The article presents a patient who developed severe acute hyponatremia during transuret­hral prostate gland resection. This case is interesting because of the sudden onset as well as the severity of…

Inversion injuries of the ankle are common and most are managed adequately by functional treatment. A significant number will, however, remain symptomatic. Ankle impingement syndrome is clinicaly evident as pain, which…

Over the past few years, several studies have shown that elastic properties of arteries independently correlate with the risk of various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions. Furthermore, increased stiffness of the arterial…

In the past medicinal mushrooms have been widely used in Asia, but over the past several years dietary supplements containing medicinal mushrooms have also been introduced on the pharmaceutical and food market…

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant of the human body's tissues and it represents a substantial percentage of body mass. Its main function is contraction, which produces force for different types…

This paper presents a review of the most documented currently used psychotherapeutic methods in clinical work with the elderly. Psychological interventions in the elderly are used in addition to psychotropic drugs…

Chemical warfare agents are defined as any chemical substance whose toxic properties are utilized to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy in warfare and associated military operations. There has been a legislative…

BACKGROUNDS. Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women in Slovenia. At the end of the treatement breast cancer patients encount problems on multiple areas of functioning, this is why…

BACKGROUNDS. The frequency of preterm deliveries is increasing and late preterm newborns (from 34 to 36 weeks of gestation) represent the majority of preterm infants. There was therefore a need…

BACKGROUNDS. Celiac disease is a systemic, immune-mediated disease, triggered by the ingestion of gluten-containing grains in susceptible individuals. Recently there have been changes in diagnosis of celiac disease, mainly due to…