Successful treatment of late obstetric ethylene glycol intoxication with ethanol via the enteral route: a case report.

Late obstetric ethylene glycol intoxication represents a diagnostic challenge for acute care physicians and an impending life threat with life-long implications for both the mother and the fetus. The metabolism of ethylene glycol to its toxic metabolites during late pregnancy is unpredictable due to maternal physiological changes. Namely, the hallmark signs and symptoms of ethylene glycol intoxication can mimic those of late pregnancy-related high blood pressure disorders, which makes it difficult to correctly diagnose the condition.

Association between use of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols and postoperative complications in colorectal surgery in Europe: The EuroPOWER international observational study.

Study Objective: Assess the relationship between the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) pathway and routine care and 30-day postoperative outcomes.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: European centers (185 hospitals) across 21 countries.

The effects of interprofessional diabetes education on the knowledge of medical, dentistry and nursing students.

Objectives: Interprofessional teamwork is best attained through education that promotes mutual trust and effective communication. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of interprofessional learning on knowledge about diabetes.

Methods: The cross-sectional study included students of medicine, dentistry and nursing at the Faculty of Medicine Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Reversion of methacholine induced bronchoconstriction with inhaled diazepam in patients with asthma.

Background: Benzodiazepines have a direct bronchodilatory effect. Methacholine is a non-selective muscarinic receptor agonist causing bronchoconstriction.

Aim: To examine the effects of inhaled benzodiazepines, modulating bronchoconstriction induced by methacholine in patients with asthma.

Influence of vitamin C supplementation on oxidative stress and neutrophil inflammatory response in acute and regular exercise.

Exercise induces a multitude of physiological and biochemical changes in blood affecting its redox status. Tissue damage resulting from exercise induces activation of inflammatory cells followed by the increased activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in circulation. Vitamin C readily scavenges free radicals and may thereby prevent oxidative damage of important biological macromolecules.

Histological characteristics and markers of proliferation and differentiation in rat brain with experimental glioma.

Background/aim: The cell line C6 is a continuous cell line of rat glioma and, as a transplantable line, is frequently used for induction into in vivo model of primary brain tumor. It is believed that, pursuant to its histological traits and biological behavior, this experimental tumor corresponds to human anaplastic astrocytoma of grade II/III, which is characterized by proliferative and invasive potency, and marked cell differentiation. The aim of this study was to determine macroscopic analysis of rat brain with implanted tumor during tumorigenesis, histological features of tumor cells of induced brain tumor and markers of proliferation (proliferation cell nuclear antigen - PCNA, cytokeratin - CK 19) and differentiation (glial fibrillary acidic protein -GFAP) in rat brain with implanted tumor.

Lung diffusion capacity in children with respiratory symptoms and untreated GERD.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with many respiratory disorders, among which, chronic cough, laryngitis, and asthma are among the most common. We investigated lung function, including gas diffusion capacity, in children with poor asthma control or chronic laryngitis with untreated GERD.

Material And Methods: A total of 71 children, aged 6-17 years, with chronic respiratory and other symptoms suggestive for GERD, were enrolled and divided into 2 groups: chronic laryngitis and asthma.

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and cytoreductive surgery (CS) as treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis: preliminary results in Croatia.

The purpose of our study was to evaluate initial results following introduction of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) and Cytoreductive Surgery (CS). Twenty two patients with intraperitoneal malignancy undergone cytoreductive surgery (CS) and hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy (HIPEC) between January of 2007 and January 2010. Nine patients had adenocarcinoma of colorectal origin, 8 patients had ovarian cancer, and 5 had pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Normal variation of bronchial reactivity in nonasthmatics is associated with the level of mite-specific IgE.

Objective: To investigate association between non-specific bronchial reactivity (NBR) and level of mite specific IgE amongst mite-sensitized non-asthmatic subjects.

Methods: Subjects attending occupational check-up were assessed for: respiratory symptoms, atopic status (skin prick testing [SPT], total and specific IgE), spirometry and NBR. Individuals without history of respiratory disease (N = 234) were included into analysis.

Registration and analysis of bioelectric activity of sensory-motor cortex during the electrical stimulation of nucleus caudate in rats.

Background And Purpose: The caudate circuit takes part in cognitive control of motor activity. The purpose of the present work was registration and analysis of basic bioelectrical activity of ventral and dorsal sensory-motor cortex and nucleus caudate, study of the changes in EEG after nucleus caudate electrical stimulation and to identify of threshold level of electrical stimuli responsible for changes of electrical activity in registered brain area.

Materials And Methods: We used 28 albino Wistar rat of both genders.

Risk of acute bronchospasm and bronchial hyperreactivity from inhaled acid aerosol in healthy subjects: randomized, double-blind controlled trial.

Aim: To determine the risk of developing acute bronchial spasm and bronchial hyperreactivity in healthy subjects after inhaling hydrochloric acid aerosol of different pH, since various characteristics of inhaled aerosol, particularly its acidity, contribute to the reduction in lung function in patients with a pre-existing disease.

Methods: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial included 79 healthy volunteers. After submitting a written consent, they were randomized in 4 groups with approximately equal number of participants.