Acute cholangitis is a serious complication occurring in patients with extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary tract, most commonly due to common bilr duct stones. Mortality rates associated with this complication…

Marfan's syndrome, which is a fairly uncommon disease in Slovenia, is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and can involve connective tissue in the following three systems: cardiovascular system, skeleton…

Warts are benign infectious epitheliomas induced by the human wart virus. The paper describes the most common cutaneous manifestations, which include plantar warts, caused by human papillomavirus 1, common warts,…

In this paper the author presents the classification of affective disorders, proceeds with the importance of basic genetic research, bit does not refer to the epidemiological studies. Different methods of…

Anatomy and physiology of nervous structures involved in temperature and pain perception, as well as single sensations, receptive structures and afferent nerve fibers are defined. Peripheral nerves and spinal cord…

Positron emission tomography is a noninvasive research technique used in medicine to measure the three-dimensional distribution of the biologically active substances, marked with a positron emitter in the living body.…

Lumbar disc degeneration is the most common cause of low back pain. The author describes the pathogenetic factors and clinical diagnosis of this disorder. A thorough physical examination can determine…

The number of household pets is constantly increasing. In Slovenia, there are between 140000 and 150000 dogs and about three to four times as many cats. The number of birds,…

This paper presents the main characteristics of the clinical examination of children and ado­lescents and differences compared to the examination of adult patients. The medical history of children and adolescents…

The vertebrae, along with intervertebral discs and ligaments are part of a strong, resistant and very elastic axis of the body - the spine. Its structure is adjusted to its…

Urinalysis is a very simple and inexpensive test which, when correctly interpreted, is an invalu­able diagnostic tool in the diagnosis if many urologic and non-urologic diseases. This review article presents…

Degenerative aortic stenosis is the second commonest heart valve disorder in the adult pop­ulation in the developed world. The basic pathologic process is aortic valve sclerosis. The incidence and prevalence…

Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most widely utilized thera­peutic agents today. The main mechanism of their action is via inhibition of cyclooxygenase, the enzyme involved in prostaglandin synthesis.…

Oxygen free radicals are obligatory side product of the aerobic cell metabolism. In the first part of the paper their main characteristics and formation paths as well as the reactions…

Acute complications of diabetes are life-treatening conditions requiring immediate medical assistance. Although they are responsible for a rather small proportion of deaths in diabetic patients, the mortality rates associated with…

Fibrinolytic response to venous occlusion is used to asses efficiency of fibrinolytic system. All factors that might influence fibrinolytic response are not known. The venous occlusion was preformed twice within…

We studied 44 patients receiving venom immunotherapy. Among the patients who suffered insect sting during the immunotherapy period, the number of subjects responding only by local reaction (60%) or mild…

The authors report on a young female patient with Cogan's syndrome. Diagnosis, differential  diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease are presented.

Malignant tumors are the second most common cause of death in children under 15 years, after injuries. While cancer of the epithelial origin is most common in adults, leukemia and…

Work is a very important factor in the development of one's personality. The loss of ability to work is therefore painfully reflected in the disease itself. Gainful employment or some…

The methods hitherto used to substitute the missing information about the position or weight transfer in spinal cord injured patients are presented, with a special emphasis being placed on the…

The methods of urinary bladder augmentation and substitution are described. Either partial or radical cystectomy is used, depending on the extent of the underlying disease. The authors describe postoperative complications…

The article shows that with introduction of new, refined methods of treating urolithiasis the number of patients treated by classical procedures has been notably reduced. The dihidrotestosteron theory of the…

In this region, Tinea profunda capilliti occurs very rarely in infants. The paper presents a 6–week–old childe infected by his father, who had a recent history of tinea barbae and…