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Clinics and Practice, Volume 14, Issue 3

June 2024 - 42 articles

Cover Story: This cross-sectional study, which assessed the patterns of presentation of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Kosovo, included 7353 patients admitted with acute MI over a period of 7 years. Among them, 59.4% had ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and 40.6% had non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI). The results of this study showed that, in Kosovo, STEMI is more common than NSTEMI; the study also indicated that STEMI was more frequently found in males and people with diabetes, hypertension and a family history for CAD compared to those with NSTEMI. Smoking and high triglycerides proved to be the strongest predictors of acute STEMI in Kosovo, thus highlighting the urgent need for optimum atherosclerosis risk control and education strategies. View this paper
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Articles (42)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,505 Views
11 Pages

Computer-Guided Evaluation of the Use of Two Different Devices in the Reduction of Inferior Tooth Crowding

  • Sara Di Nicolantonio,
  • Maria Ausilia D’Angelo,
  • Davide Pietropaoli,
  • Annalisa Monaco and
  • Eleonora Ortu

20 June 2024

Objective: Lower tooth crowding is considered one of the most common malocclusions in growing patients and due to the potential complications associated with it, it is recommended to intercept this condition as soon as possible. The purpose of this p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,136 Views
14 Pages

Anesthesia Medication’s Impacts on Inflammatory and Neuroendocrine Immune Response in Patients Undergoing Digestive Endoscopy

  • Denisa-Ancuța Popa-Ion,
  • Lidia Boldeanu,
  • Dan-Ionuț Gheonea,
  • Madalina Maria Denicu,
  • Mihail Virgil Boldeanu and
  • Luminița Cristina Chiuțu

18 June 2024

The aim of this study was to explore the impact of anesthetic drugs currently used to perform lower digestive endoscopy on serum concentrations of inflammation markers and catecholamines. We selected 120 patients and divided them into three lots of 4...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,573 Views
12 Pages

Perceived Orthodontic Needs and Attitudes towards Early Evaluation and Interventions: A Survey-Based Study among Parents of Italian School-Aged Children

  • Federica Di Spirito,
  • Davide Cannatà,
  • Valentina Schettino,
  • Marzio Galdi,
  • Rosaria Bucci and
  • Stefano Martina

18 June 2024

(1) Background: Parents’ awareness of malocclusion and their attitude towards early evaluation and interventions influence children’s orthodontic management. This cross-sectional study investigates factors that affect the perceived orthod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,581 Views
10 Pages

Smoking and Hypertriglyceridemia Predict ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Kosovo Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Afrim Poniku,
  • Arlind Batalli,
  • Dua Shita,
  • Zarife Rexhaj,
  • Arlind Ferati,
  • Rita Leka,
  • Artan Bajraktari,
  • Genc Abdyli,
  • Edmond Haliti and
  • Gani Bajraktari
  • + 5 authors

17 June 2024

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI), presented as ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI), is influenced by atherosclerosis risk factors. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the patterns of presentation of pat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,812 Views
12 Pages

A Modern Diagnostic Procedure—The Introduction of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Romanian Emergency Physicians’ Daily Routine

  • George-Catalin Bouros,
  • Tudor Ovidiu Popa,
  • Paul Lucian Nedelea,
  • Emilian Manolescu,
  • Anca Haisan,
  • Iulia Roca,
  • Petruta Morosanu,
  • Alexandra Hauta,
  • Gabriela Grigorasi and
  • Diana Cimpoesu

14 June 2024

Background: Emergency medicine in Romania has developed fast since inception. The need for faster diagnostic capabilities due to the high workload pre- and in-hospital made point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) a logical next step. The advantages of POCUS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,020 Views
14 Pages

Development of the Home Environmental Scale of Accessibility Instrument for Spain

  • Estíbaliz Jiménez-Arberas,
  • Gemma Ruíz Varela,
  • Feliciano Francisco Ordoñez Fernández and
  • María Isabel Fernández Méndez

12 June 2024

Background: Universal accessibility is one of the most active lines of intervention for people with disabilities and older adults. This accessibility has become a topic of growing interest regarding home access and use. Therefore, the main objective...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,336 Views
13 Pages

Renal Vein Thrombosis Secondary to Pyelonephritis: Targeting a Thrombo-Inflammatory Entity

  • Dimitris Kounatidis,
  • Vasileios Papadimitropoulos,
  • Natalia Vallianou,
  • Aikaterini Poulaki,
  • Krystalia Dimitriou,
  • Ioanna Tsiara,
  • Konstantinos Avramidis,
  • Alexandra Alexopoulou and
  • Dimitrios Vassilopoulos

9 June 2024

Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is a relatively uncommon condition that is most frequently observed in individuals with nephrotic syndrome. While rare, pyelonephritis (PN) may serve as a predisposing factor for secondary RVT. In such cases, one should co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,680 Views
10 Pages

Association of Postoperative Serum Lactate Levels with Acute Kidney Injury in Mexican Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

  • Héctor-Enrique Flores-Salinas,
  • Anahí de Jesús Zambada-Gamboa,
  • Texali-Candelaria Garcia-Garduño,
  • Guillermo Rodríguez-Zavala,
  • Yeminia Valle,
  • Juan-Carlos Chávez-Herrera,
  • Porfirio-Eduardo Martinez-Gutierrez,
  • Arturo Godinez-Flores,
  • Salvador Jiménez-Limón and
  • Jorge-Ramón Padilla-Gutiérrez

7 June 2024

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a highly prevalent and a critical complication of cardiac surgery (CS). Serum lactate (sLac) levels have consistently shown an association with morbimortality after CS. We performed a cross-sectional study including 264 a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,356 Views
15 Pages

Unravelling Quality of Life for Head and Neck Cancer Patients after VMAT Radiation Therapy: Insights from Toxicity, Dosimetry and Symptoms Correlation

  • Panagiota Kiafi,
  • Maria Anthi Kouri,
  • Georgios Patatoukas,
  • Andromachi Kougioumtzopoulou,
  • Marina Chalkia,
  • Ourania Nicolatou-Galitis,
  • Vassilis Kouloulias,
  • Efthimios Kyrodimos and
  • Kalliopi Platoni

6 June 2024

(1) Background: Head and neck cancer treatment, including advanced techniques like Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), presents challenges for maintaining patient quality of life (QoL). Thus, thoroughly investigating how radiation therapy (RT) a...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,492 Views
9 Pages

Case Report: The Rehabilitation of a Patient with Acute Transverse Myelitis after COVID-19 Vaccination

  • Piotr Niebrzydowski,
  • Małgorzata Kusiak-Kaczmarek,
  • Jarosław Tomaszewski,
  • Maciej Gmiński and
  • Dominika Szalewska

6 June 2024

We report the case of a 55-year-old man with multi-symptomatic transverse myelitis after vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient was diagnosed based on the course of the disease and the results of imaging and laboratory t...

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