Is the prevalence of arterial hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis associated with disease?

In this study, we compare the prevalence of arterial hypertension (HT) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) patients, exposed to high- and low-grade chronic inflammation, respectively, to assess the possible association between chronic inflammation and HT. A total of consecutive 627 RA and 352 OA patients were enrolled in this multicentric study. HT was defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 140 and/or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg or current use of any antihypertensive drug.

[Importance of kinesiologic recreation beginning in early rehabilitation in Zagreb].

Rehabilitation of persons injured in the Croatian Homeland War is complex and prolonged because war wounds heal longer due to infections, additional complications and associated injuries of many organic structures. To make their prolonged hospitalization easier, the first sports competition of war-injured persons was organized in Zagreb on September 26th 1992. Out of 2457 wounded patients undergoing rehabilitation at the Dubrava University Hospital (UHD) in Zagreb till April 4th 1995, a total of 566 (23.

[The cervical spine involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis].

Unlabelled: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a systemic disease and cervical spine can be affected. The data regarding cervical spondylitis are very rare and diverse in literarture. The aim of study was to assess the prevalence of cervical spine involvement in patients with PsA.

[The presence of CD30 on lymphocytes in the inflammatory infiltrate of acute atopic dermatitis].

Atopic dermatitis (AD) has cellular immunohistochemical features similar to those of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). There is plenty of evidence for T-cell activation in this disease such us the presence of T-lymphocytes which carry CD30, CD3, CD4, CD45RO markers. The aim of this study was to show the presence of lymphocyte-surface antigens including CD30, CD3, CD4, CD45RO in patients with acute AD and to compare the presence of the same molecules in patients with acute ACD (nickel-induced) because of the possible morphologic difference of these two entities.

[Weekly and daily intake of alendronate: comparison of tolerance in osteoporosis treatment].

In this study we analyzed, considering complains of patients, tolerance of taking alendronate 70 mg once a week in comparison with daily intake of alendronate 10 mg. Subjects were patients that were treated for osteoporosis at Department for physical medicine and rehabilitation in Clinical hospital Dubrava. The diagnosis of osteoporosis was established by DXA densitometry.