A5041301436- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Data Management and Algorithms
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
University of Ljubljana
2014-2025
Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics
2019
A prospective study was performed to evaluate the impact of surgical decompression (SD) and instrumented fusion within 8 h versus 8-24 after injury on neurological recovery cervical traumatic spinal cord (tSCI) in patients operated UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia. Only with American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grades through C MRI-confirmed compression were enrolled. The primary outcome change AIS grade at 6-month follow-up. Of 48 enrolled patients, 22 who underwent...
This study aimed to establish the incidence, number and location of CPR-related skeletal chest injuries (SCI) investigate influence age, gender, changes in resuscitation guidelines technique resuscitation.We analysed SCI 2148 patients who had undergone for non-traumatic cardiac arrest, as shown by autopsies performed at Institute Forensic Medicine Ljubljana period 2004-2013.External massage caused 86% males 91% females; sternum fractures occurred 59% 79% females, rib 77% 85% females...
Summary: Background: Our aim was to evaluate the prognostic value of detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) and ischaemia-modified albumin (IMA) in predicting all-cause death or non-fatal ischaemic events patients with PAD after endovascular revascularisation lower limbs. Patients methods: who underwent successful for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) disabling intermittent claudication (IC) were prospectively included. Pre-procedural levels hs-cTnI IMA measured,...
Objectives The emergence of mpox outbreaks in non-endemic areas, characterised by human-to-human transmission and unique clinical presentations, poses challenges containment efforts. This study aimed to analyse the 2022 outbreak Slovenia characterise country’s response outbreak. Methods A retrospective, observational analysed all confirmed cases between 1 January 31 December 2023 specific public health measures responses country contain Data were collected from facilities, institutions civil...
Background/Objective: Heart rate variability (HRV) is a key biomarker of autonomic function, linked to morbidity and mortality across various diseases. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) shows therapeutic promise, but its effects on HRV the influence specific parameters remain unclear. This study investigated whether acute taVNS depend combinations frequency pulse width. Methods: Seventy-eight healthy adults participated in seven randomized sessions, each testing one...
We propose a model for network formation and study some of its statistical properties. The motivation the comes from growth several kinds real networks (i.e., kinship trading networks, corporate alliances, autocatalytic chemical reactions). These grow either by establishing closer connections adding links in existing or new nodes. A node these lacks information entire network. In order to establish connection other nodes it starts search neighboring part waits possible feedback distant that...
The paper tries to answer the following question: "How should we treat ordinal data in hierarchical clustering?" question is strongly connected use of questionnaires with scales social sciences. results could help differentiate among answers questions from that be considered as scale variables, those it would better convert ranks and treated nominal variables. To make general several two-dimensional combinations group sizes, shapes differences between their centers were used well one...
The objective of this prospective study was to determine the optimal timing for surgical decompression (SD) in patients with acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (tSCI) within first 24 hours injury.
Background Information on the sequential appearance, duration, and magnitude of clinical laboratory parameters in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is limited. Methods Analysis obtained serially 81 patients HFRS, whom 15 were infected Dobrava virus 66 Puumala virus. Results The initial signs/symptoms, appearing median day 1 illness, fever, headache, myalgia. These present 86%, 65%, 40% had a duration 4, 5.5 days, respectively. signs/symptoms followed by myopia (appearance 5),...
Vaccine breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections necessitating hospitalization have emerged as a relevant problem with longer time interval since vaccination and the predominance of Delta variant. The aim this study was to evaluate association between primary four vaccines authorized for use in European Union-BNT162b2, ChAdOx-1S, mRNA-1273 or Ad.26.COV2.S-and progression critically severe disease (mechanical ventilation death) duration among adult patients PCR-confirmed acute COVID-19 hospitalized...
The arterial wall possesses several functional and structural properties that define health. Once they become impaired, cardiovascular risk increases. We aimed to ascertain the pattern of correlations among different explore their relations traditional factors stratification. To allow such an investigation a middle-aged healthy population was recruited.This cross-sectional study included 100 males (aged 41.9 ± 6.4 years). Pulse wave velocity (PWV), β-stiffness intima-media thickness (IMT)...
Background and aimsPatients with myeloproliferative neoplasms often succumb to cardiovascular events, but little is known on the early stages of their vascular disease. We studied how patients JAK2 V617F positive essential thrombocythemia (ET) without overt atherosclerotic disease differed from control subjects in progression carotid artery stiffness preclinical atherosclerosis.MethodsThirty-six ET 38 age-, gender- Framingham coronary heart (CHD) -matched were examined twice within 4 years....
Many intervention studies assume the stability of heart rate variability (HRV) parameters, and their sample sizes are often small, which can significantly affect conclusions. The aim this study is to assess reliability standard HRV parameters within a single resting session, estimate size required detect minimal clinically important effect an intervention. Heart was recorded in 50 adult healthy subjects for min seated position. Eight were calculated from five evenly spaced 5 intervals....
This paper presents clusters of the world's countries obtained by a novel weighted clustering method. The approach is based on data representations with symbolic descriptions age–sex structures. To obtain similar descriptions, method used which suitable for described discrete distributions. In contrast to classical approach, this allows population each sex be included in process, thereby obtaining representative structure corresponding all contained cluster. Observing over time reveals...
Evidence suggests that monovalent vaccine formulations are less effective against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 than previous variants. In this retrospective cohort study of hospitalized adults with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 during Delta (October–November 2021) and (January–April 2022) variant predominant periods in Slovenia, we assessed association between primary vaccination progression to critically severe disease (mechanical ventilation or death). Compared 529 patients for acute period (median age...
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is characterized by endothelial dysfunction capillary leakage without obvious cytopathology in the endothelium. The aim of study was to analyze kinetics vascular growth factor (VEGF) and its soluble receptor (sVEGFR-2) HFRS patients infected Dobrava (DOBV) or Puumala virus (PUUV). VEGF sVEGFR-2 levels were measured daily plasma urine samples 73 (58 PUUV, 15 DOBV) evaluated relation clinical laboratory variables. In comparison healthy controls,...