The coronary and carotid arterial beds are affected early in the process of atheroscle­rosis. Morphologic changes of arterial walls can be easily detected using B-mode ultrasound method. This technique enables…

This article deals with electrophysio­logical characteristics of the long sensory tracts and the interneuronic system of the spinal cord in patients operated on the spinal cord. Spinal somatosensory evoked potentials…

The author emphasizes the impor­tance of early antibiotic treatment of leptospirosis, which should comprise penicillin G two million IU every four hours for seven days. This therapy is effec­tive even…

Hospital-acquired pneumonia accounts for significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Gram-negative bacilli and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common isolates in these patients. Since the etiology of the disease…

Because of its anatomic and pathogenic characteristics infective endocarditis represents a special therapeutic problem. Even in cases responding well to the given antibiotic therapy, it often takes several weeks to…

The author delineates the main rea­sons for treating Lyme borreliosis with antibiotics and presents the appropriate choice of antibi­otic agents, which depends on clinical mani­festation of the disease. He describes…

Ehrlichioses are zoonotic tick-borne infections that are caused by obligate intracel­lular bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia. Human ehrlichiosis fall into the following two groups: infections caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and…

Transjugular intrahepatic portosys­temic shunt is an alternative therapeutic approach in the treatment of portal hypertension and its complications. Two cases with implant­ed transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt are described. Doppler ultrasonography…

The incidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the developed world has been on a constant increase. The disease may be induced by trauma – sustained mostly in road…

The factors used in planning breast cancer treatment and predicting the course of disease at the present level of scientific devel­opment are presented. The most significant independent prognostic factor is…

In the present research we tried to prove, that specific myosin heavy chain is relat­ed to a prevalent metabolic type and that activ­ities of succinate-dehydrogenase and a glycerophosphate dehydrogenase in…

Speaking of acute hepatitis, acute viral hepatitis is what we usually have in mind, although a similar liver inflammation can also be caused by many other etiologic agents such as…

Thanks to the quality of his combining knowledge in two different sciences, Dr Janez Bleiweis, the medical doctor and veterinarian, made himself valued in various spheres of life of the…

Basic principles of conservative and operative treatment of congenital clubfoot are presented. Redressing therapy with casting is started on the first day after the birth. Varus, adductus and supination components…

The care and therapy of the skin, which is mechanically, postoperativelly or per­manently converted, is based on the primary dermatotherapeutical principles. The contempo­rary adjustment of therapeutic substances to the skin…

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant disease in women. It is alarming that in most countries and including Slovenia the number of women afflicted by and dying of this…

Measurements of total chorionic gonadotropin, free estradiol and alpha-fetoprotein levels in the serum of pregnant women permit identification of a combined risk for con­genital malformations of the foetus. In Down…

The mouth is the door through which a variety of microorganisms can enter the ali­mentary and respiratory systems. Normally, infection of the oral cavity is prevented by the mucosal barrier…

Senile plaques and neurofibrillary tan­gles diagnostically define Alzheimer's disease. Together with dementia they constitute the orig­inal description of this disease, which was formed almost a century ago. But the role…

The basic knee biomechanics for clin­icians is described. On the one hand, the knee functions in the range of considerable laxity, but, on the other, it should maintain adequate stabilities.…

The invention of computed tomogra­phy (CT) afforded a safe, non-invasive tool for examining the intracranial contents. It has soon become the most frequently used neuroradiological method. Thanks to its well…

We studied 31 healthy volunteers with a normal menstrual cycle, who were divided according to their age into a group of younger women and a group of premenopausal women. During…

Diffuse interstitial lung diseases, in the strict sense, are immunologically mediated inflam­mations accounting for up to 5% of all pulmonary diseases, while diffuse interstitial lung diseases in the broader sense…

The author describes a modified oper­ative technique for treating spastic equinovarus deformity, the aim of the modification being to prevent secondary deformity, which may devel­op after the initial operation. The…