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Cannabis use in multiple sclerosis
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Inbal Kouzy Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and part of the group of demyelinating diseases of the CNS. The main characteristics of MS are neurodegeneration, inflammation, and demyelination. There are three phenotypes of MS, each phenotype represents a stage in the disease progression, and each phenotype has its characteristics. However, those phenotypes usually overlap, and only in the retrospective patient history is it possible to know when there...
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy
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Robin Benjamin Kim Hansson Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction, intimal thickening of coronary arteries with subsequent ischaemia and failure of the transplanted heart. CAV is one of the major determinants of longterm survival in cardiac transplant patients with an incidence of 48% at 10 years. The disease evolves from a complex interplay between both immunological and non-immunological factors, some being ”classical” atherosclerotic risk factors. Clinical...
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Cardiogenic shock: causes, diagnosis and treatment
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Marko Ilari Kavilo The most common cause for CS is LV failure in the setting of STEMI. The infarct is located most likely in the anterior wall. Currently CS is complicating between 8 to 9% of patients with STEMI and 2,5% of patients with NSTEMI. Mortality is high with 50%. CS has a complex pathophysiology. It results from permanent or temporary disruptions in the whole circulatory system. In addition to mechanical disruptions, neurohormones, inflammation and peripheral vasculature also play a major role in the...
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Cardiometabolic aspects of the polycystic ovary syndrome
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Roya Leila Saadia Susan Ougouag Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder amongst
women of reproductive age. Although PCOS is diagnosed exclusively based on reproductive
criteria (clinical/biochemical hyperandrogenism, an/oligo-ovulation, and/or polycystic ovaries
(PCO) on ultrasound), it is also a metabolic disorder. Insulin resistance, impaired glucose
tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and dyslipidemia are more common in women with
PCOS than in age-comparable women without...
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Carski rez
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Bojana Nevajdić Carski rez je kirurški zahvat vađenja djeteta kroz trbušnu stijenku izvođenjem laparotomije i histerotomije. Kroz povijest se tehnika, uspješnost i učestalost izvršenja carskog reza značajno mijenjala. Na samim počecima, zbog visoke smrtnosti kako majki, tako i djece, tim putem uspješno rođenom djetetu su se pripisivale nadnaravne osobine. Kroz vrijeme se tehnika znatno mijenjala. Rez na maternici se prije vršio kroz gornji, mišićni dio stijenke, što je prepoznato kao rizični...
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Carski rez i rizici za novorođenče
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Petra Gojković Carski rez ( je kirurkirurški zahvat ekstrakcije fetusa kroz trbutrbušnu stijenku majke izvođenjem laparotomije i histerotomije. Premda je smrtnost majki i novorođenčadi kod carskog reza niska, ona je ipak nekoliko puta veća od stope pri vaginalnom porođaju Stopa učestalosti carskih rezova svakim danom ra ste sve više bez jasnih medicinskih indikacija. Prema preporukama Svjetske zdravstvene organizacija ( učestalost carskih rezova bi trebala biti između 10 i 15%, a danas prelazi i...
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Causes of elevated troponin in patients with normal coronary angiography
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Ana Reschner Troponin rise indicates myocardial cell injury. However, elevated values of troponin are not always consequence of infarction or ischemia.
In this paper, aim was to elucidate diverse etiologies of elevated troponin in patients with normal coronary angiography.
At KBC Zagreb in 2014 there was 976 patients identified from catheterization database who underwent coronary angiography due to suspicion of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We identified 30 (3.1%) patients who had alternative cause...
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Celijakija i necelijačne preosjetljivosti na gluten
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Anđela Jurak Celijakija i necelijačne preosjetljivosti na gluten spadaju u skupinu poremećaja povezanih s glutenom. Gluten i njemu slični proteini nalaze se u pšenici, raži, ječmu i zobi. Celijakija je autoimuna bolest koja nastaje kod genetski predisponiranih osoba nakon konzumacije glutena. Tipični simptomi celijakije su dijareja s ili bez steatoreje, gubitak na težini i usporen rast i razvoj. Za postavljanje dijagnoze koristi se kombinacija seroloških testova i endoskopskog pregleda uz...
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Celijakija kao javno zdravstveni problem
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Marcela Marčec Celijakija ili glutenska enteropatija je kronična autoimuna bolest koja najčešće zahvaća tanko crijevo, a karakterizira ju nepodnošljivost glutena, široko upotrebljavanog sastojka u prehrambenoj industriji. Nastaje u osoba u kojih postoji genska podloga, promjena normalne crijevne bakterijske flore kao i infekcije. U oboljelih se nalazi povećana propusnost međustaničnih spojeva u crijevnim resicama što dovodi do ulaska čestica glutena u međustanične prostore i razvoja upalne...
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Cellular models in neuroscience
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Andrej Novak In 1952, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley produced one of the most prolific and significant
scientific paper in the history of physiology that was a result of their collaboration that
first started in 1939. Their research at the Physiological Laboratory in Cambridge and the
Marine Biological Association Laboratory in Plymouth oered key insights into nerve cell
excitability. Their legacy includes not only our knowledge of how voltage-gated ion channels
influence propagating action...
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Cerebralna toksoplazmoza u osobe zaražene HIV-om
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Ana Lupoglavac UVOD: Toxoplasma gondii važan je uzročnik bolesti središnjeg živčanog sustava u
uznapredovaloj fazi infekcije HIV-om. U osoba zaraženih HIV-om radi se o reaktiviranoj
infekciji koja se javlja kada je broj CD4+ limfocita T niži od 100 do 150/µL krvi, a specifična
klinička prezentacija bolesti ovisi o lokaciji cista u središnjem živčanom sustavu i upalnom
odgovoru. Cerebralna toksoplazmoza tipično se očituje multiplim prstenastim lezijama s
okolnim edemom na CT snimci...
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