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Can medical assistants help improve family medicine practices in Croatia? 医疗助理可以帮助改善克罗地亚的家庭医疗实践吗？

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-05

Drago Baković, Vanja Pintarić Japec, Anita Struški, Ino Protrka, Juraj Jug

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The role of miR-145, miR-200c, and miR-21 in distinguishing between hyperplastic and adenomatous colon polyps and colorectal cancer prediction. miR-145、miR-200c和miR-21在区分增生性和腺瘤性结肠息肉以及预测结直肠癌中的作用

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Esra Guzel Tanoglu, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Samet Ebinc, Ismail Yılmaz, Muhammed Fevzi Esen

{"title":"The role of miR-145, miR-200c, and miR-21 in distinguishing between hyperplastic and adenomatous colon polyps and colorectal cancer prediction.","authors":"Esra Guzel Tanoglu, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Samet Ebinc, Ismail Yılmaz, Muhammed Fevzi Esen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To assess whether miRNA expression can be a biomarker for distinguishing between hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps and colon cancer tissues.Methods: The study involved 40 colon adenocarcinoma (CA) tissue samples, 40 low-grade adenomatous (A) polyps, and 40 hyperplastic (HP) polyps. The samples were formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions were used to determine the expression levels of miR-21, miR-200c, and miR-145.Results: miR-145 expression was significantly lower in the CA than in both the A and HP groups (P=0.012 and P=0.004, respectively) and in the A than in the HP group (P=0.028). miR-200c expression was higher in the CA than in the A (P=0.008) and HP groups (P=0.009), while no difference was observed between the A and HP groups (P=0.624). miR-21 showed a stepwise increase across the groups, with the highest levels in the CA, followed by the A and HP groups (P<0.001 for both CA vs A and CA vs HP; P=0.037 for A vs HP).Conclusion: The study revealed dysregulated expression of miR-145 and miR-21 in colon polyps and cancer tissue, showing that these miRNAs may be used to distinguish between hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps and predict colorectal cancer.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"345-351"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12623251/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The misuse of prescription stimulants: between overdiagnosing and malingering. 滥用处方兴奋剂：在过度诊断和装病之间。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Ivana Todorić Laidlaw, Sandra Caratan, Marija Štracak

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The onset inflammatory parameters and the Cobb angle in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study. 青少年特发性脊柱侧凸的发病炎症参数和Cobb角：一项病例对照研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Gülseren Demir Karakılıç, Esra Şahingöz Bakırcı

{"title":"The onset inflammatory parameters and the Cobb angle in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study.","authors":"Gülseren Demir Karakılıç, Esra Şahingöz Bakırcı","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To investigate the association between early inflammatory markers: neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR) and the Cobb angle in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).Methods: This multicenter case-control study (2017-2024) enrolled 419 patients with AIS (Cobb angle >10°) and 381 age- and sex-matched controls (Cobb angle 0°). We collected demographic data, curve characteristics, and laboratory parameters (white blood cells [WBC], NLR, MLR, PLR, and CAR) at the time of initial diagnosis, before treatment initiation or infection. The Cobb angle was measured by two independent radiologists blinded to clinical data.Results: Compared with controls, AIS patients had significantly higher WBC, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte counts, CRP, NLR, and CAR, and lower platelets, PLR, and calcium levels (all P<0.05). CAR and NLR values increased with greater Cobb angle. In contrast, mean platelet volume did not differ between the groups.Conclusion: This is the first study to evaluate CAR in AIS, demonstrating its significant association with the Cobb angle, alongside NLR and MLR. As inexpensive and readily available markers, CAR and NLR may help in diagnosing AIS, but their role in risk stratification and disease monitoring requires confirmation in future prospective studies.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"352-359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12623253/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact of Croatia's 2013 Primary Care Payment Reform: an exploratory case study of a rural family practitioner group practice. 克罗地亚2013年初级保健支付改革的影响：一个农村家庭医生群体实践的探索性案例研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Tatjana Prenđa Trupec, Milena Pavlova, Tetiana Chernysh, Wim Groot

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The ejaculate obtained on the morning of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (m-TESE) or m-TESE itself in repeated intracytoplasmic sperm injection failure due to severe male infertility? A retrospective study. 是显微解剖睾丸精子提取术（m-TESE）早晨获得的射精，还是重度男性不育症反复胞浆内单精子注射失败的m-TESE本身？回顾性研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Sule Atalay Mert, Mustafa Ozturk, Tugba Kinay, Ulaş Fidan, Ozhan Ozdemir, Turgay Ebiloglu, Cem Korkmaz, Seyit Temel Ceyhan

{"title":"The ejaculate obtained on the morning of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (m-TESE) or m-TESE itself in repeated intracytoplasmic sperm injection failure due to severe male infertility? A retrospective study.","authors":"Sule Atalay Mert, Mustafa Ozturk, Tugba Kinay, Ulaş Fidan, Ozhan Ozdemir, Turgay Ebiloglu, Cem Korkmaz, Seyit Temel Ceyhan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To compare intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes between oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (OAT) men with recurrent assisted reproductive technology (ART) failures who underwent ICSI using sperm from the ejaculate on the day of a planned microdissection testicular sperm extraction (m-TESE) vs sperm obtained via m-TESE.Methods: We reviewed the outcomes of men who underwent ICSI using either ejaculate or m-TESE due to OAT and recurrent ART failure at the Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, between November 2016 and January 2024. The study enrolled 172 men: 66 men in the ejaculate group and 106 in the m-TESE group. All patients had fewer sperm parameters in two subsequent semen analyses.Results: The groups did not significantly differ in terms of female (P=0.631) or male (P=0.655) age. Sperm was obtained from 76/106 men in the m-TESE group (69.81%). The embryo transfer rate on day three was significantly higher in the m-TESE group (32.2% vs 8.3%; P=0.003), whereas, on day five, it was significantly higher in the ejaculate group (61.7% vs 37.9%; P=0.015). The ejaculate group had significantly higher overall pregnancy rates (59.1% vs 33%; P=0.001) and overall live birth rates (37.9% vs 22.6%; P=0.031).Conclusion: In recurrent ICSI failure, the reproductive success of ejaculate was higher than that of m-TESE. If it contains motile spermatozoa, the ejaculate before m-TESE could be considered even in severe OAT patients with two or more ART/ICSI failures.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"367-375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12623257/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Personality traits and medical specialty preference among medical students and graduates: a scoping review. 医学生和毕业生的人格特征与医学专业偏好：一项范围综述。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Antonia Peroš, Nensi Bralić, Ivan Buljan

{"title":"Personality traits and medical specialty preference among medical students and graduates: a scoping review.","authors":"Antonia Peroš, Nensi Bralić, Ivan Buljan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To review the available research on the association between personality traits and specialty choice.Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE, ERIC, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Web of Science was performed in June 2022 and updated on August 18, 2025. Studies were eligible if they examined the association between personality traits and specialty choice among medical students and graduates using validated psychological tests. The protocol was registered at the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/su6md). Screening, eligibility assessment, and data extraction were performed independently by two reviewers.Results: A total of 9212 articles were retrieved, of which 61 met the inclusion criteria. Considerable heterogeneity in study design, instruments used, and outcomes assessed precluded quantitative synthesis. Most studies indicated associations between personality traits and specialty choice, although findings were inconsistent. Surgery was the most frequently assessed specialty, with several studies reporting higher impulsivity, higher extraversion, higher openness to new experiences, and a lower desire to work with people among students choosing surgery. Psychiatry, internal medicine, and family medicine were also frequently examined, but associations varied across studies. Methodological limitations were common, including reliance on cross-sectional designs, inconsistent measurement tools, and underreporting of psychometric properties.Conclusion: Evidence suggests a relationship between personality traits and specialty choice; however, this evidence remains weak due to methodological shortcomings. Future studies should apply standardized measurements for both personality traits and specialty choice, with larger and more diverse samples.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"321-333"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12631570/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adherence to denosumab therapy and fracture risk associated with drug withdrawal: a retrospective study. 依从地诺单抗治疗与停药相关的骨折风险：一项回顾性研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Hande Özdemir, Nur Kakilli, Filiz Tuna, Buket Yılmaz Bülbül, Mehmet Çelik, Selçuk Korkmaz, Derya Demirbağ Kabayel

{"title":"Adherence to denosumab therapy and fracture risk associated with drug withdrawal: a retrospective study.","authors":"Hande Özdemir, Nur Kakilli, Filiz Tuna, Buket Yılmaz Bülbül, Mehmet Çelik, Selçuk Korkmaz, Derya Demirbağ Kabayel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To assess the prevalence of fragility fractures after denosumab discontinuation and to identify the factors affecting treatment adherence.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 3876 osteoporosis patients who were treated with denosumab at Trakya University Osteoporosis Clinic between 2015 and 2021. A total of 210 patients who received at least two regular doses of denosumab were eligible for inclusion. Patients were categorized as denosumab-adherent and denosumab-non-adherent. Adherence was defined as receiving the six-month scheduled dose with a maximum delay of up to eight weeks.Results: Overall, 124 (59.05%) patients were denosumab-adherent and 86 patients (40.95%) were denosumab-non-adherent. New fragility fractures were identified in 32 patients: 17 in the denosumab-adherent group and 15 in the denosumab-non-adherent group. The groups did not significantly differ in the risk or types of new fractures, irrespective of patients' fracture history.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that some fractures after denosumab discontinuation may stem from the natural progression of osteoporosis rather than from the rebound effect. Still, unscheduled treatment discontinuation should be prevented.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"334-344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12623255/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mortality of female and male Croatian Olympic athletes: a 1948-2016 cohort study. 克罗地亚奥运会男女运动员死亡率：1948-2016年队列研究

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Vedran Radonić, Mario Šekerija, Marijan Erceg, Ivana Jurin, Irzal Hadžibegović, Miran Martinac, Tomislav Letilović

{"title":"Mortality of female and male Croatian Olympic athletes: a 1948-2016 cohort study.","authors":"Vedran Radonić, Mario Šekerija, Marijan Erceg, Ivana Jurin, Irzal Hadžibegović, Miran Martinac, Tomislav Letilović","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To compare the overall mortality of Croatian male and female Olympic athletes who represented Yugoslavia or Croatia in the Olympic Games from 1948 to 2016 with the mortality of the general Croatian population standardized by age, sex, and time period.Methods: Overall mortality analysis included 652 male and 158 female Olympians. The cause-specific analysis included 642 male Olympians; due to the small sample size, this analysis was not possible for female Olympians. Information on causes of death was obtained from specialized registers of countries where deaths occurred, if available. Alternatively, data were obtained by interviews with families or acquaintances of the deceased, based on the World Health Organization verbal autopsy principles. Croatian general population mortality data were obtained from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics and World Health Organization's databases. Overall and disease-specific standardized mortality ratios (SMR) were calculated.Results: At the endpoint of the study, 2 female and 142 male Olympians had died. Overall mortality was lower for women (SMR 0.23; P=0.013) and men (SMR 0.56; P<0.001) compared with the general population. Male Olympians had significantly reduced mortality from cardiovascular (SMR 0.51; P<0.001), neoplastic (SMR 0.55; P<0.001), respiratory (SMR 0.24; P=0.003), and digestive (SMR 0.42; P=0.015) causes of death.Conclusions: Croatian male and female Olympians experience reduced overall mortality compared with the Croatian general population. Croatian male Olympians have reduced cardiovascular, neoplastic, digestive, and respiratory mortalities compared with the Croatian general population.","PeriodicalId":10796,"journal":{"name":"Croatian Medical Journal","volume":"66 5","pages":"309-320"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12623252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145457649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prevalence and impact of workplace violence against healthcare workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那，针对保健工作者的工作场所暴力的普遍程度和影响。

IF 2.3 4区医学

Croatian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-31

Vedad Herenda, Elvedina Žiga, Dženana Hrlović

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