[Nobel Prize in Medicine for the Pioneers of MR Imaging]
MARTOS János
DECEMBER 20, 2003
Lege Artis Medicinae - 2003;13(08)
MARTOS János
DECEMBER 20, 2003
Lege Artis Medicinae - 2003;13(08)
Lege Artis Medicinae
[The relentless increase of patients with kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy has been documented world-wide. Recently, diabetic renal diseases has become the major cause of end-stage renal disease in the United States and in western Europe and is forecasted to become the most frequent cause of end-stage renal disease in Hungary. The most common renal lesion in type 1 as well as in type 2 diabetes is diabetic nephropathy. However, in the last few years numerous studies have demonstrated that there is a difference between patients with type 1 and those with type 2 diabetes in the expression and frequency of their renal disease. In type 1 diabetes a histological examination should only be made when a patient has features atypical of diabetic nephropathy and the indications of renal biopsy are well known. At the same time there is no agreement on renal biopsy indications in type 2 diabetes. In this review, we will summarise the characteristic features of diabetic nephropathy and other kidney alterations in the diabetic patient. Furthermore, we will raise the question of the renal biopsy indications and the more extensive use of the renal biopsy in type 2 diabetic patients for more effective prevention and treatment strategies.]
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Lege Artis Medicinae
[Atherosclerosis and hypertension are the leading etiological factors in the pathogenesis of cerebral hemorrhage. With old age though, several other factors may appear of which cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is of major importance. This condition is characterized by the deposition of β-amyloid in the leptomeningeal vessels as well as in the small and medium sized arteries of the cerebral cortex and it is not associated with systemic amyloidosis. This pathological protein is also seen in the brains of otherwise healthy older individuals and may also appear in other diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Down-syndrome, vascular malformations, spongiform encephalopathy and dementia pugilistica. The condition may be asymptomatic but it may also cause cerebral hemorrhage, dementia or various transient neurological symptoms. Most cases are sporadic, but familial subtypes have also been described.]
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[The aim of the authors was to overview the different forms of diffuse interstitial lung disease based on newly established radiological (HRCT) pattern and histopathological analysis beyond the clinical picture. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is emphasized having also historical importance and possible therapeutic antifibrotic interventions are discussed as well.]
Clinical Neuroscience
Far lateral lumbar disc herniations (FLDH) consist approximately 0.7-12% of all lumbar disc herniations. Compared to the more common central and paramedian lumbar disc herniations, they cause more severe and persistent radicular pain due to direct compression of the nerve root and dorsal root ganglion. In patients who do not respond to conservative treatments such as medical treatment and physical therapy, and have not developed neurological deficits, it is difficult to decide on surgical treatment because of the nerve root damage and spinal instability risk due to disruption of facet joint integrity. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) on the improvement of both pain control and functional capacity in patients with FLDH. A total of 37 patients who had radicular pain caused by far lateral disc herniation which is visible in their lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, had no neurological deficit and did not respond to conservative treatment, were included the study. TFESI was applied to patients by preganglionic approach. Pre-treatment Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores of the patients were compared with the 3rd week, 3rd month and 6th month scores after the procedure. The mean initial VAS score was 8.63 ± 0.55, while it was 3.84 ± 1.66, 5.09 ± 0.85, 4.56 ± 1.66 at the 3rd week, 3rd month and 6th month controls, respectively. This decrease in the VAS score was found statistically significant (p = 0.001). ODI score with baseline mean value of 52.38 ± 6.84 was found to be 18.56 ± 4.95 at the 3rd week, 37.41 ± 14.1 at the 3rd month and 34.88 ± 14.33 at the 6th month. This downtrend of patient’s ODI scores was found statistically significant (p = 0.001). This study has demonstrated that TFESI is an effective method for gaining increased functional capacity and pain control in the treatment of patients who are not suitable for surgical treatment with radicular complaints due to far lateral lumbar disc hernia.
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[Invasive investigations show that in two-thirds of patients the myocardial ischaemia persists without obstructive coronary disease and any other heart conditions (INOCA). The underlying cause may be microvascular dysfunction (CMD) with consecutive microvascular coronary disease (MVD) and microvascular or epicardial vasospastic angina (MVA). The modern practice of clinical cardiology while using the developed non-invasive cardiac imaging permits exact measuring of the coronary flow with its characteristic indices. All of these improve the diagnosing of CMD-induced myocardial ischemia and provide opportunity to determine primary MVD cases. Since the recognition and treatment of MVD is significantly underrepresented in the Hungarian medical care, the primary stable microvascular angina (MVA) is described in detail below with its modern invasive and non-invasive differential diagnosis and treatment, concerning especially its frequency provoked by high blood pressure and female coronary heart diseases. There are highlighted all recommended diagnostic procedures available under domestic conditions.]
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[Hungarian professional periodicals started quite late in European context. Their publishing, editing and editorial philosophy were equally influenced by specific historical and political situations. Certain breaking points of history resulted in termination of professional journals (War of Independence 1848-1849, First and Second World Wars), however there were periods, which instigated the progress of sciences and founding of new scientific journals. Both trends were apparent in years after the fall of former Hungarian regime in 1990. The structure of book and journal publishing has changed substantially, some publishers fell “victim” others started successfully as well. The latters include the then-established publishing house Literatura Medica and its own scientific journal, Lege Artis Medicinae (according to its subtitle: New Hungarian Medical Herald) issued first in 1990. Its appearance enhanced significantly the medical press market. Its scientific publications compete with articles of the well-established domestic medical journals however its philosophy set brand-new trends on the market. Concerning the medical community, it takes on its problems and provides a forum for them. These problems are emerging questions in health care, economy and prevention, in close interrelation with system of public health institutions, infrastructure and situation of those providing individual health services. In all of them, Lege Artis Medicinae follows consequently the ideas of traditional social medicine.]
Lege Artis Medicinae
[Three decades ago, LAM was launched with the goal of providing scientific information about medicine and its frontiers. From the very beginning, LAM has also concerned a special subject area while connecting medicine with the world of art. In the palette of medical articles, it remained a special feature to this day. The analysis of the history of LAM to date was performed using internationally accepted publication guidelines and scientific databases as a pledge of objectivity. We examined the practice of LAM if it meets the main criteria, the professional expectations of our days, when publishing contents of the traditional printed edition and its electronic version. We explored the visibility of articles in the largest bibliographic and scientific metric databases, and reviewed the LAM's place among the Hungarian professional journals. Our results show that in recent years LAM has gained international reputation despite publishing in Hungarian spoken by a few people. This is due to articles with foreign co-authors as well as references to LAM in articles written exclusively by foreign researchers. The journal is of course full readable in the Hungarian bibliographic databases, and its popularity is among the leading ones. The great virtue of the journal is the wide spectrum of the authors' affiliation, with which they cover almost completely the Hungarian health care institutional system. The special feature of its columns is enhanced by the publication of writings on art, which may increase Hungarian and foreign interest like that of medical articles.]
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Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
[Correlations Between Burnout and Socio-demographic and Workplace Related Factors Among Health-care Workers During The Covid-19 Pandemics]5.
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Clinical Neuroscience
[COVID-19 with strange hallucinations and focal EEG abnormalities: Two case reports]2.
Clinical Neuroscience
[The peak latency prolongation of the blink reflex in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia of Meckel’s cave mass ]3.
Clinical Neuroscience
A case study of acute oropharyngeal palsy concomitant with diabetic ketoacidosis4.
Clinical Neuroscience
[Telecare in Parkinson’s disease: A nationwide survey among Hungarian neurologists ]
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