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The author presents a female patient with severe status asthmaticus. He presents pathogenesis, pathophysiology and potential complications of the disease and stresses the importance of clinical evaluation of the patient and, in the first place, of proper and prompt treatment of the disorder.… Preberite več >>

The author describes different methods employed in the treatment of warts, classifying them by their therapeutic value and frequency of use. They include the use of keratolytic agents, surgical excision, cryotherapy, application of caustic agents, x-ray, antiviral and anti-cancer medication and immunotherapy. Any form of treatment producing visible and permanent scarring should be avoided.… Preberite več >>

Modern medicine has been paying increasing attention to eating disorders. The official classification of the diseases deals only with those clinical entities which are related to serious mental and physical problems. Eating disorders encountered in practice range from transient, reactive forms to fixed disease processes affecting all organic systems. Somatic complications of eating disorders are well known to physicians in … Preberite več >>

In congenital coxa vara, the femoral neck-shaft angle is extremely small. Therefore valgus osteotomy is usually performed in order to increase the neck-shaft angle, and thus reduce stress in the upper part of the femur. This work shows that valgus osteotomy can, in the long run, prove successful only if the femoral neck-shaft angle is increased to a size much … Preberite več >>

The clinical relevance and theories on intraabdominal adhesion formation are presented. Pathogenesis and some basic attitudes towards intraabdominal adhesion prevention are described. Intraabdominal adhesion prevention by surface active materials and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator is specially emphasized and dealt with.… Preberite več >>

The tumor marker CA 125 was detected in the sera of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using high levels of labeled monoclonal antibodies. The paper lists the tissues in which CA 125 was found both in normal conditions and during tumor degeneration. Body fluids  which normally contain CA 125 levels are presented, as well as various factors responsible for elevated … Preberite več >>

In spite of long term expectations of the discovery of heart natriuretic substance only nine years ago the atrial natriuretic peptide was discovered. Some essential data about structure, synthesis, secretion and effects of the peptide are given in the article The regulation of the synthesis and excretion is presented. Two groups of the structurally and functionally different peptide’s receptors are … Preberite več >>

Oxygen free radicals play an important role in many processes: they are involved in various phases of the inflammatory process and therefore take part in the defence of the organism. Yet their effects may be harmful or even fatal. The paper deals with the part of oxygen free radicals in postischemic reperfusion tissue damage and in the development of atherosclerotic … Preberite več >>

Clinical entities that most commonly complicate the early postinfraction course and have adverse effects on prognosis include myocardial ischemia, heart failure and arrhythmias. The objective of the study was to determinate the incidence of these complications in 145 patients with acute myocardial infraction treated at the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Medical Centre, and to investigate possible correlations between these … Preberite več >>

We studied 62 young healthy volunteers, mostly students, with the mean age of 23,7 years. They were devided into a group with positive family history of hypertension (group A, N=27) and a group with negative family history of hypertension (group B, N=35). The groups were matched for number, sex and age of subjects. Previous studies indicated that hypertension is a … Preberite več >>