The outcome of surgical treatment in patients with penetrating chest wounds.

The aim of this paper is to present the treatment evaluation of the chest penetrating wounds in our hospital during the Patriotic war in Croatia. Due to the war situation, all the patients were treated with the aggressive surgery--thoracotomy. We compared the treatment outcome of these patients with those treated after the war who were treated with the standard procedure, meaning that the thoracotomy was performed only if the indications were clear and most of the minor chest wounds were treated with the thoracic drain.

[Prevalence of acute cerebrovascular disease in Bizovac, Osijek-Baranya county: a door-to-door survey in eastern Croatia].

Background And Purpose: A door-to-door survey was carried out in Bizovac area, Osijek-Baranya County in east Croatia. A cluster sample of 1899 inhabitants were screened to determine the prevalence of acute cerebrovascular disease (CVD): transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and stroke in this population.

Methods: We used a modified version of the World Health Organization screening instrument.