Prevention strategies aim to change environmental and lifestyle risk factors that contribute the development of cancer. Screening detects abnormalities before they become clinically apparent, allowing intervention either cancer develops or at an early stage when treatment is most likely be effective. Despite reliable data on reduce neoplasms, in routine clinical practice, effectiveness preventi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study compared the validity, responsiveness, and interrater reliability of 3 mobility measures in stroke patients from the acute stage up to 180 days after stroke onset. The 3 measures were the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI), a modified RMI (MRMI), and the Mobility Subscale of the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement (STREAM). METHODS The validity and respo...

Introduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Biosignal Interpretation: Advanced Methods for Studying Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems”. Objectives: Detect presence of sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) in epochs of 1 min by signal analysis of Holter ECG recordings. Methods: In 121 patients, 140 synchronized polysomnograms (PSGs) and...

AIM To assess the diagnostic value of the risk of malignancy indices and simple ultrasound- based rules in preoperative differentiation of adnexal masses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective examination of 87 patients admitted to hospital due to adnexal tumors. The lesions were evaluated on the basis of international ultrasound classification of ovarian tumors and four risk of malignancy indic...