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The objective of taking occupational history is for occupational medicine practitioners to find out about the relevant factors from the patient’s work environment which may have a detri­mental effect on humans and are known to have a causative association with various diseases. Extensive data on the used technological work processes and operations, harmful occupa­tional factors, work conditions, the rhythm of

Cholesterol embolism is a clinical syndrome in which cholesterol crystals break from an athero­matous plaque in a larger artery and occlude the lumen of small peripheral arteries. It com­monly occurs after vascular intervention procedures, but can also occur spontaneously. Because of possible involvement of any organ system, the syndrome represents a diagnostic challenge. In clinical presentation, the most commonly involved

In the beginning of the century a new percutaneous metod has evolved in treatment of carotid artery stenosis as an alternative to the carotid endarterectomy. First trials showed promis­ing results and inspired the »percutaneous enthusiasts« even more. During the last years many trials comparing these two methods have been completed. Findings were controversial and the most important, they were all

Metastatic malignant neoplasms are the most common form of secondary lung tumors. These are neoplastic lesions originating at a site that is distinct from the primary lesion. Due to the lung’s tremendous blood and lymphatic supply, it is a frequent site for metastatic cancer. Any cancer can metastasize to the lungs, but there are known neoplasms which commonly spread to

Successful aortic valve replacement in the setting of aortic stenosis leads to dramatic improve­ments of the patient’s clinical condition and wellbeing. Standard surgical aortic valve replace­ment is a relatively safe procedure in patients with low procedural predicted risk. Because of thoracotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, aortotomy and difficult rehabilitation, the risk of possible complications, especially in the elderly, can be high. The

The article presents the recommendations for immunization of children with chronic kid­ney disease of higher stages and children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. These chil­dren are in some cases more susceptible to serious viral and bacterial infections. The prevention of infectious diseases by efficacious vaccination is very important in these children there­fore they should receive all recommended standard vaccines for healthy

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disease in fertile women. It is also closely associated with insulin resistance (IR). The purpose of this trial was to inves­tigate the value of clinical and laboratory IR markers routinely used in type 2 diabetes patients (DM2) for the diagnosis of IR in PCOS patients. The goal was to identify the

The aim of our retrospective study was to determine antibiotic usage in Slovenian health regions during the period of 2000-2006 and to find demographical, economical, social and other fac­tors that would explain the differences in usage. In our retrospective study we analysed antibac­terial agent usage for systemic treatment in all of the Slovenian health regions in the whole population as

Percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation is the therapy of choice for the treatment of patients with decreased blood flow through the coronary arteries. According to the Taxus II-Trial definition, major adverse cardiac events include cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization; the latter includes percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation or coronary artery bypass graft on the