The paper presents the background, conditions and procedures for psychiatric evaluation, along with its individual components, with the intention to provide medical students with some basic guidelines on how to…

The article discusses the changes that have occurred in general practice in London, United Kingdom (UK) over the last twenty years. It examines and aims to enhance understanding of the…

The article presents modern dressings for wound healing in a moist environment. Due to several advantages of moist wound climate, standard care which aims at keeping wounds dry is therefore…

The most common causes of speech development disorders (SDD) were established, along with the types of professional help these patients received. Their speech progress was also assessed with respect to…

BACKGROUND. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder of blood haemostasis with thrombocytopenia. The incidence of bleeding in ITP patients is lower than may be predicted on the basis…

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…

The pilot study comprised a random sample of 30 male amateur drivers (first group, cate­gory B according to the Slovene traffic safety legislation) and a random sample of 30 male…

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…

Perilunate dislocations and fracture dislocations are rare, yet very grave wrist injuries that may easily be missed at the time of injury. They occur after high-energy trauma to the wrist.…

Topical corticosteroids for dermal use are among the most frequently used dermatologicals. Number of available agents of different strength and vehicles is increasing. Along with recent development of high-potency topical…

Sex hormones, which are involved in the development and maintenance of reproductive tis­sue, are produced by female and male gonads, suprarenal cortex and the placenta. There are three main sex…

Lyme borreliosis is endemic in Slovenia. Its incidence has been on the increase over the past decade, and is among the highest in Europe. Erythema migrans is the clinical hallmark…

Unstable angina pectoris (UAP) and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) sig­nify a critical moment of coronary artery disease. The choice of appropriate therapy depends on the estimated risk of adverse…

Endophthalmitis is an infection within the eye. It mainly affects the vitreous, but it can also spread to the retina, chorioid, cornea and to other structures in the eye. Early…

The most frequent sign of endometrial cancer is postmenopausal bleeding. In the early can­cer stages, some women show no symptoms of the disease. Clinical examination reveals especially advanced forms of…

Polyunsaturated fatty acids are a vital part of physiological as well as patophysiological mech­anisms in the human body. Their long chained products are a key stone for the development of…

Caspases are cysteine proteases, which cleave their substrates following an aspartate residue. They are present as inactive precursors (pro-caspases) in cells. Caspases are involved in cytokine processing and apoptosis (programmed…

Carcinoids are neuroendocrine tumors. They produce physiologically active substances which can cause carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease at higher concentrations. The char­acteristic changes seen in carcinoid heart disease are…

Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the substantia nigra of unknown etiology. The main pathomorphological finding in Parkinson's disease is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the…