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Gomerčić Palčić M, Matijaca H, Kruljac I, Vusić L, Hostić V, Vrbanić L, Mrsić F, Zrilić R, Ćelap I, Gaćina P. Corrigendum to: Post-treatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic tool in patients treated with tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 pneumonia - a single center experience. Biochem Med (Zagreb) 2023; 33:031201. [PMID: 37841774 PMCID: PMC10564152 DOI: 10.11613/bm.2023.031201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.11613/BM.2023.020704.].
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- Marija Gomerčić Palčić
- School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Pulmonology, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Solmed Group, Department: Poliklinika Solmed, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Pulmonology, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia
- Solmed Group, Department: Poliklinika Solmed, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Zagreb, Croatia
- Polyclinic for Respiratory Diseases, Dom zdravlja Zagreb - Zapad, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Croatia
- School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Pulmonology, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Polyclinic for Respiratory Diseases, Dom zdravlja Zagreb - Zapad, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Division of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Fumić Dunkić L, Hostić V, Kustura A. PALLIATIVE TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE CANCER PAIN. Acta Clin Croat 2022; 61:109-114. [PMID: 36824634 PMCID: PMC9942460 DOI: 10.20471/acc.2022.61.s2.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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In 10% to 30% cancer-pain cases standard analgesic therapy fails to provide effective pain relief. Interventional techniques, such as peripheral nerve blocks, neuraxial analgesia along with neurolytic blocks may be used for such refractory pain. Peripheral nerve blocks can be used when pain occurs in the territory of one or more peripheral nerves, but rarely as main therapy. Neuraxial analgesia is a valid option for progressive cancer pain, and healthcare possibilities and costs call into question the utility of intrathecal infusion pumps. Neurolysis is the targeted destruction of a nerve or nerve plexus, using chemicals, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), cryoablation, and neurosurgical procedures; however, it rarely completely eliminates pain because patients frequently experience coexisting somatic and neuropathic pain as well. Complex conditions of palliative patients along with limited high-quality randomized controlled trials limit the use of interventional procedures. Even so, some cancer patients benefit from interventional procedures to achieve pain alleviation and consequently improve quality of life.
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- Lidija Fumić Dunkić
- Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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Periša J, Vidranski V, Širanović M, Hostić V, Šamija I. M247 Stability of brain damage markers NSE and S100B in cerebrospinal fluid samples. Clin Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.04.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pažur I, Maldini B, Hostić V, Ožegić O, Obraz M. Comparison of Cormack Lehane Grading System and Intubation Difficulty Score in Patients Intubated by D-Blade Video and Direct Macintosh Laryngoscope: A Randomized Controlled Study. Acta Clin Croat 2017; 55:560-564. [PMID: 29117475 DOI: 10.20471/acc.2016.55.04.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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D-blade is a relatively new device in the field of videolaryngoscopy, designed for
airway management by enabling indirectoscopic glottic view. In our study, we investigated efficiency
of D-blade in comparison with direct Macintosh laryngoscope (gold standard). Fifty-two adult
patients with normal airway scheduled for elective surgery in general anesthesia were randomly assigned
in D-blade video or direct Macintosh group. In the first video group, patients were laryngo-scoped
and intubated by D-blade, and in the second group laryngoscopy and intubation were performed
by Macintosh laryngoscope. Glottic view was evaluated according to Cormack Lehane grading
system (C-L), while duration of intubation and easiness of intubation were evaluated according to
the intubation difficulty score (IDS). Additionally, hemodynamic parameters were recorded before
and after induction. There were no statistically significant between-group differences in time to intubation,
easiness of endotracheal tube insertion, C-L, and IDS. In comparison with direct Macintosh
laryngoscope, D-blade showed similar but still favorable characteristics. In our opinion, D-blade is a
useful device in airway management and should be used in daily anesthesiologist work.
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- Iva Pažur
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia,Osijek School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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Breitenfeld D, Kust D, Breitenfeld T, Prpić M, Lucijanić M, Zibar D, Hostić V, Franceschi M, Bolanča A. Neurosyphilis in Anglo-American Composers and Jazz Musicians. Acta Clin Croat 2017; 56:505-511. [PMID: 29479917 DOI: 10.20471/acc.2017.56.03.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted, systemic disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. The most common mechanism of transmission is sexual intercourse. Although there are several hypotheses, the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. Newly published evidence suggests that the hypothesis supporting the theory of the American origin of the disease is the valid one. Among 1500 analyzed pathographies of composers and musicians, data on ten Anglo-American composers and jazz musicians having suffered from neurosyphilis (tertiary stage of the disease) were extracted for this report. In this group of Anglo-American composers and musicians, most of them died from progressive paralysis while still in the creative phase of life. Additionally, diagnoses of eleven other famous neurosyphilitic composers, as well as basic biographic data on ten less known composers that died from neurosyphilis-progressive paralysis are also briefly mentioned. In conclusion, neurosyphilis can cause serious neurological damage, as well as permanent disability or death, preventing further work and skill improvement.
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- Clinical Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinical Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinical Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Clinical Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinical Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.,School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Clinical Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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Babacanli A, Balen I, Brechelmacher A, Dodig D, Đula K, Gulić S, Hostić V, Juras J, Katavić M, Kopjar T, Kust D, Japec VP, Štefančić V, Vučemilo L, Vučur K, Goluža T. [[SATISFACTION OF YOUNG DOCTORS IN CROATIA: ARE WE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION]?]. Lijec Vjesn 2016; 138:179-188. [PMID: 30091884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The satisfaction of junior medical doctors is primarily associated with the training they receive during the residency period and working conditions. Given a considerable brain-drain of medical doctors from the Republic of Croatia, the present research focused on the evaluation of the satisfaction of junior medical doctors. METHODOLOGY The Junior Doctors Committee of the Croatian Medical Chamber prepared a questionnaire on the satisfaction of junior doctors. The relevant questionnaire was available for filling in online in the period from February 1 to March 20, 2016. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 1,531 persons aged between 29 and 35 (mean age 32) of which 67% were females. A 58% of respondents would leave the Republic of Croatia if offered an opportunity. The main reasons for leaving the country include better working conditions (74%), well-regulated healthcare system (64%) and higher wages (64%). In case of staying in the country, their future professional status and development would remain unaltered (44%). CONCLUSION The questionnaire results show a high level of dissatisfaction with the healthcare system, some segments of the specialist training and the mentor role. The analysis of factors affecting the satisfaction of junior doctors will facilitate the preparation and adoption of measures aiming to mitigate the above-mentioned trend.
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Kirac I, Matošević P, Augustin G, Šimunović I, Hostić V, Župančić S, Hayward C, Antoljak N, Rudan I, Campbell H, Dunlop MG, Velimir Vrdoljak D, Kovačević D, Zgaga L. SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74042. [PMID: 24066093 PMCID: PMC3774761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Twenty common genetic variants have been associated with risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in genome wide association studies to date. Since large differences between populations exist, generalisability of findings to any specific population needs to be confirmed. AIM The aim of this study was to perform an association study between risk variants: rs10795668, rs16892766, rs3802842 and rs4939827 and CRC risk in Croatian population. METHODS An association study was performed on 320 colorectal cancer cases and 594 controls recruited in Croatia. We genotyped four variants previously associated with CRC: rs10795668, rs16892766, rs3802842 and rs4939827. RESULTS SMAD7 variant rs4939827 (18q21.1) was significantly associated with CRC risk in Croatian population. C allele was associated with a decreased risk, odds ratio (OR): 0.70 (95% CI: 0.57-0.85, P=3.5E-04). Compared to TT homozygotes, risk was reduced by 34% in heterozygotes (OR=0.66, 95% CI: 0.47-0.92) and by 52% in CC homozygotes (OR=0.48, 95% CI: 0.33-0.72). CONCLUSION Our results show association of rs4939827 with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population. The higher strength of the association in comparison to other studies suggests population-specific environmental or genetic factors may be modifying the association. More studies are needed to further describe role of rs4939827 in CRC. Likely reason for failure of replication for other 3 loci is inadequate study power.
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- Iva Kirac
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumours, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
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