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Dr. Ilda Ndreko
Nuchal translucency is an ultrasonographic manifestation of the physiological accumulation of fluid in the skin behind the fetal neck during the first trimester of pregnancy. NT increases in fetuses with chromosomal anomalies, cardiac defects, and other genetic syndromes. Screening with NT detects 80% of fetuses with trisomy 21 and aneuploidy...
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Dr. Shk. Artan Haruni
Febrile convulsions are considered the most common type of convulsions in children aged 3 months to 5 years. Convulsions are involuntary shakings of the limbs with body toning. They have been distinguished from other types of convulsions since the mid-19th century. At that time, the treatment consiste...
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Dr. Kozeta Mustafaraj
Cysts are sacs filled with fluid inside or on the surface of the ovary. A woman has 2 ovaries, each of them the size and shape of an almond, located on each side of the uterus. The egg cell develops and matures in the ovary and is released every month in a cyclic manner during the reproductive life...
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Dr. Dukagjin Zeqiraj
The BCG vaccine is a weakened bacterial vaccine, the only one of its kind used in Kosovo. The vaccine is known as BCG based on its contents and the names of those who discovered it: B-Bacillus, C-Calmette, G-Guerin, which prevents or fights Tuberculosis. The vaccine is primarily administered to children, specifically newborns, on the 3rd to 7th day after birth...
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Dr. Ilda Ndreko
Extended pregnancy or post-term is defined as a pregnancy that lasts more than 42 weeks or 294 days, starting from the first day of the last cycle in a woman who has a regular menstrual cycle. When we have the first day of the last uncertain, irregular menstruation, a woman who uses oral contraceptives or who has bleedin...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
There is a belief, “in spring, the blood changes”.
Blood consists of plasma and formed elements of blood ("blood cells"). Plasma consists of 90% water and 10% organic matter: (of which protein 7% and the rest amino acids, lipids, vitamins, hormones, coagulation factors, and various metabolites...
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Dr. Elton Peci
The incidence of multiple pregnancies has been on the rise in recent decades. For example, in the period 1980 – 2005, the incidence of twins in the USA has doubled, while the incidence of triplets has increased 6 times. The first reason is that increasingly more females are planning pregnancy after the age of 30...
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Dr. Ardiana Sinani
Frostbite is a pathology that appears mainly in young ages and in people suffering from poor peripheral blood circulation. Frostbite is a pathology that mainly appears during the winter period when the temperatures are low. Generally, frostbite is mainly localized in hands, feet, ears, nose, and cheeks...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
Leukemia (leucemia, leukosis) represents a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors (neoplasms), with varying degrees of proliferation, differentiation, and cellular maturation, originating from the precursor cells of the blood's formed elements in the Bone Marrow (BM). Leukemia is classified among the "liquid" tumors and differ...
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Altin CEKODHIMA
Gastroesophageal reflux occurs when stomach contents flow back into the esophagus during or after eating. The esophagus is the food tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. The circular muscles at the end of the esophagus open and close to allow food to pass into the stomach...
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