The Significance of Coronary Artery Calcification for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

The prevalence of calcium deposits in coronary arteries grows with age. Risk factors include, e.g.

Prognostic value of acid‑base balance parameters assessed on admission in peripheral venous blood of patients with myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

Introduction: Peripheral venous blood sample may be used to obtain acid‑ base balance parameters (PVA‑BP) measured in rapid point‑of‑care test (POCT) analyzers on admission to an emergency department (ED). Thus, lactates, anion gap (AG), and base excess (BE) may be early prognostic markers in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).

Objectives: We aimed to confirm the relationship between PVA‑BP on admission and the outcome in patients with MI treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures of functional recovery following caesarean section: a systematic review using the consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN) checklist.

We performed a systematic review using 'consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments' (COSMIN) criteria to identify and evaluate the quality of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) instruments that have been utilised to assess functional recovery following caesarean section, and determine the optimal instrument for use in this setting. A literature search was performed using five databases. Studies were included if a psychometrically validated instrument was used to assess functional recovery following caesarean section.

Y-chromosomal connection between Hungarians and geographically distant populations of the Ural Mountain region and West Siberia.

Hungarians who live in Central Europe today are one of the westernmost Uralic speakers. Despite of the proposed Volga-Ural/West Siberian roots of the Hungarian language, the present-day Hungarian gene pool is highly similar to that of the surrounding Indo-European speaking populations. However, a limited portion of specific Y-chromosomal lineages from haplogroup N, sometimes associated with the spread of Uralic languages, link modern Hungarians with populations living close to the Ural Mountain range on the border of Europe and Asia.