Uvod: Zadnjih nekaj let se samomorilno vedenje mladostnikov po vsem svetu nenehno povečuje. Samomor v obdobju adolescence predstavlja velik javnozdravstveni problem, glede na raziskave pa spada celo med drugi vodilni vzrok smrti oseb med 15. in 29. letom starosti. Mladostništvo velja za prehodno obdobje, v času katerega se odvijajo različne fizične...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Nicotine is the primary pharmacologic component of tobacco, and its highly addictive nature is responsible for its widespread use and significant withdrawal effects that result in challenges to smoking cessation therapeutics. Nicotine addiction often begins in adolescence and this is at least partially attributed to the fact that adolescent brain i...
Published in The Laryngoscope
To create and validate a synthetic simulator for teaching tracheostomy and laryngotracheal reconstruction (LTR) using anterior costal cartilage and thyroid ala cartilage grafts. A late adolescent/adult neck and airway simulator was constructed based on CT scans from a cadaver and a live patient. Images were segmented to create three-dimensional pri...
Published in Trauma, violence & abuse
Sexual relations between adolescents or young persons and considerably older persons are considered illegal or deviant in many countries. Yet legal and social definitions and constructions do not capture the complexity of such relations and the various perspectives surrounding them, including that of those involved and other members in the communit...
Published in Journal of paediatrics and child health
The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology and health-care utilisation of paediatric emergency department (ED) presentations due to poisoning. A retrospective review of all ED presentations of paediatric poisoning cases (
Published in International journal of nursing knowledge
The early identification of developmental delay in adolescents by health professionals is relevant for a good prognosis. However, the clinical indicators of development delay are unclear in nursing science. To analyze the clinical indicators of delayed development in school adolescents. A diagnostic accuracy study that investigated delayed developm...
Published in Journal of paediatrics and child health
The functional constipation (FC) is a source of an expressive suffering in children, negatively affecting their emotional, social, and physical well-being. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and behavioural characteristics of children/adolescents with FC. A cross-sectional, observational, analytical study was conducted in publi...
Published in International journal of paediatric dentistry
Malignant neoplasms that affect children and adolescents are predominantly embryonic and generally affect blood system cells and supporting tissues. This study aimed to summarize the scientific evidence about the prevalence of malignant lesions in the oral cavity of children and adolescents. In this systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO CRD...
ABSTRACT: Redman, K, Steel, K, Kelly, V, and Siegler, J. Effects of a rugby league match simulation on decision-making in elite junior rugby league. J Strength Cond Res 35(7): 1972-1980, 2021-The paucity of research on decision-making in Rugby league within the context of a match, and the potential for age and playing experience to influence decisi...
Published in Journal of interpersonal violence
Although research and intervention efforts in the United States have aimed to reduce teen dating violence (TDV), 10-year prevalence estimates suggest that TDV persists. Safety planning is an advocated intervention to reduce intimate partner abuse; yet, safety planning services for adolescents have not been systematically developed or tested. Person...
