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Place of Mycophenolate in Nephrology

The contribution focuses on one of the more recent immunosuppressive drugs, mycophenolate, which is available as mycophenolate mofetil and sodium mycophenolate. The active substance of both compounds is mycophenolic acid. The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of the active substance are presented. The broadest application of mycophenolate in nephrology is in kidney transplantation, which has resulted in less rejections of kidney grafts … Preberite več >>

Serum Cystatin C – a New Marker of Glomerular Filtration Rate

Bevc Sebastjan, Ekart Robert, Hojs Radovan

The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the main indicator of kidney function and GFR estimation is essential for the evaluation of patients with chronic kidney disease. In clinical practice, serum creatinine levels and creatinine clearance are the most commonly used markers to estimate GFR. The standard GFR estimation method is based on the clearance of a radionuclide-labelled marker. Recently, serum … Preberite več >>

Generic Multidimensional Quality-of-Life Instruments

Rifel Janez

One of the essential elements of healthcare evaluation is the assessment of health-related quality of life. Health-related quality of life refers to how health impacts an individual’s ability to function and his or her perceived well-being in physical, mental and social domains of life. A range of generic health status measures are currently available and each of these measures has

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Principles of Threedimensional Ultrasound in Gynecology and Obstetrics

Mujezinovic Faris

In the past ten years, development of ultrasound diagnostic technology has been very fast, especially in the field of three- and four-dimensional ultrasound. The purpose of this article is to familiarise the reader with the physical background and possible applications of these technologies in gynecology and obstetrics. Different display modes of information (volumes) acquired using a three-dimensional ultrasound probe are

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New Structural and Functional Tests for the Early Detection of Glaucoma

Rekic Andreja

Glaucoma is a chronic progressive optic neuropathy. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness. Therefore, detection of structural optic nerve head and retinal nerve fiber layer changes and consequent visual field loss in its early stages is important. This paper describes the fundamentals, strengths and limitations of new structural and functional tests for the early detection of glaucoma. … Preberite več >>

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Place of Mycophenolate in Nephrology

Serum Cystatin C – a New Marker of Glomerular Filtration Rate

Generic Multidimensional Quality-of-Life Instruments

Principles of Threedimensional Ultrasound in Gynecology and Obstetrics

New Structural and Functional Tests for the Early Detection of Glaucoma