Published in Renal failure
Cystinuria is an inherited disorder that results in increased excretion of cystine in the urine. It accounts for about 1-2% of pediatric kidney stones. In this study, we sought to identify the clinical characteristics of patients with cystinuria in a national cohort. This was a retrospective study involving 30 patients from the Polish Registry of I...
Published in Journal of medical Internet research
Poor treatment adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma is a global public health concern with severe consequences in terms of patient health and societal costs. A potentially promising tool for addressing poor compliance is eHealth. This review investigates the effects of eHealth interventions on medication...
Uvod: Fibromialgija je kronična bolezen, ki jo v osnovi zaznamuje razpršena mišično-skeletna bolečina po telesu. Sočasno se lahko pojavljajo tudi sistemski simptomi, kot so utrujenost, depresija in kognitivne motnje. Pri bolnikih je lahko prisotna difuzna hiperalgezija ali alodinija. Cilji zdravljenja so lajšanje simptomov, ohranjanje telesne funkc...
Uvod: Luskavica je avtoimuna bolezen, ki najpogosteje prizadene ženske v reproduktivni dobi. Zaradi pomanjkanja informacij o tem, kaj se dogaja z žensko, obolelo za luskavico in plodom oziroma otrokom pred in med nosečnostjo ter po porodu samem, je lahko za žensko nosečnost zelo stresna, predvsem če ni bila ta načrtovana. Namen: Namen diplomskega d...
Uvod: Rak ustne votline spada v skupino rakov glave in vratu. Gre za heterogeno skupino malignih bolezni, ki se pojavljajo v področju zgornjega dela dihalne in prebavne poti. Za celovit nadzor nad rakom je kirurško zdravljenje s kemoterapijo oziroma brez nje ali obsevanja glavni način zdravljenja. Namen: Namen diplomskega dela je opredeliti pomen i...
Published in Frontiers in Medicine
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized dilatation of the aorta related to the regional weakening of the wall structure, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality with the aortic ruptures as complications. Ruptured AAA is a dramatic catastrophe, and aortic emergencies constitute one of the leading causes of acute death in older adu...
Published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Trigeminal nerve injury is known to cause severe persistent pain in the orofacial region. This pain is difficult to diagnose and treat. Recently, many animal studies have reported that rewiring of the peripheral and central nervous systems, non-neuronal cell activation, and up- and down-regulation of various molecules in non-neuronal cells are invo...
Published in Frontiers in Oncology
Purpose To investigate the added value of 6-(18F]-fluoro-L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (FDOPA) PET to radiotherapy planning in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Methods From September 2017 to December 2020, 17 patients with GBM received external beam radiotherapy up to 60 Gy with concurrent and adjuvant temozolamide. Target volume delineations followed...
Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
Background Emerging evidence suggests structural and functional disruptions of the thalamus in schizophrenia, but whether thalamus abnormalities are able to be used for disease identification and prediction of early treatment response in schizophrenia remains to be determined. This study aims at developing and validating a method of disease identif...
Published in Journal of Crohn's & colitis
The disease course of microscopic colitis [MC] is considered chronic but benign. However, this assumption is based on mainly retrospective studies, reporting on incomplete follow-up of selective cohorts. Systematic, prospective and unbiased data to inform patients and healthcare professionals on the expected course of the disease and real-life resp...
