The Value of C-Reactive Protein and Peritoneal Cytokines as Early Predictors of Anastomotic Leak after Colorectal Surgery.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and intraperitoneal CRP, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in early diagnostics of anastomotic leakage in the first 4 postoperative days after colorectal surgery.

Methods: Between January 2023 and June 2023, one hundred patients with colorectal carcinoma were operated on with primary anastomosis. Ten patients had anastomotic leak (10%).

The role of the NY-ESO-1 in the prognosis of gastric cancer.

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. GC is a multifactorial disease influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Its most critical features include invasiveness and high metastatic potential.

(Dis)organization of Palliative Care as a Potential Quality-of-Life Issue in the Senior Population--Croatian Experiences.

This paper analyses the current situation in the Croatian health-care system, with special emphasis on the (dis)organization of palliative care within the public health, more precisely gerontology context. Namely, population world-wide is getting older, that is both a statistical and an everyday-medical fact. Today we consider citizens after the age of 65 as the elderly, with a tendency to move the age-limit to 75 years.

Combined use of clips and nylon snare ("tulip-bundle") as a rescue endoscopic bleeding control in a mallory-weiss syndrome.

Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) accounts for 6-14% of all cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Prognosis of patients with MWS is generally good, with a benign course and rare recurrence of bleeding. However, no strict recommendations exist in regard to the mode of action after a failure of primary endoscopic hemostasis.

Dental caries experience in Croatian school children in Primorsko-Goranska county.

Background: Dental caries as an infectious disease is still a major oral public health issue. As documented in some recent studies, it has been recognized as the most common chronic childhood disease.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate caries prevalence, DMFT and dmft scores, as opposed to caries free children at the age of 6 years from a well developed western region of Primorsko-Goranska county.

Parents' attitudes on sexual education--what and when?

This study aims to detect opinions about what and when should be talked about in sexual education in schools respecting the role of parents. This study was conducted in 23 elementary schools in the town Rijeka, Croatia from March to May 2010. The sample consisted of parents of sixth grade elementary school pupils.

Increasing burden of melanoma in Croatia.

Melanoma consists 4-5% of all skin cancers, but it contributes to 71-80% of skin cancers deaths. It is controversial whether worldwide increases in melanoma incidence represent a true epidemic but at the same time that dramatic increase in incidence occur in setting of relatively stable mortality trends, observed in Croatia also. The majority of authors accept that main risk factors for melanoma relate to environmental exposure and genetics with epidemiologic studies linking sun exposure to melanoma development.

Implementation of program of prevention and early detection of osteoporosis among women of Primorsko-goranska County.

The aim of this paper is to present preliminary data of Program of prevention and early detection of osteoporosis among women in Primorsko-goranska County. Osteoporosis is recognized as a public health problem for which clearly preventive measures are defined. Measurement of bone density was done by ultrasound densitometry of the calcaneus among women aged from 45 to 69 years old.

[Review of the program of early detection of cervical cancer in women in Primorsko-Goranska County in 2009].

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women, the second most frequent malignancy in women and the second most common cause of death in women suffering from cancer worldwide. In 2009, in the Primorje-Goranska County 52 (4.1%) women were hospitalized for the treatment of cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer screening programme in Primorsko-Goranska County, Croatia--the results of the pilot study.

The opportunistic cervical cancer screening has been conducted in Croatia since its introduction in the 1960s, in the context of a high quality gynaecological cytology with a long tradition and a wide network of primary care gynaecologists. In 2006, a pilot screening programme under the title "Early detection of cervical cancer was conducted in Primorsko-Goranska County (PGC)", as the first organised cervical cancer screening ever conducted in the Republic of Croatia. The pilot screening programme targeted women aged 20-64 years.