Croatian medical journal
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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.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2005
Research involvement, specialty choice, and emigration preferences of final year medical students in croatia.
To explore involvement in scientific research, choice of specialty, and readiness to emigrate among graduating medical students in Croatia. ⋯ There is a clear need for improvement in the management of students' research projects in Croatia, enabling enthusiastic medical students to publish the results of their work and retain their interest in science. The analysis of change of the desired specialties throughout the undergraduate study suggests an increased interest in the "controllable lifestyle" specialties. Failure to get the desired specialty would result in emigration for many students.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2005
Content of home pharmacies and self-medication practices in households of pharmacy and medical students in Zagreb, Croatia: findings in 2001 with a reference to 1977.
To evaluate the content of household drug supplies and self-medication practice among medical and pharmacy students at Zagreb University in 2001, and to relate the findings to a previous survey in 1977. ⋯ Accumulation of drugs was common in the surveyed households. Self-medication of over-the-counter drugs was a routine practice, and self-medication of prescription drugs was practiced in many households. No major difference in this respect was found between the 2001 and 1977 surveys.
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The Faculty of Medicine in Tirana, the only institution providing medical training in Albania, has currently developed three separate branches of study, General Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. Since the early 1990s, following the collapse of the communist regime, many faculty members have been trained abroad in different areas of medical sciences. Yet, little emphasis is placed on research work and teaching of evidence-based medicine in both, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. ⋯ Exposing medical students and young physicians to probabilistic thinking, the importance of communication, and levels of evidence in medical practice is what the academic medicine in Albania should strive for. To address this challenge, the Faculty of Medicine in Tirana needs to strengthen the mobility of its students and their training in Western schools. These young and well-trained faculty members will provide the critical mass of future academicians required to develop a modern medical school in Tirana.