Publications by authors named "N Kovac"
Predictive performance of ROX index and its variations for NIV failure.
Med Intensiva (Engl Ed)
January 2025
Objective: To determine whether the ROX index and its variations can predict the risk of intubation in ICU patients receiving NIV ventilation using large public ICU databases.
Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.
Setting: Patient data was extracted from both the AmsterdamUMCdb and the MIMIC-IV ICU databases, which contained data related to 20,109 and 50,920 unique patients.
Background: Surgical outpatient clinics continuously face challenges in delivering efficient and effective care. An expanding population and chronic staff shortages makes sustainability critical. The primary objective of this study was to identify modifiable factors contributing to longer wait times in an orthopaedic outpatient clinic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase 1 (PRS-I) is an enzyme involved in nucleotide metabolism. Pathogenic variants in the are rare and PRS-I deficiency can manifest as three clinical syndromes: X-linked non-syndromic sensorineural deafness (DFN2), X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 5 (CMTX5) and Arts syndrome. We present a Slovenian patient with PRS-I enzyme deficiency due to a novel pathogenic variant - c.
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- The study identifies significant mucilage events in the Adriatic Sea caused by marine microorganisms, particularly in late spring and early summer.
- Researchers analyzed 55 major and trace elements in macroaggregates to understand their composition, which is influenced by both planktonic and lithogenic materials.
- Findings reveal that surface macroaggregates show a stronger lithogenic signature, while their rare earth element profile indicates a dominance of planktonic sources, highlighting the complex interactions between marine organisms and the environment.
Centrally supported clinical pharmacist intervention to reduce clinical inertia in hypertension.
Am J Health Syst Pharm
March 2023
Purpose: To assess the impact of a one-time hypertension (HTN)-focused clinical pharmacist intervention on the occurrence of clinical inertia and change in blood pressure (BP).
Methods: This retrospective study included patients 18 to 89 years of age with a current diagnosis of HTN and average systolic BP of ≥150 mm Hg. Centralized outreach coordinators performed telephone outreach to patients to schedule an HTN-focused visit with their primary care provider (PCP) and forwarded outreach notes for half of these patients to clinical pharmacists embedded in an internal medicine clinic.