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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526864/medication-adherence-measurement-methods-and-approaches
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Patricia Schnorrerova, Petra Matalova, Martin Wawruch
Medication adherence is crucial for optimal treatment outcomes, yet many patients struggle to follow their prescribed regimens, impacting patients, families, and healthcare systems. Measurement of adherence is vital for effective care planning and intervention. This review explores medication adherence challenges and measurement methods, including therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), medication event monitoring system (MEMS), analysis of adherence in insurance/pharmacy database, pill counts, and self-reports, each with its advantages and limitations...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526863/conn%C3%A2-s-syndrome-after-kidney-transplantation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michaela Javorkova, Andrea Bystricanova, Martina Cirbusova, Marcela Cvoligova, Martin Chrastina, Juraj Maris, Janka Otavkova, Zuzana Zilinska
Conn's syndrome, defined as unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma, accounts for 35-40% of cases of primary hyperaldosteronism. Primary hyperaldosteronism typically occurs in younger patients with poorly controlled arterial hypertension due to extracellular fluid retention, in whom at least a triple combination of antihypertensives, including a diuretic, is needed to maintain normotension. The clinical picture of arterial hypertension may be complemented by symptoms associated with hypokalaemia, such as weakness, fatigue, palpitations, convulsions, polydipsia, or polyuria...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526862/effect-of-regular-physical-activity-and-lifestyle-changes-on-insulin-resistance-in-patients-after-kidney-transplantation
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Karol Granak, Matej Vnucak Monika Beliancinova, Ivana Dedinska
Insulin resistance (IR) is the most significant risk factor for post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). This study aimed to determine the effects of regular physical activity on IR and PTDM in patients after kidney transplantation (KT). The study group (n = 22) participated in aerobic or combined sports (aerobic and anaerobic). Monitoring was provided by a sports tracker (Xiaomi Mi Band 4, compatible with the Mi Fit mobile application). Waist circumference was significantly lower (p = 0.0437, p = 0...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526861/the-effect-of-covid-19-fear-on-midwifery-students-anxiety-self-confidence
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Asli Er-Korucu, Fatma Uslu-Sahan, Hacer Alan-Dikmen
BACKGROUND: Several studies have investigated independently of clinical education, it has been emphasized that students experience fear, anxiety, sadness and uncertainty during the pandemic. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the effect of fear of COVID-19 on the level of anxiety and self-confidence of midwifery students who did their clinical internship during the pandemic. METHODS: Convenience sampling yielded 181 senior midwifery students who had experienced clinical internships during the COVID-19 pandemic...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526860/distal-pancreatectomy
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Martin Vojtko, Kristina Cmarkova, Miroslav Pindura, Blazej Palkoci, Roman Kycina, Lenka Nosakova, Marek Vojtko, Peter Banovcin, Juraj Miklusica
NTRODUCTION: Distal pancreatectomy is a standard surgical procedure for selected benign, premalignant, and malignant lesions localized in the pancreatic body or tail. Surgical resection remains the only curative option for patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Perioperative and postoperative clinical courses were retrospectively assessed in patients, who underwent distal pancreatectomy during the 2011‒2021 period...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526859/telomerase-activity-and-htert-gene-expression-in-patients-with-acute-coronary-syndrome-and-stable-coronary-artery-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mehmet Kilinc, Oguz Kilic, Mucahit Secme, Cihan Ilyas Sevgican, Ibrahim Oguz, Hande Senol, Yavuz Dodurga, Gokay Nar, Ismail Dogu Kilic
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to examine the telomerase activity and hTERT gene expression in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and those with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) and compare the results to controls. Additionally, we compared overall mortality rates relative to the telomerase activity. METHODS: A total of 211 patients (78 ACS and 71 SCAD patients) were included in the study. The telomerase concentration was measured by ELISA and used to determine telomerase activity...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526858/integrated-global-and-local-feature-extraction-and-classification-from-computerized-tomography-ct-images-for-lung-cancer-classification
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Murugaiyan Suresh Kumar, Panneerselvam Deepak, Parthasarathy Vasanthan, Kandasamy Vijayakumar
Despite being the second most often diagnosed form of cancer, lung cancers are rarely found in the general population. It is proposed in this study to employ a methodology of extracting both global and local features from CT scan images for the identification of lung cancer. Data gathering, globalised and localised training as well as testing the model are all part of this structure. This study makes use of 800 CT scan images. Images are pre-processed by warping and cropping in advance of the global testing step...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526857/efficacy-of-sample-collection-without-virus-transport-medium-in-suspected-enteroviral-infections-for-molecular-diagnosis
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Maria Borsanyiova, Shubhada Bopegamage, Sandor George Vari
Clinical swabs with suspected viral infection are usually transported in virus transport medium (VMT). During epidemics/pandemics, tampons without VTM would be more suitable for saving space and cost. This study was conducted to verify the applicability of throat swabs without VTM in the diagnosis/screening of enteroviral infections by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a volunteer study group. Three different swab types were used in 40 volunteers: swabs with two different tips (cotton- or synthetic-tipped) without VTM and standard synthetic tips with VTM...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526856/comparison-of-decrease-in-elbow-flexion-strength-in-patients-after-tenotomy-and-tenodesis-of-the-long-head-of-the-biceps-brachii
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Robert Krause, Augustin Majcher, Boris Steno
NTRODUCTION: The last two decades have been leading to the development of several types of surgical techniques and procedures to manage the LHB lesions. This paper analyses and compares the difference in muscle strength pre- and post-operatively in two most commonly used surgical procedures - LHB tenotomy and tenodesis. METHOD: The study includes 68 patients who underwent surgery between 2016 and 2020. The patients who had met the prospective study inclusion criteria were divided into two groups based on type of surgery they had undergone (LHB tenotomy or tenodesis); each group consisted of 34...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526855/genetic-determinants-of-taxane-induced-peripheral-neuropathy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Beata Mladosievicova, Magdalena Nemcokova Jablonicka, Lucia Tatayova, Michal Bernadic
The efficacy of taxane‑containing regimens has been demonstrated for various cancers, particularly ovarian, endometrial, breast, lung, and prostate cancers. However, extensive taxane-induced toxicities limit their use. Prediction and management of many toxic complications in cancer patients have evolved significantly over the last decade. Peripheral neuropathy is the most typical non-hematological taxane-related complication, and it has a multifactorial pathogenesis. It is often dose-dependent and progressive during therapy and sometimes even after treatment...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385547/an-optimized-framework-for-prediagnosis-of-diabetic-retinopathy-using-hho-cbl-model
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sathyavani Addanki, D Sumathi
BACKGROUND: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a widespread intense stage of diabetes mellitus that causes vision-effecting anomalies in the retina. It is a medical health condition on the strength of fluctuating glucose level in the blood that can result in vision loss in case of severity. OBJECTIVE: As a result, early detection and treatment with DR is the most significant task which will tremendously reduce the likelihood of vision impairment and is still a difficult challenge...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385546/covid-19-virus-and-clinical-outcome-on-the-newborns-at%C3%A2-the-neonatal-department-of-intensive-medicine-in%C3%A2-bratislava-slovakia
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Ingrid Brucknerova, William Christoph Bento, Dorothy Wasike, Jana Brucknerova
AIM: The aim of this study was to analyse the group of newborns who were admitted at Neonatal Department of Intensive Medicine in Bratislava Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava and National Institute of Children´s Diseases in the period from 08.01.2021 until 07.07.2023 who were affected by the COVID-19 virus from mother before birth, from staff or in family or were only in contact with COVID-19 positive person. RESULTS: Most common symptoms in newborns within our findings included fever, upper respiratory symptoms, and diarrhoea...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385545/postoperative-complications-associated-with-anterior-cervical-discectomy-and-three-years-follow-up
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Vladimir Katuch, Jan Banoci, Veronika Magocova, Martin Cmorej, Jana Katuchova, Kleanthia Efthymiou, Veronika Roskovicova
INTRODUCTION: Anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) is used in the surgical treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD). Besides the low incidence of postoperative complications, they can affect the postoperative course for patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From January 2015 to December 2019, 789 cervical DDD patients with ACD were investigated. This study aims to identify the risk factors for postoperative complications and evaluate the quality of life for ACD patients using the Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI)...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385544/risk-of-chronic-thromboembolic-pulmonary-hypertension-after-splenectomy
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Drahomira Bollova, Adriana Reptova, Tatiana Valkovicova, Katarina Gazdikova, Iveta Simkova
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the clinical study was to evaluate the risk of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) after splenectomy and to analyze some biochemical and coagulation parameters. BACKGROUND: CTEPH caused by incomplete resolution of thromboemboli and irreversible remodeling of the pulmonary arteries is a progressive, and without treatment a fatal disease. Although the definite etiopathophysiology is not quite perfectly researched, numerous clinical conditions associated with CTEPH as history of pulmonary embolism, infected ventriculoatrial shunts or permanent intravascular devices, high-dose thyroid hormone replacement, malignancy and chronic inflammatory diseases, including osteomyelitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, are well accepted...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385543/pancreatic-stiffness-and-anthropometric-parameters-in-healthy-volunteers
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Lenka Nosakova, Peter Uhrik, Miroslav Pindura, Martin Vojtko, Jakub Hoferica, Kristina Cmarkova, Juraj Miklusica, Peter Banovcin
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to define the values of percutaneous ultrasound shear-wave and strain elastography of the pancreas in healthy volunteers. METHODS: This is a single-center prospective study conducted on volunteers who underwent examination of percutaneous point shear‑wave elastography and strain elastography. Both the shear-wave speed (Vs) and strain histogram were measured 3 times and median values were evaluated. Relevant recorded clinical data were age, sex, and height...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385542/characterization-of-hiv-1-subtypes-and-drug-resistance-mutations-in-slovakia-update-2017-2018
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Monika Habekova, Danica Valkovicova Stanekova, Maria Takacova, Alexandra Kovarova
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to provide an overview on the HIV-1 subtypes circulating in Slovakia between 2017 and 2018 and to evaluate the risk of transmission of HIV‑resistant strains. BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic in Slovakia is characterised by low incidence of new and pre-existing infections and a slightly elevated level of strain heterogeneity. METHODS: Partial HIV pol gene sequences of 110 individuals newly diagnosed with HIV between 2017 and 2018 were analysed...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385541/ct-quantification-of-covid-19-pneumonia-extent-to-predict-individualized-outcome
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Zuzana Berecova, Dominik Juskanic, Martin Hazlinger, Marek Uhnak, Pavol Janega, Maros Rudnay, Robert Hatala
OBJECTIVES:  This study aimed to predict individual COVID-19 patient prognosis at hospital admission using artificial intelligence (AI)-based quantification of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary involvement. BACKGROUND: Assessing patient prognosis in COVID-19 pneumonia is crucial for patient management and hospital and ICU organization. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 559 patients with PCR-verified COVID-19 pneumonia referred to the hospital for a severe disease course...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385540/pulmonary-sequestration-in-adulthood-clinical-morphological-study
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Jozef Muri, Peter Makovicky, Vojtech Kamarad, Barbora Durcova, Janka Vecanova, Natalia Hvizdosova
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate pulmonary sequestration (PS). We report on location, blood supply, histology, clinical manifestation, and surgical treatment of PS, as well as on postoperative course in patients with PS. BACKGROUND: PS is a rare congenital defect of the lower respiratory tract, it represents locus minoris resistentiae of the body. Occasionally, PS is diagnosed for the first time in adulthood. METHODS: We evaluated 7 cases of PS treated at the Centre of Thoracic Surgery in Vyšné Hágy, Slovakia, between years 2013 and 2020...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385539/robotic-stereotactic-radiosurgery-with-cyberknife-brain-metastases-and-fibrinolysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Veselin Popov, Vasko Graklanov, Snezhana Stoencheva, Zhanet Grudeva-Popova
OBJECTIVES: Deviations in haemostasis are found in about 50 % of patients with cancer and up to 90% of those with metastatic disease. Many studies investigate the dynamics of the processes of coagulation and fibrinolysis and their role as a predictor of therapeutic response, early relapse, or metastasis risk. BACKGROUND: To investigate the serum levels of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) in patients with brain metastases treated with robotic stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with CyberKnife...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385538/a-novel-marker-for-prediabetic-conditions-uric-acid-to-hdl-cholesterol-ratio
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sumeyye Buse Balci, Burcin Meryem Atak, Tuba Duman, Feyza Nihal Ozkul, Gulali Aktas
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to identify a parameter that can facilitate the diagnosis of prediabetes and predict the likelihood of its development in individuals at high risk. METHODS: In this retrospective study, the study population was selected from Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital's patients. Participants were divided into two groups, prediabetes and healthy group. We excluded individuals with certain conditions or taking certain medications...
2024: Bratislavské Lekárske Listy
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