Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic was declared on January 30, 2020. disease has rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, reaching Croatia from late February onward, representing a great burden to the national health care system. Our institution’s capacity for emergency neurosurgery adjusted assure adequate degree of protection both patients and medical workforce. Separate COVID-19-free pathway...

The metabolic effects of moderately severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage were investigated in man. Before resuscitation, patients had raised circulating concentrations of glucose, lactate, alanine, glycerol and cortisol. After urgent operation for haemorrhage, metabolite concentrations were similar to those of control patients having elective abdominal surgery, but insulin concentrations were hi...

Catheter ablation is an established treatment modality for ventricular tachycardias (VTs). There is, however, a paucity of data regarding the characteristics and outcomes patients hospitalized elective vs those who underwent urgent VT ablation. To determine baseline in-hospital vs. Patients or were abstracted along with their comorbidities using relevant International Classification Diseases - ...

Method We excluded from the study all patients who underwent emergent or urgent operation for acute aortic syndrome, any aortic surgery distal to innominate artery and patients who had other than innominate artery cannulation (aortic, subclavian/axillary, femoral). The final cohort was consisted of 81 patients who underwent elective ascending aorta replacement alone or with concomitant procedur...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence, morphology, and associated clinical symptoms of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective carotid artery stenting. METHODS In a prospective observational study at a tertiary care centre (university teaching hospital) 444 consecutive patients underwent elective stenting of the carotid artery. Twenty four patients had to be ruled out because of u...

Background. Although the technical success rate of coronary angioplasty in the elderly is high, very old patients have increased risk of procedure-related death and late recurrence of severe angina. We proposed to determine baseline variables that predict early and intermediate-term failure of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients more than 65 so we could effectively...

BACKGROUND In our institution, we have redefined our criteria for direct availability of red blood cell (RBC) units in the operation room. In this study, we sought to evaluate the safety of applying this new logistical policy of blood transfusion in the first preliminary group of patients. METHODS In March 2010, we started a new policy concerning the elective availability of RBC units in the ...

Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis (IPE) is an uncommon clinical entity. We reported 4 cases of IPE without underlying heart diseases that required surgical interventions. Two of the present patients had predisposing factors that included a history of abdominal surgery in Case 1 and intravenous drug abuse in Case 3. All four patients presented with persistent fever together with pulmonary sy...

A large number of patients worldwide receive anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents, collectively known as antithrombotic agents. Several new anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents recently were approved for use. Gastroenterologists may be unfamiliar with the mechanism of action, indications for use, and pharmacokinetics of these newer drugs. In patients undergoing elective and urgent endoscopic...