This article discusses and presents some of the most common duties and functions of a gen­eral practitioner and family medicine doctor in the field of forensic medicine. These include the…

Diseases of ear, nose and throat are among the most frequent causes for the patient's visit to a doctor. Precise and orientated history and otorhinolaryngologic examination enable accu­rate diagnosis and…

In critically ill patients, it is often impossible to transport them to the radiology department. 169 For this reason, they are regularly examined in bed, using a movable X-ray device.…

Local topical cooling is often applied after surgery or after knee injuries. It is agreed that lowering of knee tissue temperatures reduces the need for medicaments and shortens the rehabilitation…

Primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is one of the most common diseases of the urinary tract in children. Such children develop retrograde flow, i.e. backward flow of urine from the uri­nary…

Epidemiological data shows that hypertension is the most frequent cardiovascular disease in western countries. The prevalence of disease in Slovenia at the ages of 25-64 years is between 40-50%. Etiopathogenesis…

Background. The CRP value alone is not sufficiently reliable for the diagnosis of invasive bacterial infections. Aim. Measurment of serum concentration of CRP and other routinely measured acute reac­tants of inflammation…