Benign, atypical, or malignant chondroid syringoma (mixed tumor of the skin) have almost identical clinical presentation with similar histological features, except for infiltrative growth, and perineural and vascular invasion in the malignant type. Tumors with borderline features are described as atypical chondroid syringoma. Immunohistochemical profiles in all three types are similar, with the the main difference in the expression of the p16 stain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To assess the differences in the way how Slovenian and Croatian health care professionals (HCPs) confront ethical dilemmas and perceive the role of hospital ethics committees (HECs).
Methods: This cross-sectional, survey-based study involved HCPs from three Slovenian and five Croatian university medical centers (UMC). The final sample sizes were 308 (244 or 79.
Hospital healthcare service quality measurement represents an important approach for advancing healthcare systems. This paper presents preliminary results of a research on the quality of healthcare services provided by a large, public, university hospital centre in Croatia, based on the Gaps Model of Service Quality and the SERVQUAL instrument. The importance of particular service quality dimensions was analyzed, as well as the gaps between patient perceptions and expectations of healthcare services provided by 18 departments of the university hospital centre.
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