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: Ego defense mechanisms are subconscious processes that help individuals cope with stressors from both external and internal realities. They are divided into three levels based on their adaptive function. Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis are those who have been treated with this method for longer than three months.

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The band count imprecision - a Croatian multicentric pilot study.

Biochem Med (Zagreb)

June 2024

Working Group for Laboratory Hematology of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.

Introduction: Due to high inter-observer variability the 2015 International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) recommendations state to count band neutrophils as segmented neutrophils in the white blood cell (WBC) differential. However, the inclusion of bands as a separate cell entity within the WBC differential is still widely used in hematology laboratories in Croatia. The aim of this multicentric study was to assess the degree of inter-observer variability in enumerating band neutrophils within the WBC differential among Croatian laboratories.

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  • * During the outbreak, tests were conducted on 246 patients for neuroinvasive and febrile diseases, confirming WNV cases across ten counties and indicating new areas affected by human cases for the first time.
  • * Phylogenetic analyses indicated the circulation of WNV lineage 2, and testing of horses and poultry showed the presence of WNV antibodies, alongside the detection of viral RNA in local birds and mosquitoes, emphasizing the need for ongoing 'One Health' surveillance.
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Lyme borreliosis is a vector-borne infectious disease characterized by three disease stages. In the areas endemic for borreliosis, every acute facial palsy indicates serologic testing and implies specific approach to the disease. Th e aim of the study was to identify and confirm the value of acoustic refl ex and House-Brackman (HB) grading scale as prognostic indicators of facial palsy in neuroborreliosis.

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The aim of this retrospective study is to present the incidence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) in Brod-Posavina and Požega-Slavonia counties in 2010 along with an analysis of post-operative complications. The research was carried out at orthopaedic departments in three hospital institutions, "Dr. Josip Benčević "Slavonski Brod General Hospital, the Nova Gradiška General Hospital and the Požega General County Hospital.

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