Publications by authors named "N Basic-Jukic"
Acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence after neurosurgical operations has been reported as 10-14%. The literature regarding the incidence of nosocomial acute kidney disease (AKD) following neurosurgery is scarce. This retrospective, single-center, observational study aimed to assess the impact of different anaesthetics on development of postoperative AKI and persistent AKD in neurosurgical patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Fabry disease (FD) is a genetic lysosomal storage disease caused by a pathogenic variant in GLA gene coding for a functional alpha-galactosidase A enzyme whose disfunction leads to globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) accumulation in cells, which results in multiple organ disorders. The aim of this study was to identify mutations associated with Fabry disease among 829 kidney transplant recipients and to investigate the correlation between the factors such as age, dialysis vintage, eGFR, proteinuria and corticosteroid dose and the deviations in alpha-galactosidase A and lyso-Gb3 levels. Dry blood spot samples were collected for genetic analysis.
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- Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the top cause of illness and death globally, including in Croatia, often linked to shared risk factors across multiple health disorders.
- The emerging concept of cardio-renal-metabolic (CKM) syndrome highlights the interconnectedness of heart, kidney, and metabolic health, emphasizing the need to include brain health in patient care.
- A group of experts aims to incorporate CKM health into a national strategy for preventing chronic diseases, particularly CVD, by creating mandatory guidelines based on professional recommendations.
. National surveys have reported variable prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), due to differences in the characteristics of the population, study design, equations used for the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and definitions. The EH-UH 2 survey is the first study evaluating CKD prevalence, characteristics, and awareness in Croatia.
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- The study investigates how competing risks, like allograft failure and death with a functioning graft, affect the performance of prognostic models used for kidney transplant recipients.
- The research involves 11,046 kidney transplant recipients across 10 countries, developing models using various regression techniques to predict long-term graft failure while carefully evaluating their accuracy and reliability.
- Results indicate that both standard Cox models and competing risk models provide similar predictions for graft failure, with high concordance indices, confirming their usefulness in clinical settings.