BACKGROUND For the diagnosis of asthma in young children, GPs have to rely on history taking and physical examination, as spirometry is not possible. The additional diagnostic value of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) to inhalent allergens remains unclear. AIM To assess the predictive accuracy of specific IgE to cat, dog, and/or house dust mites in young children for the subsequent development...

The paper discusses some of the problems of geology and earth resources management in relation to environmental problems of the technosphere. It deals also with some aspects of environmental monitoring of areas where surveying or mining operations are planned or in progress. 1. Úvod Rast ľudskej populácie a limitované zemské zdroje súvisia aj s otázkami rastu cien nerastných surovín a očakávané...

Bogović, Mile. Glagoljica – bitna odrednica hrvatskog identiteta. Čudesni rast od hrvatskih korijena do svjetskih razmjera. Zagreb: Alfa, 2019.

Pandemija COVID-19 na različite je načine ugrozila mentalno zdravlje ljudi. Neki autori smatraju da predstavlja svojevrsnu kolektivnu traumu, pa očekivano se kod nekih osoba pokreću procesi koji potiču tzv. posttraumatski rast. Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio ispitati i rast nastavnika Univerziteta u Sarajevu jer su suočili s izmijenjenim načinom rada. Ukupno 286 nastavnika, 181 ženskoga 105 muškog...

Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 10 nonallergic donors and 7 patients suffering from seasonal allergic rhinitis and receiving desensitization therapy were analyzed by rosette assays for Fc receptors for IgE (Fc epsilon R) and IgG (Fc gamma R) before, during and after the grass pollen season. Six of seven patients had moderately elevated IgE levels (330 +/- 268 IU/ml), all had high titers of sk...

Background: Allergic reactions to fish are a common cause of food allergy in many areas of the world where fish is a major source of protein. Although different species of fish may be consumed, possible cross-reactivity has received limited investigation. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess potential cross-reactivity to different species of fish species using double-blind, placebo-co...

To identify patterns of clinical history associated with extreme (high or low) probabilities of allergic sensitization in coughing children so as to restrict allergy testing to those with an intermediate probability of sensitization. A total of 752 children, aged 1-4, visiting their GPs for coughing (>or=5 days), were tested for IgE-antibodies to house dust mite, cat and dog [RadioAllergoSorben...

INTRODUCTION Skin testing with major and minor determinants of benzylpenicillin is the recommended standard practice to evaluate subjects with immediate hypersensitivity to betalactams. The withdrawal of these products from the market has set us back to the early days, before the introduction of reagents for in vivo testing. OBJECTIVES To compare a recently released kit of benzylpenicillin co...