Publications by authors named "Teo Boric"
Background: The degree of pain caused by the implantation of cardiac electronic devices (CEDs) and the type of anesthesia or perioperative pain management used with the procedure have been insufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to analyze perioperative pain management, as well as intensity and location of pain among patients undergoing implantation of CED, and to compare the practice with published guidelines.
Patients And Methods: This was a combined retrospective and prospective study conducted at the tertiary hospital, University Hospital Split, Croatia.
Background: Inadequate treatment of pain related to surgery may be associated with complications and prolonged recovery time and increased morbidity and mortality rates. We investigated perioperative pain management in vascular surgery and compared it with the relevant guidelines for the treatment of perioperative pain.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on 501 patients who underwent vascular surgery at the University Hospital Split, Croatia.
A 69-year-old man was admitted after syncope followed with chest pain and signs of cardiac tamponade. He had undergone permanent dual-chamber pacemaker implantation 3 weeks earlier. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) confirmed a pericardial effusion, and urgent pericardial drainage was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In this retrospective study, antipersonnel mine casualties in Southern Croatia from 1991 to 1995 are analyzed and treatment options are discussed.
Methods: Mechanism, degree of injury according to Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury Severity Score (ISS), as well as surgical treatment were analyzed.
Results: Of a 2,693 war trauma population, 422 (15.