Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialMetoclopramide improves gastric but not gallbladder emptying in cardiac surgery patients with early intragastric enteral feeding: randomized controlled trial.
To evaluate the effect of metoclopramide on gastric emptying in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients with early enteral nutrition and to evaluate the effect of metoclopramide on motility of the gallbladder in these patients. ⋯ In CABG surgery patients with early enteral feeding, a single dose of intravenous metoclopramide effectively improves gastric emptying, but does not have any prokinetic effect on gallbladder motility.
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2005
Patient mobility in European Union: health spas in Ischia, Italy.
In a new case on patients seeking medical services abroad, the Leichtle case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed its previous rulings on patient mobility. According to the Court, patients in the European Union have a (conditional) right to receive health care abroad, whereas the sickness fund should reimburse the costs of treatment and travel expenditures. As such, the Court has strengthened patient mobility in the European Union, based on the free movement principles. Now, it is up to the European Commission to develop a communal strategy aimed at further strengthening patients' rights in the Union.
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2005
Exogenous surfactant administration by asymmetric high-frequency jet ventilation in experimental respiratory distress syndrome.
To evaluate the efficacy of surfactant administration using the instillation technique by means of asymmetric high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). ⋯ The response to surfactant therapy in experimental lung injury depends on the surfactant delivery method and may be potentiated by high-frequency jet ventilation.