QUETIAPINE POISONING ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME, RHABDOMYOLYSIS AND RENAL FAILURE: A CASE REPORT Željko Ninčević, Davor Lasić, Trpimir Glavina, Marijana Mikačić, Mladen Carev & Kristian Podrug Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia D...

Despite the availability of numerous evidence-based smoking prevention and cessation programs, many countries are still not implementing these research-proven programs. The primary aim of this paper is to summarize the extent to which evidence-based smoking control programs have been implemented in Croatia over the last two decades. Data from the systematic reviews of the Cochrane Tobacco Addic...

QUETIAPINE IN MANAGEMENT OF MANIC SYMPTOMS IN PATIENT WITH HEART TRANSPLANTATION – A CASE REPORT Tomislav Franić, Tonći Kero, Josip Katić, Darko Marčinko & Marijo Bilušić Department of Psychiatry, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Seton Hall Universit...

1 Department of Dental anthropology, School of Dental medicine, university of Zagreb, Zagreb, croatia; 2 Department of Dental medicine, university hospital centre Zagreb, Zagreb, croatia; 3 School of medicine, university of Split, Split, croatia; 4 Faculty of medicine, university of prishtina, prishtina, Kosova; 5 Department of conservative Dentistry and endodontics, medical university of lubli...

1. The elections held in the Croatian Danube Region on April 17, 1997, represent a historic turning point for the Republic of Croatia. All that is now left for the new Transitional Administration, is to ensure the technical aspects of the transfer of authority to the democratically elected bodies, thus placing even the last part of Croatian territory under the effective control of the Croatian ...

during the croatian homeland war in 1991, the capacitor batteries of the zadar electric powersubstation (ts 110/35 kv) were damaged, resulting in the severe pollution of the soil with polychlorinatedbiphenyls (pcbs). due to porosity of karstic soil pcbs represent great environmental and human health risksthat need some action. the polluted soil was collected and an experimental field was formed...

Opportunistic screening based on the Pap smear has been undertaken in Croatia since 1953. However, cervical cancer remains an important health problem in Croatia when compared to European countries with organised screening programmes. In Croatia, in addition to screening based on well established cytology, Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is widely used as secondary test as a triage to border...

Despite the differences in organizational level and training of the new generation of family physicians general practice between the United Kingdom and Croatia shows many similarities. This article highlights some of these similarities and differences. It is written after a visit to the Family Medicine Department at School of Public Health "Andrija Stampar" and observations in various clinics i...

The aim of this population based neuroepidemiological study was to establish the real incidence rates of acute cerebrovascular disease (CVD): stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the Republic of Croatia. Multicentric study included 89 501 persons of all ages in four regional centres in Croatia: Zagreb, Osijek + Slavonski Brod, Rijeka and Split. The following incidence rates of stroke, ...