Articles: disease.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2023
Multicenter StudyParents' attitudes toward childhood COVID-19 immunization in Croatia: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
To assess parents' attitudes toward childhood COVID-19 immunization in Croatia. ⋯ Our results demonstrate Croatian parents' mostly hesitant and negative attitudes toward childhood COVID-19 immunization. Future vaccination campaigns should target unvaccinated parents, parents with younger children, and parents of children with chronic diseases.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2023
Outpatient treatment of pneumonia in a setting with and without an infectious disease doctor.
To compare the outpatient treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) by infectious disease doctors (IDDs) and doctors of other specialties (nIDDs). ⋯ Outpatient treatment of CAP in the absence of IDDs meant more broad-spectrum antibiotic prescription and more disregard for national guidelines. Our results highlight the need for antibiotic stewardship, especially in settings with no IDDs.
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Feb 2023
Genetic data protection as an indispensable element of genomic medicine development.
The immense progress in molecular biology observed in the last decades has led to a fundamental change in our understanding of the etiology of human diseases. Whole genome analyses, both DNA sequencing and microarray comparative genomic hybridization, allowed for identification of previously unknown diseases and syndromes. Therefore, in difficult‑to‑diagnose cases, clinical diagnosis is being replaced by molecular diagnosis (molecular dysmorphology, genomic medicine). ⋯ The respective legal acts and protective measures should take into account several different aspects. The present paper explores major benefits and risks associated with international sharing of vast databases of genetic material, and presents legal provisions applied in the European Union, the United States, and China. The latter part is based on the respective acts themselves, as well as on analyses and commentaries by other scholars.