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Gunshot wounds to the neck and viscerocranium are currently rare and are most often associated with violence, suicide attempts or improper handling of weapons. Although airguns have lower projectile velocity and lower penetrating power, they can still cause serious damage to the body and organs. A particularly dangerous area is the head and neck due to the complex and compact anatomical structure. In this paper, we present a case of a patient with multiple airgun wounds from a pellet gun as a result of a suicide attempt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abdominal hernia (hernia abdominalis) is the displacement of organs outside the body cavity, where they should be. Patients with a large abdominal hernia undergo repair procedures. Before the procedure it is advisable to undertake preparatory physiotherapy, which reduces the risk of respiratory failure and improves the patient's general fitness. The physiotherapy includes, among others, spirometry, approximate assessment of respiratory efficiency, 6-minute walking test, respiratory physiotherapy, and general fitness exercises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Coronaviridae family includes the seven known human coronaviruses (HCoV) that cause mild to moderate respiratory infections (HCo-V-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1) as well as severe illness and death (MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2). Severe infections induce inflammatory responses that are often intensified by host adaptive immune pathways. Proinflammatory responses are triggered by CoV entry mediated by host cell surface receptors. Interestingly, four of the seven strains use cell surface metallopeptidases as receptors. The entry receptors for specific coronaviruses are: aminopeptidase N (AP-N), dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) for HCoV-229E, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV2, respectively. In addition, these receptors perform many physiological functions, including the regulation of the circulatory and immune systems. Coronavirus receptors are also highly expressed in human tissues and organs (intestines, kidneys, heart, lungs). Additionally, some cytokines, chemokines, and other proteins and immune cells influence the modulation of the expression of coronavirus receptors. This review presents the biological role of receptor proteins in the regulation of human physiological systems, the impact of the immune response on susceptibility to coronavirus infections, and the potential effects of glucocorticosteroids (GCS) and specific allergen immunotherapy (AIT) used in the treatment of asthma and allergy on the suscpetibility to coronaviral infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The establishment of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Maribor (MF UM) has had an influence on changes in the library activity at the University of Maribor (UM). In the beginning the library activity for the newly established faculty was implemented by the University Library of Maribor (UML), later the faculty has established its own central library MF UM. The purpose of this research is primarily to determine the formation, the role, the meaning and evaluation of the newly introduced special library collections at the UML and the MF UM library such as A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body. The two collections were formed due to the needs of the study process in the field of medicine at the University of Maribor. We present and analyse the usage of collections in a specific period, with indicators "library collection turnover rate" and "loan to a potential user", to enable overwiew of usage of the Dr. Zora Janžekovič Room in the UML and the loan of A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body at the MF UM. With acquired results we wish to confirm the usability of both collections, the justification of investment in management and the need for their further formation. Methodology/approach: For the evaluation of usefulness of library collections we collected statistical data on the usage of A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body in the UML and in the MF UM library through various periods. Data on the usage of the collection in the UML was collected on the basis of annual reports on the work of the UML for the years 2004 to 2006, documentation Records of usage of anatomy study room between the years 2006 and 2011 and from data collection of software C3 -Loan where the usage of inventory and chairs has been recorded in the Dr. Zora Janžekovič Room since 2018 onwards. We also gathered the data on loan of the collection at the MF UM library from reccords of C3-Loan module, since already from the establishment of the mentioned collection the loan of models has been recorded in this way. We calculated two indicators: Library collection turnover rate and Loan of a potential user, with which we facilitated the comparability of results. Results: We found out that both collections reach high values of use or loan, which justifies purchase, processing and further development, and that collections have no essential fluctuations in usage. We also found out that in temporal distribution of users or loan of the collection two peaks stand out: the first in spring and the second in autumn months. Research limitation: Limitation of our research is a fact that both libraries collect different data for the usage of special collections. Originality/practical implications: We wanted to examine the justification of the establishment of both library collections of anatomical models which were introduced on the basis of medical study needs. With the obtained results we wish to complete and improve library services in the future. Thus we conducted the first research which deals with the justification, usability and historical development of special collections in Slovenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theis article considers an important aspects of the account of corporeality originally outlined by Hans-Eduard Hengstenberg, namely its relation to the animal organism. Contrary to the currently dominant naturalistic tendency, the German thinker shows the human body as not only quantitatively but also qualitatively different from the animal organism. To this end, Hengstenberg employs the principle of objectivity, which co-determines the human body and its organs and makes them essentially different from their animal counterparts. Man has a body whereas the animal is just an organism. Due to man's specific ability to perform acts of a factual nature, the human spirit enables the body to perform two functions: biological (common to the animal world) and of an inorganic type. Human flesh should be considered in the physical sense and as an expression of the spirit. Hengstenberg developed his account on this issue from both a phenomenological and a metaphysical standpoint. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autoimmunological diseases pose a serious challenge for the contemporary medicine, especially paediatrics, because of the increasing morbidity and the protracted character of these cases. In genetically predisposed people, and with impaired regulation of the immune system due to different environmental factors, formation of auto antibodies against cellular antigens of own tissues and organs can be observed. Autoimmunological diseases can spread over all the organs and they frequently occur in characteristic clinical configurations - complexes. The celiac disease, auto immunological thyroid disease and type I diabetes appear most frequently in the developmental age population at the same time as the diseases of the immunological etiology. Despite of a long research directed at the co-existence of the mentioned above diseases, there is still no common standard for screening of risk groups, and among them children with type I diabetes. The paper shows modem views on the etiopathogenesis of auto immunological illnesses co-existing with type I diabetes among children, the occurrence, as well as the therapeutic and diagnostic schemes recommended in different countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]