From President Mihaela Šogorić, HAE Croatia

HAE Croatia successfully organized the second assembly and annual meeting with doctors on 14-15 May 2022. The meeting began with the submission of the financial report on the work of the Association in 2021. The agenda, plan, and program for 2022 have been successfully adopted. 

At the end of the assembly, seven doctors presented lectures on these topics:

  • Prof. Primarius Asja Stipić Marković, MD, Ph.D.: “How inheritance from parents causes swelling of the head and body”
  • Primarius Ljerka Karadža Lapić, MD, Ph.D.: ”HAE – gender differences” and “The importance of treating acute HAE attacks”
  • Daniel Šimac, MD: “HAE during pregnancy”
  • Ana Marija Masle, MD: “Acquired deficiency of C1 inhibitors”
  • Primarius Marko Barešić, MD, PhD: “Short-term prophylaxis of HAE”
  • Boris Karanović, MD: “Experiences of the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb in the treatment of acute attacks”
  • Assist. prof. Draško Cikojević, MD, PhD: “Long-term prophylaxis of HAE”

In anticipation of hae day :-) 2022, our member Ante Prgin with his band El Gato organized a concert in the Šibenik Azimut during which members of HAE Croatia distributed information leaflets to raise awareness.

15 May 2022, the meeting continued with a lecture from Assist. prof. Dijana Perković, MD on “HAE from a psychological point of view” which was an introduction to a psychological workshop held by Univ. spec. clin. psych. Antica Petričić. 

We were greeted by our guests Bojana Olujić, MD (Clinical Hospital Center Osijek), Nevenka Cigrovski, MD (Clinical Hospital Center Rebro), Dušanka Marković, MD (from Serbia), and Mihaela Zidarn, MD (from Slovenia).  Dr. Zidarn invited us to a meeting of their patients next year to convey to them the importance of founding an association and a sense of belonging when you are among people like yourself.

At the end of the meeting and through lectures, patients gained better insight into the difference between types of HAE and into the impact of HAE from a psychological point of view, as well as the course and importance of HAE treatment protocols. What we would especially like to emphasize is the communication between the doctors and the patients and the interconnections between the patients created during and at the end of the meeting.

Everything that happened at the meeting was covered in the daily edition of Glas Slavonija and a show about the whole event was also made on Radio Đakovo.

There has been a change in the primary HAE Croatia contacts as Davorka Grbić is Vice President and Sasha Pavlić is Secretary while I am President.

Our contact information can be found on the country page for Croatia. You might also want to have a look at the HAE Croatia Facebook page.