Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2003
Clinical TrialImmunoprophylactic intravesical application of bacillus Calmette-Guerin after transurethral resection of superficial bladder cancer.
To evaluate the effect of intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in the prevention of recurrence and progression of the superficial bladder cancer. ⋯ Our data suggest that BCG intravesical instillation, using 6 week + 6 month scheme, prevents against recurrence and progression of superficial bladder tumors. This treatment should be especially advocated in patients with advanced grade tumors, but the scheme remains to be evaluated against other BCG treatment schemes.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2003
Biography Historical ArticleNobel Prize winners for literature as palliative for scientific English.
Plagiarism causes a serious concern in scientific literature. I distinguish two types of plagiarism. What is routinely highlighted and discussed is the reprehensible type of stealing another author's ideas and words. ⋯ The occurrence of autotrophic plagiarism is mainly caused by the lack of proficiency in the current lingua franca of science, ie, English. The writings of 22 Nobel literature laureates who wrote in English, especially their travelogues, essays, and letters to the press can be used for benefit of improving one's own vocabulary and writing skills and style. I suggest the writings of three literati--Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, and Ernest Hemingway--as palliatives for autotrophic plagiarism in scientific publishing.
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To compare the teaching programs of European medical schools with the minimum requirement medical curriculum recommended by the European University Association. Methods. Information on the curricula was gathered from the websites of 32 medical schools from 18 European countries. The data collected were the number of courses and proportion of each course in the study plan according to the class hours or credits. Each curriculum was compared with the standard medical curriculum recommended by the European University Association. Courses were clustered in 3 large groups: preclinical, clinical, and public health. ⋯ The lack of uniform curriculum in European medical schools makes mutual accreditation and mobility of students very difficult. Great deviations from the standard, ie, medical curriculum recommended by the European University Association, question the possibility of a quick medical curricula reform.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2002
Corrective surgery of congenital heart defects in neonates: the Prague experience.
To assess the outcome and mortality trend in newborns undergoing corrective surgery for congenital heart defect. ⋯ Most newborns with critical congenital heart defects can undergo corrective operation under acceptable risk. Due to complex improvements in perioperative, anaesthetic, surgical, and postoperative care, contemporary hospital mortality can be reduced to 1-3%. Palliative procedures still play an important role in the staged treatment of severe complex heart defects in neonates.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2002
Surgical treatment of left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction: case series.
To analyze the results of surgical treatment of left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarct in a case series. ⋯ The left ventricle free wall rupture, as a complication of acute myocardial infarction, can be diagnosed early and treated on time. Rapid diagnosis and emergency surgery are crucial for successful treatment of patients with impending heart rupture. Off-pump surgery and patch with glue technique seem to yield best results.