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Vol 18, No 2 (2021)

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Authors in this issue:

Adi Muradi Muhar, Adisa Šabanović Adilović, Adnan Malik, Adriana Haller, Aftab Ahmad, Agung Putra, Ahmed Mulać, Aida Avdagić-Ismić, Aida Mujaković, Ajdin Ibrahimović, Ajla Pidro, Akif Mlačo, Albert Haller, Alen Džubur, Alessandro Tomarchio, Alma Mujić, Alma Trnačević, Almira Ćosićkić, Amina Sofić, Amir Halilbašić, Amra Nadarević Vodenčarević, Ana Meyra Potkonjak, Andrea Pasquino, Anel Mahmutović, Anida Kapo-Gurda, Anis Međedović, Anja Divković, Ante Dundić, Anton Shapkin, Arian Abdulkhaliq, Ariwan Selian, Armin Šljivo, Besim Prnjavorac, Bruno Splavski, Carla Raymondalexas Marchira, Charalampos Kaplanis, Charalampos Seretis, Damira Kadić, Danijela Kalibović Govorko, Dariush Ghargozloo, Darko Jović, Daryna Sushetska, Debby Handayati Harahap, Dedi Rachmadi, Dejan Tirić, Denis Muslić, Desiree Anggia Paramita, Dewi Masyithah Darlan, Dicky Moch Rizal, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Dina Keumala Sari, Dmytro Butov, Edin Begić, Edin Jusufović, Elias Liolis, Elmeida Effendy, Emilija Cvetkovska, Emina Karahmet, Emir Trnačević, Emsad Halilović, Enes Hodžić, Enrico Leonardi, Ermin Hadžić, Eti Nurwening Solikhah, Faris Zvizdić, Fatima Hukić, Ferhana Bošnjak, Fiva Aprilia Kadi, Francesk Mulita, George Panos, Gloria Vlajnić, Goran Lakičević, Halyna V. Bezsmertna, Harun Adilović, Hasan Škiljo, Hrvoje Vraneš, Hrvojka Soljačić Vraneš, Ioannis Maroulis, Iqbal Pahlevi Adeputra Nasution, Ismar Rašić, Ivana Medvedec Mikićo, Ivka Djaković, Julius Martin Siagian, Jusuf Mehić, Karolina Akinosoglou, Kusnandi Rusmil, Lejla Prnjavorac, Levan Tchabashvili, Lili Rohmawati, Luigi Meccariello, Maja Malenica, Makmur Sitepu, Marija Milanovska, Meliha Halilbašić, Mevludin Mekić, Michail Vailas, Mićo Kremenović, Milan Milisavljevic, Milica Jakovljević, Mirza Bišćević, Mirza Dilić, Mirza Kovačević, Mohamed Zohdy, Muhamed Katica, Mutapčić Meliha, Nadža Kapo, Nasreldin Hassan Ahmed, Nataliya Nekrasova, Nedžada Irejiz, Nejra Mlačo, Nermina Rizvanović, Nevena Tešović, Olena Markovska, Olena Tovazhnyanska, Orhan Lepara, Rhea Singh, Rifat Sejdinović, Sabaheta Hasić, Safet Kapo, Sahatçiu Rexhep, Sasho Panov, Sehveta Mustafić, Šekib Sokolović, Suad Sivić, Sutanay Bhattacharyya, Tamer Bego, Tanja Dujić, Tetty Yuniati, Tetyana V. Dovgalyuk, Vajdana Tomić, Valentina Rajić Brzović, Vanda Marković-Peković, Vesna Gall, Viktor I. Shevchuk, Vildana Torlak-Arnaut, Vito Mahendra Ekasaputra, Yankai Jiang, Yevhenija Soloviova, Yunia Sribudiani, Yurii O. Bezsmertnyi, Zoran Aleksić,

Published: 01.06.2021.

Contents

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Holly Sacrament: the medicine of spiritual immortality or a vehicle for contamination?

The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine witha shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos. In Greece, a recent bishop’s death from COVID-19 re-awaked the issue of infection transmission by using a common chalice and spoon. ...

By DIMITRIOS ANYFANTAKIS

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Dog bites and attacks on athletes: lack of effective prevention mechanisms

Athletes who train in public places in urban and rural areas are justas attacked and injured by dogs of known owners as they are bydogs with no owners, in a relatively equal proportion. The largestnumber of bites occurs in the summer, what makes up half of allbites, just when sports activity is most pronounced. Athletes whoare most often exposed to...

By MUHAMED KATICA, NADŽA KAPO, NASRELDIN HASSAN AHMED, ANIDA KAPO-GURDA, SAFET KAPO

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Regulation of the apothecary activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the Austro-Hungarian period

Aim To present the regulations governing the operation of pharmacies in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the Austro-Hungarian rule (1878-1918).Methods Qualitative secondary data analysis was used.Results The Austro-Hungarian government had found poor population’s health, insufficient health facilities and qualified staff.For a long time, populatio...

By VANDA MARKOVIĆ-PEKOVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Fasting state requirements for blood sampling: a survey of patients in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aim To explore patient’s awareness and appliance of the fasting state requirements for blood sampling.Methods This observational survey was performed at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology Diagnostics,Cantonal Hospital Zenica, from June to July 2019. An anonymous questionnaire was conducted on 200 consecutive outpatients old...

By DAMIRA KADIĆ, AIDA AVDAGIĆ-ISMIĆ, SABAHETA HASIĆ, FERHANA BOŠNJAK

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Effect of atorvastatin on systolic and diastolic function in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)

Aim To investigate the benefit of high-dose lipophilic statin therapy on cardiac remodelling, function and progression of heart failure (HF) in patients with ischemic heart disease.Methods A total of 80 patients with ischemic HF diagnosis were followed during 6 months, and they were divided in two groups.First group (n=40) was treated by high-dose ...

By FARIS ZVIZDIĆ, EDIN BEGIĆ, MIRZA DILIĆ, ŠEKIB SOKOLOVIĆ, ORHAN LEPARA

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Chest x-ray resolution after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Aim To analyse the resolution of chest X-ray findings in relation to laboratory parameters in patients infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a two- month followup. Analysis of chest X-ray findings in the first few months after the disease is the main goal of our work.Methods Out of the total of 343 patients chest X-...

By ENES HODŽIĆ, AJDIN IBRAHIMOVIĆ, ANEL MAHMUTOVIĆ, RIFAT SEJDINOVIĆ, NEDŽADA IREJIZ, JUSUF MEHIĆ, TANJA DUJIĆ, MAJA MALENICA, EMINA KARAHMET, BESIM PRNJAVORAC, HASAN ŠKILJO, MUTAPČIĆ MELIHA, VILDANA TORLAK-ARNAUT, EDIN BEGIĆ, EDIN JUSUFOVIĆ, TAMER BEGO, LEJLA PRNJAVORAC, AIDA MUJAKOVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Clinical characteristics, comorbidities and mortality in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with Covid-19: a retrospective observational study

Aim To analyse demographic data, clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory data and comorbidities in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), mechanically ventilated with fatal outcome.Methods Medical records of 92 patients were retrospectively analysed. Demographic data, clinical symptoms and comorbiditieswere coll...

By ADISA ŠABANOVIĆ ADILOVIĆ, NERMINA RIZVANOVIĆ, MIRZA KOVAČEVIĆ, HARUN ADILOVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Early predictors of severity and mortality in COVID-19 hospitalized patients

Aim To identify laboratory tests for early detection and the development of more severe illness and death in COVID-19 hospitalized patients.Methods A prospective study was done on 66 hospitalized COVID-19 patients (males: 54.5%; mean age 70.1 ± 9.6 years)who were stratified into: moderate (n=36; 54.5%), severe (n=12; 18.2%), and critically i...

By SEHVETA MUSTAFIĆ, EDIN JUSUFOVIĆ, FATIMA HUKIĆ, EMIR TRNAČEVIĆ, ANJA DIVKOVIĆ, ALMA TRNAČEVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Mesenchymal stem cells under hypoxia condition inhibit peritoneal adhesion by suppressing the prolonged release of interleukin-6

Aim To investigate the role of hypoxia-preconditioned mesenchymal stem cells (H-MSCs) in preventing peritoneal adhesionby regulating IL-6 at days 6 and 12.Methods Twenty-four PAs rat model weighing 250 g to 300 g were randomly allocated into 4 groups: sham (Sh), control (C),H-MSCs treatment group at dose 1.5 x 106  (T1) and 3 x 106 (T2). To in...

By ADI MURADI MUHAR, AGUNG PUTRA, VITO MAHENDRA EKASAPUTRA, DEWI MASYITHAH DARLAN, DESIREE ANGGIA PARAMITA, IQBAL PAHLEVI ADEPUTRA NASUTION

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Association of rs211037 GABRG2 gene polymorphism with susceptibility to idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Aim This case-control study aimed to determine a possible association of single nucleotide polymorphism rs211037 of thegamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit gamma-2 (GABRG2) gene with the susceptibility to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in the Macedonian population.Methods It enrolled 96 patients with clinically verified IGE and 51 health...

By MARIJA MILANOVSKA, EMILIJA CVETKOVSKA, SASHO PANOV

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
C-reactive protein and haemoglobin level in acute kidney injury among preterm newborns

Aim To explore the possibility of C-reactive protein (CRP) and haemoglobin (Hb) in prediction and risk assessment of acute kidney injury (AKI) among preterm newborns. This is believed to be closely related to the incidences of AKI, and could be the most affordable in early detection of AKI.Methods A case control study was carried out at Dr Hasan Sa...

By FIVA APRILIA KADI, TETTY YUNIATI, YUNIA SRIBUDIANI, DEDI RACHMADI

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of zinc supplementation during pregnancy for the prevention of stunting: analysis of maternal serum zinc, cord blood osteocalcin and neonatal birth length

Aim To investigate the influence of zinc supplementation on pregnant women for the prevention of stunting through an analysisof maternal serum zinc, cord blood osteocalcin and neonatal birth length.Methods This study was conducted with pre-test/post-test control groups and double-blind randomization. Patients were pregnantmothers in second or third...

By LILI ROHMAWATI, DINA KEUMALA SARI, MAKMUR SITEPU, KUSNANDI RUSMIL

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Male to female birth ratios over a 35-year period

Aim Along with changes to the human physique recorded over the past decades in certain countries, there are also changes concerning the male-female birth ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the movement of male-female birth ratios and factors affecting the ratio.Methods This retrospective study was conducted in Zagreb, Croatia, in the per...

By HRVOJE VRANEŠ, HRVOJKA SOLJAČIĆ VRANEŠ, IVKA DJAKOVIĆ, VESNA GALL, ANA MEYRA POTKONJAK

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Retinal changes in febrile seizures in children: a retrospective analysis in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aim To evaluate the possibility of retinal haemorrhages or any other retinal pathology caused by febrile seizures alone in children aged between 2 months and 15 years.Methods Children aged between 2 months and 15 years admitted to the hospital following seizures were examined within 48 hoursof admission. The seizures were classified by a paediatric...

By MELIHA HALILBAŠIĆ, AMRA NADAREVIĆ VODENČAREVIĆ, ANIS MEĐEDOVIĆ, AMIR HALILBAŠIĆ, ALMIRA ĆOSIĆKIĆ, AJLA PIDRO

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
The role of aripiprazole in improvement of penile erection in schizophrenia patients with erectile dysfunction

Aim To provide evidence regarding the effectiveness of aripiprazole in improving penile erection with a therapeutic strategy ofadd-on or switching therapy in patients with schizophrenia.MethodsPubMed, Cochrane, Clinical Key, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and ScienceDirect were searched for any design study thatevaluated aripiprazole only or versus control (...

By DEBBY HANDAYATI HARAHAP, CARLA RAYMONDALEXAS MARCHIRA, ETI NURWENING SOLIKHAH, DICKY MOCH RIZAL

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Risk of surgical site infections after colorectal surgery and the most frequent pathogens isolated: a prospective single-centre observational study

Aim To identify risk factors for developing surgical site infections (SSIs) based on a prospective study of patients undergoing colorectal surgery.Methods Between November 2019 and January 2021, 133 patients underwent elective operation for colorectal cancer in our institution. The following variables were recorded for each patient: age, gender, bo...

By GEORGE PANOS, FRANCESK MULITA, KAROLINA AKINOSOGLOU, ELIAS LIOLIS, CHARALAMPOS KAPLANIS, LEVAN TCHABASHVILI, MICHAIL VAILAS, IOANNIS MAROULIS

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Neurocysticercosis with symptomatic epilepsy manifestation

Aim To present a unique case of a 22-year-old male patient with symptomatic epilepsy manifestation on a background of neurocysticercosis (NCC). Methods An Indian student in Kharkiv, who lived in rural parts in India, presented with sudden episodes of seizure followed by severe headaches. Laboratory analyses and neurological status (MRI) were perfor...

By NATALIYA NEKRASOVA, OLENA TOVAZHNYANSKA, DARYNA SUSHETSKA, OLENA MARKOVSKA, ANTON SHAPKIN, RHEA SINGH, YEVHENIJA SOLOVIOVA, DMYTRO BUTOV

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Is preoperative hypoproteinemia associated with colorectal cancer stage and postoperative complications?

Aim To investigate the relationship between preoperative level of serum albumin in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), stage of CRC and postoperative complications.Methods This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted at the Clinic for General and Abdominal Surgery of the UniversityClinical Centre Sarajevo (UCCS). A total of 107 patient...

By AMINA SOFIĆ, ISMAR RAŠIĆ, EMSAD HALILOVIĆ, ALMA MUJIĆ, DENIS MUSLIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Comparison of early and delayed lumbar disc herniation surgery and the treatment outcome

Aim To evaluate the influence of preoperative symptoms duration on surgical outcome of one-level lumbar disc herniation surgery.Methods In a prospective randomized study, 67 adult patients with one-level lumbar disc herniation were analysed. The patientswhose duration of symptoms was <6 months were included in the case group, while those with th...

By ERMIN HADŽIĆ, BRUNO SPLAVSKI, GORAN LAKIČEVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Single-centre experience of emergency hernia surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study of the operative activity and outcomes before and after the outbreak

Aim The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 affected largely the elective operating for non-urgent surgical pathologies, such as hernias, due to periodical cancellations of the operating lists on a worldwide scale. To the best of our knowledge, the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the emergency hernia surgery opera...

By ADNAN MALIK, MOHAMED ZOHDY, AFTAB AHMAD, CHARALAMPOS SERETIS

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Epidemiology of hospitalized patients with peripheral arterial disease in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aim To investigate a profile of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods This observational study included 1022 patients hospitalized at the Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo in a 5-year period, 2015 to 2019.Results Disease prevalence rises sharply after the age of 50. Most patients, 797 (78%) had proxima...

By AKIF MLAČO, NEJRA MLAČO, MEVLUDIN MEKIĆ, ALEN DŽUBUR

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Anatomy of septocutaneous blood vessels of the anterior forearm

Aim To measure a calibre of radial and ulnar septocutaneous perforators at the anterior forearm, and to count its number in proximal, middle and distal thirds.Methods The study was conducted on 50 fresh amputated forearms (trauma, tumours) in the period between January 2012 andDecember 2021. Forearms were collected from several hospitals in Belgrad...

By DARKO JOVIĆ, MIRZA BIŠĆEVIĆ, MILAN MILISAVLJEVIC, ZORAN ALEKSIĆ, MILICA JAKOVLJEVIĆ, NEVENA TEŠOVIĆ, MIĆO KREMENOVIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Reamputation stumps below knee

Aim To investigate rehabilitation outcomes of patients with malformed tibial stumps.Methods Observations included 421 patients with residual limb diseases and malformations (extensive inactive scars adhered tothe bone, excessively long or short stumps, bone filing, osteomyelitis of the stump, muscle attachment to the skin scar, excessive mobility a...

By VIKTOR I. SHEVCHUK, YURII O. BEZSMERTNYI, YANKAI JIANG, HALYNA V. BEZSMERTNA, TETYANA V. DOVGALYUK

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Relapses of traumatic peroneal tendons subluxation already treated surgically: a new surgical approach

Aim To illustrate the surgical treatment of relapses of traumatic peroneal tendons subluxation.Methods We came across a young woman, who sustained a sprain in her dominant ankle after a trauma; we noticed subluxation ofthe peroneal tendons during eversion and extension of the foot. She referred to a previous accident some years before with peroneal...

By ALESSANDRO TOMARCHIO, LUIGI MECCARIELLO, DARIUSH GHARGOZLOO, ANDREA PASQUINO, ENRICO LEONARDI

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Factors related to anxiety among resident doctors assigned to emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multivariate study at Sumatera Utara Affiliated Teaching Hospital

Aim To evaluate and assess knowledge and perception, as well as factors related to the occurrence of anxiety among frontliners,especially resident doctors working in emergency room (ER).Methods This multivariate study was conducted with cross-sectional approach involving 80 eligible subjects (based on inclusionand exclusion criteria) that are conse...

By ELMEIDA EFFENDY, ARIWAN SELIAN, JULIUS MARTIN SIAGIAN

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Knowledge, attitudes and practices during the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study from various perspectives

Aim To investigate knowledge, attitudes and practice towards COVID-19 among selected population.Methods An anonymous online questionnaire based on a Chinese study was distributed via online social media platforms amonggeneral population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, India, Kosovo and Romania.Results In total 1032 subjects, predominately femal...

By ARMIN ŠLJIVO, SUTANAY BHATTACHARYYA, AHMED MULAĆ, ARIAN ABDULKHALIQ, SAHATÇIU REXHEP

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
A measurement of irradiance of light-curing units in dental offices in three Croatian cities

Aim To determine irradiance of light-curing units (LCUs) in dental offices in three Croatian cities and to compare irradiance values with the age and model of LCUs.Methods Private and public dental offices in three most prominent cities in Croatia (Rijeka, Split and Zagreb) were included in thisstudy. In total, 195 LCUs were tested, using radiomete...

By ANTE DUNDIĆ, VALENTINA RAJIĆ BRZOVIĆ, GLORIA VLAJNIĆ, DANIJELA KALIBOVIĆ GOVORKO, IVANA MEDVEDEC MIKIĆO

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Assessment of mothers’ satisfaction with health care during childbirth in a tertiary-level maternity ward

Aim To evaluate satisfaction of mothers who gave birth at term with received hospital care and to find areas for improvement at a tertiary hospital.Methods A cross-sectional study at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University Clinical Hospital Mostar wasconducted by an anonymous survey using a questionnaire designed exclusivel...

By ADRIANA HALLER, ALBERT HALLER, DEJAN TIRIĆ, VAJDANA TOMIĆ

01.06.2021. Review paper Biochemistry
Mortality associated with seasonal changes in ambient temperature and humidity in Zenica-Doboj Canton

Aim To determine the relationship between seasonal changes in ambient temperature, humidity and general and specific mortality rates in the area of Zenica-Doboj Canton.Methods Changes in the average monthly mortality in the period from 2008 to 2019 were analysed (linear regression) in relationto the average temperatures and humidity in those months...

By SUAD SIVIĆ

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