Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prescribing Practices for Dental Implant Placement in Croatia: A Questionnaire-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

: This study aimed to explore antibiotic prescribing practices for dental implant placement in Croatia. : We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study including dentists in Croatia who perform dental implant therapy. The questionnaire assessed the dentists' age, working experience, education level, and whether they use antibiotics for dental implant placement, as well as the choice of antibiotics, timing, and reasons for antibiotics use.

Serum Concentration of Vitamin D in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus.

Objectives: The vitamin D receptor is involved in immunologically mediated diseases such as oral lichen planus. Some studies suggest an association between lower vitamin D concentrations and a higher risk of inflammatory conditions such as oral lichen planus. The aim of this study was t investigate 1) whether there is a difference in serum vitamin D concentration in patients with oral lichen planus compared to patients in the control group, 2) whether there is a difference in serum vitamin D concentration in patients with erosive compared to non-erosive forms of oral lichen planus, 3) whether there is a difference in serum vitamin D concentration in patients with developed oral cancer and those without cancer.

Increased prevalence of oral potentially malignant lesions among Croatian War invalids, a cross-sectional study.

Background: The main objective of this study was to investigate the frequency and type of oral pathological changes, oral subjective symptoms and the knowledge about oral cancer in the population of Croatian military invalids from the Homeland War.

Material And Methods: A total of 102 Croatian military invalids from the Homeland War participated in the study. Data were collected on the presence of subjective symptoms in the oral cavity, and a detailed clinical examination of the oral mucosa was performed.

Application of Inositol Hexaphosphate and Inositol in Dental Medicine: An Overview.

Phosphorylated inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is a naturally occurring carbohydrate, and its parent compound, myoinositol (Ins), is abundantly present in plants, particularly in certain high-fiber diets, but also in mammalian cells, where they regulate essential cellular functions. IP6 has profound modulation effects on macrophages, which warrants further research on the therapeutic benefits of IP6 for inflammatory diseases. Here, we review IP6 as a promising compound that has the potential to be used in various areas of dentistry, including endodontics, restorative dentistry, implantology, and oral hygiene products, due to its unique structure and characteristic properties.

Global Rehabilitation Health Worker Certification: Global Agenda, Local Imperative.

Rehabilitation, seen as a disability-specific service needed only by few of the world's population, has not been prioritized in countries and is under-resourced. A rehabilitation-ready health workforce is potentially the most important resource for improving functioning and the quality of life for the 2.41 billion people worldwide needing this care.

Classification of Mild Stroke: A Mapping Review.

Persons with mild stroke experience motor and cognitive impairments that negatively affect their health and quality of life. To address these deficits, it is essential for clinicians and researchers to precisely identify mild stroke survivors. Despite the fact that half of all strokes are categorized as mild, no standards exist on what constitutes a "mild" stroke.

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Facilitate Return to Driving and Return to Work in Mild Stroke: A Position Paper.

Adults with mild stroke face substantial challenges resuming valued roles in the community. The term "mild" provides false representation of the lived experience for many adults with mild stroke who may continue to experience persistent challenges and unmet needs. Rehabilitation practitioners can identify and consequently intervene to facilitate improved independence, participation, and quality of life by facilitating function and reducing the burden of lost abilities among adults with mild stroke.

Education and technology used to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes mellitus type II.

Background: The incidence of type II diabetes mellitus (DMT2) is expected to continue to rise. Current research has analyzed various tools, strategies, programs, barriers, and support in regards to the self-management of this condition. However, past researchers have yet to analyze the education process; including the adaptation of specific strategies in activities of daily living and roles, as well as the influence of health care providers in the integration of these strategies.

Error augmentation enhancing arm recovery in individuals with chronic stroke: a randomized crossover design.

Background: Neurorehabilitation studies suggest that manipulation of error signals during practice can stimulate improvement in coordination after stroke.

Objective: To test visual display and robotic technology that delivers augmented error signals during training, in participants with stroke.

Methods: A total of 26 participants with chronic hemiparesis were trained with haptic (via robot-rendered forces) and graphic (via a virtual environment) distortions to amplify upper-extremity (UE) tracking error.

Arm control recovery enhanced by error augmentation.

Here we present results where nineteen stroke survivors with chronic hemiparesis simultaneously employed the trio of patient, therapist, and machine. Massed practice combined with error augmentation, where haptic (robotic forces) and graphic (visual display) distortions are used to enhance the feedback of error, was compared to massed practice alone. The 6-week randomized crossover design involved approximately 60 minutes of daily treatment three times per week for two weeks, followed by one week of rest, and then repeated using the alternate treatment protocol.

Therapist-mediated post-stroke rehabilitation using haptic/graphic error augmentation.

Recent research has suggested that enhanced retraining for stroke patients using haptics (robotic forces) and graphics (visual display) to generate a practice environment that can artificially enhance error rather than reducing it, can stimulate new learning and foster accelerated recovery. We present an evaluation of early results of this novel post-stroke robotic-aided therapy trial that incorporates these ideas in a large VR system and simultaneously employs the patient, the therapist, and the technology to accomplish effective therapy.

Custom-designed haptic training for restoring reaching ability to individuals with poststroke hemiparesis.

We present an initial test of a technique for retraining reaching skills in patients with poststroke hemiparesis, in which errors are temporarily magnified to encourage learning and compensation. Individuals with poststroke hemiparesis held a horizontal plane robotic manipulandum that could exert a variety of forces while recording patients' movements. We measured how well the patients recovered movement straightness in a single visit to the laboratory (approximately 3 h).

Evaluation of robotic training forces that either enhance or reduce error in chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors.

This investigation is one in a series of studies that address the possibility of stroke rehabilitation using robotic devices to facilitate "adaptive training." Healthy subjects, after training in the presence of systematically applied forces, typically exhibit a predictable "after-effect." A critical question is whether this adaptive characteristic is preserved following stroke so that it might be exploited for restoring function.

[Angiodysplasia - a cause of gastrointestinal bleeding].

Angiodysplasia is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. The lesion has a specific appearance - markedly enlarged closely grouped veins with short channels between veins and arteries. The lesion may occur on any part of the gastrointestinal tract, but it is most often located in cecum.

[Rare causes of hemorrhage from the digestive tract].

Some rare causes of intestinal bleeding, where diagnosing is difficult, have been shown. Cases of Meckel's diverticulum, leiomyoma and angiomas have been reported. The considerable help which can be expected from modern diagnostic procedures has been stressed, from screening using 99 m Tc Pertechnetate in diagnosing the Meckel's diverticulum and from selective angiography in diagnosing the other pathologic changes, mainly arteriovenous malformations.

[Hemangiomas of the liver].

Hepatic tumors are mostly due to metastasizing malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Benign neoplasms of the liver occur rarely. The most common benign tumor is the hemangioma, the etiology of which is still poorly understood.

[The importance of the use of antibiotics after surgical procedures on the abdominal cavity].

Surgical drainage is the most important treatment of infections of the abdomen. In severe cases supplementary antibiotic treatment is needed. Rational selection of antimicrobial therapy is based on a thorough knowledge of the invading pathogens.

[Management of liver injuries].

Evidently, the most frequent cause for surgical intervention on liver is traumatic rupture of the liver, which are often irregular or multiple. The therapy is not uniform. In noncomplicated ruptures the best management is to remove necrotic tissue by digitoklasis and individual ligation of blood vessels and bile ducts with interrupted suture.

[Pancreatic lesions].

The rate of lesions of pancreas is on the increase in these latter years. With these lesions very different therapeutical methods are applied. Some surgeons give full preference to the resection with anastomosis, the others prefer one or two anastomoses without the resection and the rest of them the resection without anastomosis.