BACKGROUNDS. Pain in newborns is often difficult to recognize and therefore to treat. Changes in heartbeats per minute, respiration rate and peripheral oxygen saturation levels are most often considered to…

BACKGROUNDS. Studying medicine is perceived as very stressful. Despite the fact that the regular stress is a necessary and an inevitable phenomenon, it can also have short-term and long-term consequences,…

BACKGROUND. Various types of hypothyroidism require different doses of levothyroxine in order to establish euthyroid state. However, previous studies frequently did not define the type of hypothyroidism and the factors…

BACKGROUNDS. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and breast cancer are common diseases in the developed world which share certain risk factors. There are several possible pathophysiological mechanisms which could explain…

BACKGROUNDS. Ill-fitting footwear is an important risk factors for diabetic foot ulceration, especially in case of foot deformities and sensory neuropathy. The aims of the research were to investigate the…

BACKGROUNDS. Treatment of total edentulism with implant-supported overdenture is an established alternative to the conventional removable denture, especially in the case of poor anatomical conditions in the mandible. The aim…

BACKGROUNDS. Essential arterial hypertension is one of the most common chronic disea­ses of the circulation system. It is often linked to metabolic syndrome with corresponding clinical and biochemical changes of…

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…

BACKGROUND. Impacted maxillary canines occur in 2% of the population. Extraction of a deciduous canine is a possible preventive measure and is most successful in patients under 13 years of…

BACKGROUNDS. Antibiotics are antibacterial agents that are used for empirical, oriented and prophylactic treatment of various infectious diseases. Although the majority of antibiotics is prescribed outside hospitals, hospitals remain foci…

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system. The pathology is characterised by adrenergic and cardiovagal nerve fibre dysfunction, combined with central abnormality of autonomic…

Background. The functional integration (»binding«) of different brain areas, for example as a possible mechanism for stimulus perception, may be mediated by the synchronizing oscil­latory activity of neuronal populations, which…

Sex might be an important factor in the development of certain ischemic diseases of the heart. We tried to assess the effects of treating rats with estradiol or testosterone on…

Histamine is a biogenic amine known as a primary mediator of allergic reactions. In brain, its role involves neurotransmission. Researches in the field of histamine pharmacokinetics have shown that antidepressants…

Hemodialysis is the most widely used method of renal replacement therapy in end-stage renal disease. It requires a reliable permanent vascular access and arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the most commonly…

Background: Endometriosis involves an appearance of endometriotic tissue with all of its his­tological and functional properties outside the uterine cavity. The frequency of endometriosis in women of reproductive age without…

In 71 women with clinically confirmed early spontaneous abortions we wanted to find the ultrasound detectable morphological abnormalities of uterus and ovaries and to establish the frequency of these anomalies.…

Background: A tympanic membrane temperature measurements are in routine use also in neonates. Aim of our research was to evaluate the correlation between temperature measu­rements in the ear, axilla and…

VDD pacing systems are an alternative to DDD pacing systems in patients with atrioven­tricular (AV) block and normal sinus node function. Our study compared atrial sensing, ventricular stimulation threshold, AV…

Periodontal disease is the most widespread disease of all chronic inflammatory diseases. The initiation and development of inflammation in the periodontal tissue is influenced by the number and type of…

The healing process after tooth extraction ends approximately 60 days after extraction. The stability of the alveolar-bone height and the density of the reformed bone show the success of the…

Oncologists in foreign countries have been gradually abandoning routine check-ups of cancer patients in long-term remission because, even today, there is insufficient evidence of the effect of such check-ups on…