Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Jun 2023
Multicenter Study Observational StudyA remote care model for patients at high risk of hospital admission due to COVID-19 deterioration: who makes it at home? - a multicenter follow-up case from Slovenia.
To assess the feasibility of a remote care model for high-risk COVID-19 patients, identify risk factors for hospital admission, and propose modifications to the tested model. ⋯ Telemonitoring of vital signs is a feasible method of remote care that helps identify patients requiring immediate hospital admission. For further scale-up, we suggest shortening call intervals in the first five days, when the risk of hospital admission is highest, and giving special attention to patients with type-2 diabetes and thrombocytopenia at inclusion.
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Croatian medical journal · Jun 2023
Changes in sexually transmitted infections-related sexual risk-taking among young Croatian adults: a 2005-2021 three-wave population-based study.
To assess the prevalence and dynamics of risky sexual behaviors among Croatian emerging adults in the 2005-2021 period. ⋯ Risky sexual behaviors decreased in the 2021 survey compared with the previous two waves, in both genders. Nonetheless, sexual risk-taking is still frequent among young Croatian adults. The introduction of sexuality education and other national-level public health interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking thus remains a public health imperative.
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Croatian medical journal · Jun 2023
The gp130/STAT3-endoplasmic reticulum stress axis regulates hepatocyte necroptosis in acute liver injury.
To investigate the effect of the gp130/STAT3-endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress axis on hepatocyte necroptosis during acute liver injury. ⋯ ATF6/gp130/STAT3 signaling attenuates necroptosis in hepatocytes through the negative regulation of ER stress during liver injury. Hepatocyte ATF6/gp130/STAT3 signaling may be used as a therapeutic target in acute liver injury.
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Croatian medical journal · Jun 2023
The effect of high standard uptake value in lung cancer metastatic lesions on survival.
To assess how metastatic lesions with a higher maximum standard uptake value than the primary tumor affect survival in patients with lung cancer. ⋯ The maximum standard uptake value could be a potential new prognostic factor for survival in lung cancer.