The authors present a patient with severe coronary artery disease who suffered acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction. The first three days of rehabilitation were uneventful, but on the fourth day the…

Respect for autonomy – one of the four basic ethical principles – is based on the right for self-determination. An autonomous individual should be offered all relevant information so that he/she can…

This paper was written to mark the 175th anniversary of birth of Arnold Rikli, famous Swiss healer, who is credited with pioneering mo­dern health tourism in Slovenia. In 1855, Rikli…

The article defines and explains so­me terms and concepts of quality assurance and quality improvement of health care.

Physical principles of the description of fluid flow through a system of pipes and so­me mechanical properties of the blood circula­tion are put forward. As an example, the velocity field…

An ideal medical treatment for affec­tive disorders is not yet available. Specific needs of individual patients can be met by selecting from among a wide range of drugs on the…

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoim­mune demyelinating disease. In the article, the epidemiological situation in the world as well as the prevalence and incidence of multiple sclero­sis in our country…

Two polymorphic sites of the CYP1A1 gene, coding for cytochrome P4501A1 enzyme, have been discovered so far. One involves the 7th exon of the coding region; a nucleotide chan­ge leads…

The purpose of this study was to de­termine the diagnostic value of the lymphocyte blast transformation test in Lyme disease. Our laboratory results were compared with the diag­noses established by…