Publications by authors named "Miljenko Crnjakovic"
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- The study aimed to determine if carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) at hospital admission can predict unfavorable outcomes in adults with non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia who don't have advanced vascular diseases.
- Researchers conducted a nested case-control study with 207 non-vaccinated patients, comparing those who had severe outcomes (like death or needing mechanical ventilation) to those who did not, using statistical models for analysis.
- Results indicated that a higher CIMT was linked to greater odds of severe outcomes, suggesting CIMT could be a useful tool for risk stratification in this patient group.
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- The study examines stroke characteristics in COVID-19 patients in Croatia during the pandemic's second wave.
- Patients were analyzed in two groups based on when they contracted COVID-19 relative to their stroke, revealing differing stroke causes between the groups.
- Both groups displayed high rates of severe disability and mortality, highlighting the need for improved stroke awareness and treatment strategies.
Dabigatran is a direct oral anticoagulant that is widely used for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. We report a case of an 80-year-old stroke patient on dabigatran for permanent atrial fibrillation, who presented with an initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) of 8. Dabigatran was reversed with idarucizumab, and intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) was administrated beginning 4 h and 28 min after the symptom onset.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPineal cysts occur in all ages, predominantly in adults in the fourth decade of life. In series of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, the prevalence of pineal cysts ranged between 1.3% and 4.
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