Influence of weather regime and local geomagnetic activity on the occurrence of epileptic seizures.

Epilepsy is a common neurologic disease and presents a major public health problem. Patients with epilepsy have unexpected occurrence of seizures with many triggered by existing triggering factors such as alcohol, stress etc. Other potential triggers include certain weather or atmospheric parameters and local geomagnetic activity.

Nutritional Assessment of Patients with Primary Progressive Dementia at the Time of Diagnosis.

Background: patients with different types of dementia may experience changes in nutritional status, which are manifested by specific eating habits. The aim of this study was to determine the nutritional status and eating habits of patients at the time of confirmed diagnosis of primary progressive dementia.

Subjects And Methods: The study included 40 outpatients (63% women) diagnosed with either form of dementia.

Changing Pattern of Acute Alcohol Intoxications in Children.

BACKGROUND In many countries, the number of children hospitalized for alcohol intoxication is increasing. This study analyzed changes in the number of hospitalizations for alcohol intoxication in children aged 0-18 years at the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Split, from 2008 to 2015. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were collected retrospectively from hospital medical records.

RANKL/RANK/OPG Axis Is Deregulated in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Multiple Sclerosis Patients at Clinical Onset.

Objectives: Our study focused on the RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand)/RANK/OPG (osteoprotegerin) axis and selected proinflammatory/immunoregulatory upstream mediators in the peripheral blood (PBL) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

Methods: PBL and CSF were collected from healthy controls (n = 35) and MS patients at the clinical onset of the disease (n = 33). In addition, PBL samples were obtained from relapse-remitting (RR)-MS patients (n = 30).

How to improve opportunistic screening by using EMRs and other data. The prevalence of undetected diabetes mellitus in target population in Croatia.

Objectives: Opportunistic screening for type 2 diabetes (T2D) has not been adopted as part of routine practice. The aim of the study was to investigate the yield of opportunistic target screening for T2D in Croatia and to evaluate the process of screening by using data from electronic medical record.

Study Design: We conducted opportunistic screening in 23 general practitioners (GPs) in a population of 13,344 patients aged 45-70 years.