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Doctor Joseph Hyrtl, a prominent scientist and teacher, descriptive and comparative anatomist, histologist and physiologist, medical historian and a sensitive medical philologist at the Prague and Vienna medical faculties died a century ago. His collection of anatomic preparations, a result of 40 years of his life, is of invaluable worth. It is now on display at the Institute for the … Preberite več >>

In the present study, depression and anxiety were evaluated in a sample of 81 secondary school-aged adolescents, hospitalised at the Adolescent Department, Centre for Mental Health, Ljubljana. The results were compared with those obtained in a control group of 122 secondary school students. The purpose of the study was to identify risk factors for adolescent anxiety and depressive disorders. Data … Preberite več >>

Cronic constipation is a common problem in children. The paper presents organic causes of constipation and the major risk factors for constipation, which are to be considered in the absence of evident organic causes. Good knowledge of normal rhythm and frequency of bowel movements appropriate for the child’s age is a prerequisite for correct diagnosis of chronic constipation. The disorder … Preberite več >>

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a hematogenic infection of ascitic fluid occurring in immunodeficient patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. The most common causative organisms of this monobacterial infection include enterobacteria and Gram-positive cocci. Clinical features are varied and typical signs of infection may be absent. The diagnosis is supported by a significant increase of white blood cells count in ascitic fluid. … Preberite več >>

Artificial ventilation means that the air is forced artificially – by apparatus (ventilator) – into the lungs of the patient who is unable to breathe for himself due to his illness. In this way in patient with chronic alveolar hypoventilation the pressures of arterial blood gases are improved or normalised. There are two ways of artificial ventilation, either by positive … Preberite več >>

Breast cancer is treated by various methods depending on whether we have to deal with primary cancer or recurrence, which may be either locoregional or systemic. In the majority of primary breast cancers, a combination treatment including surgery, irradiation and drug therapy is used. Operative treatment of primary cancer can be either breast-preserving, or radical, i. e. consisting of complete … Preberite več >>

The polymerase chain reaction is a relatively new in vitro method, which uses enzymatic synthesis to amplify, in an exponential manner, specific DNA or RNA sequences. The polymerase chain reaction can be used both to detect the presence of microbial sequences and to provide a quantitative evaluation of the number of copies of the genome present. This article presents a … Preberite več >>

We examined the firing characteristics of single motor units in response to noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation in 17 patients with stroke in order to assess differences in motor unit responses between patients and normal human subjects. Recordings were made of the discharges of tonically active motor units in the abductor digiti minimi and biceps brachii muscles. The poststimulus time histograms … Preberite več >>

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the results of operative reconstruction of the foot with a musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free flap. At the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 45 feet were treated by surgical repair using a musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free flap between 1980 to 1994. The condition of the reconstructed foot was … Preberite več >>