCP-1 chemokine…

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study is to evaluate our long-term experience with the decision of optimal urgent surgical treatment. METHODS: This study is a retrospective analysis and comparison of patients with acute left-sided malignant bowel obstruction and results after staged or single-stage operations. All hospit…

We investigated the MCP-1 -2518 (A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in Slovak cohort of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). Our study comprised 270 patients with IHD, out of them 92 with myocardial infarction (MI). We found that the frequencies of the mutant GG genotype in Slovak patients with IHD (10.7%…

B cell activation factor (BAFF), a recently identified member of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) family, is a key survival factor during B cell maturation and is essential for the development of B cell tolerance. Breakdown of the regulation of BAFF expression results in excessive BAFF production that impairs B cell to…

BACKGROUND: Repair of an inguinal hernia is one of the most common operations performed in general surgery with significant costs to health care and society. Lichtenstein mesh repair has been the most widely performed groin hernia repair. In this study, we wanted to emphasize the effectiveness of local anesthesia in gr…

INTRODUCTION: Management of patients with chronic constipation (CC), irresponsive to medical treatment, is very difficult. There are some surgical approaches reported for the treatment. In this study we aimed to assess the results of different surgical procedures in patients with severe CC who were refractory to intens…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune thyroid diseases are frequent in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AIT) in the different groups of patients with DM (DM type 1--classical form, DM type 1--subtype LADA, DM type 2) and compare…

UNLABELLED: Determination of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi has supporting value in the diagnose of Lyme disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the production of antibodies in a defined group of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study analysed antibodies in the group of 25 patients with erythem…

BACKGROUND: Polytrauma and its consequences present a rising diagnostic and therapeutic problem we face at ICU every day. The goal of this research was to analyze and improve the diagnostic and treatment procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective research carried out at the multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit d…

BACKGROUND: In neonates, left-sided obstructive heart defects are critical diseases requiring early recognition, initial stabilization, and transfer to Cardiac Center. OBJECTIVES: To assess management of these neonates in primary care hospitals. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of medical records of neonates admitted…

OBJECTIVES: Paper is focused (1) on the comparison of some parameters (body height, body weight, blood pressure, BMI values) in Gypsy and non-Gypsy women from eastern and western Slovakia; (2) on the comparison of biochemical parameters in the Gypsy minority and majority of western Slovakia. BACKGROUND: There is not e…

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main cases of mortality and morbidity of population worlwide. In spite of enormous efforts there are not pharmacological agents evidently influencing natural course of disease available. Besides looking for new drugs influencing the long term outcom…

Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are a major health burden to society for which early detection plays a crucial role for treatment success. For detection, as well as diagnosis and serial evaluation, imaging plays a major role, but lung diseases are often still diagnosed in progressed states f…

Building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for nearly half of building energy consumption and [Formula: see text] of total energy consumption in the US. Their operation is also crucial for ensuring the physical and mental health of building occupants. Compared with traditional model-base…