Lijec̆nic̆ki vjesnik
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Lijec̆nic̆ki vjesnik · Jan 2006
[Correlation between children's weight and height at medical examination on enrolling in 1st class of primary school and birth growth parameters with parental heights].
Physical growth is permanently influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Their impacts are overlapping, and therefore it is difficult to separate the contribution particularly ascribable to one or another kind of the factors. The study investigated the relation between body weight and height in 397 children (195 girls and 202 boys) enrolling primary school and their birth growth features on the one side, and their parents' heights on the other. ⋯ The birth growth parameters are only in part related to parents' heights (all three with mother's and only one with father's height). It is obvious that mothers' influence is dominant for children's growth at that time. There was no significant difference in any examined parameter between subgroups of children divided according to their parents education level and employment status.
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Rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, has become a part of standard treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the last several years. Depleting CD20+ cells by various mechanisms, it is active as a single agent and particularly when combined with chemotherapy. ⋯ Because of different mechanisms of action, adding rituximab to chemotherapy does not cause additional toxicity. Combination of rituximab and chemotherapy improves response rates in indolent lymphomas and survival in aggressive lymphomas.
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Lijec̆nic̆ki vjesnik · Jan 2006
Practice Guideline[European Resuscitation Council guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 2005].
ADULT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT: The ratio of compressions to ventilations is 30:2 for all adult victims of cardiac arrest. AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION: A single defibrillatory shock is delivered, immediately followed by two minutes of uninterrupted CPR. ADULT ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: In out-of-hospital cardiac arrest attended, but unwitnessed, by healthcare professionals equipped with manual defibrillators, give CPR for 2 minutes before defibrillation. ⋯ NEONATAL LIFE SUPPORT: Protect the newborn from heat loss. Standard resuscitation in delivery room should be made with 100% oxygen. Suctioning meconium from the baby's nose and mouth before delivery of the baby's chest (intrapartum suctioning) is not useful and no longer recommended.