Klinički Bolnički Centar Split

Intestinal Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting as an Acute Surgical Abdomen in Children: A Case Series

Intestinal mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) is the most common pediatric gastrointestinal lymphoma, but presentation as acute mechanical bowel obstruction remains rare and still challenging. Evidence guiding emergency surgical management in children is limited to small...

Association of Cognitive Function and Water Polo Exposure with Sports Injuries in Youth Water Polo Players

Background: Water polo is a sport that combines substantial physical contact with high cognitive demands, exposing athletes to sports-related injuries, including head and orofacial trauma. This study investigated associations between cognitive performance, cumulative water polo e...

Biventricular vs conduction system pacing after atrioventricular node ablation for heart failure with atrial fibrillation: the CONDUCT-AF trial.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Randomized evidence comparing conduction system pacing (CSP) and biventricular pacing (BVP) following atrioventricular node ablation in patients with refractory atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) remains limited. This study evaluated whether CSP...

A Critical Methodological Review of Clinical Scores, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models for the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis

Background/Objectives: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of childhood, yet its diagnosis remains difficult because presentations are atypical, inflammatory markers are nonspecific, and the consequences of error run in both directions, from negative appendec...