Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2009
Revolving-door patients in a public psychiatric hospital in Israel: cross sectional study.
AIM. To study social, demographic, clinical, and forensic profiles of frequently re-hospitalized (revolving-door) psychiatric patients. METHODS. ⋯ CONCLUSIONS. Revolving-door patients are not necessarily hospitalized for longer time periods and do not have more involuntarily admissions. The main difference between revolving-door and non revolving-door patients is greater self-management of the hospitalization process by shortening the time between voluntary re-admission and discharge against medical advice.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2009
Predictors of increased left ventricular filling pressure in dialysis patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
To study the left and right ventricular function and to assess the predictors of increased left ventricular (LV) filling pressure in dialysis patients with preserved LV ejection fraction. ⋯ In dialysis patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, reduced systolic myocardial velocity and elderly age are independent predictors of increased left ventricular filling pressure.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2009
Knowledge and practices of obtaining informed consent for medical procedures among specialist physicians: questionnaire study in 6 Croatian hospitals.
AIM. To assess physicians' knowledge and practices for obtaining patients' informed consent to medical procedures. METHODS. ⋯ CONCLUSION. Physicians in Croatia have no formal education on informed consent and implement the informed consent process in a rather formal manner, regardless of the type of hospital or medical specialty. Systemic approach at education and training at the national level is needed to improve the informed consent process.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2009
ABO blood groups and genetic risk factors for thrombosis in Croatian population.
To assess the association between ABO blood group genotypes and genetic risk factors for thrombosis (FV Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T mutations) in the Croatian population and to determine whether genetic predisposition to thrombotic risk is higher in non-OO blood group genotypes than in OO blood group genotypes. ⋯ Study results confirmed the association of non-OO blood group genotypes with an increased risk of thrombosis in Croatia.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2009
Biography Historical ArticleFrom Adamovec to Dubrovnik: an extended adventure, 1971-1992.