Outcomes of acute kidney injury in critically ill children who need renal replacement therapy
Aim To determine an outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill children (CIC) who needed renal replacement therapy(RRT) and were admitted to the Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PICU and NICU) at the Paediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre Sarajevo (UCCS).Methods The research included 81 children with AKI. The Kidney D...
By Danka Pokrajac, Admir Hadžimuratović, Ismeta Kalkan, Nedim Begić, Emina Hadžimuratović, Verica Mišanović, Duško Anić, Aida Mustajbegović-Pripoljac
Association of HLA-B27 antigen with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Aim To analyse the association of human leukocyte antigen B27 with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with juvenileidiopathic arthritis (JIA) at the disease onset.Methods A retrospective review of medical records of 25 HLAB27 positive and 25 HLA-B27 negative JIA patients was performed. The diagnosis of JIA was based on the 1997-2001 Int...
By Adisa Čengić, Velma Selmanović, Sniježana Hasanbegović, Nedim Begić, Emina Karčić, Elma Fejzić
Efficacy of nebulized hypertonic saline versus normal saline in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis in inpatient infants
Aim Compare the efficacy of nebulized hypertonic saline and normal saline in the treatment of infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis.Methods This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Pulmonology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, covering the period from January 2015 to December 2019 and comprising 380 chi...
By Ganimeta Bakalović, Tarik Jarkoč, Nedim Begić, Orhan Lepara, Dejan Bokonjić, Dušan Mihajlović, Amela Pasić, Almir Fajkić
Biochemical predictors of death before discharge in cooled newborns following perinatal asphyxia
Aim To analyse biochemical markers as possible predictors of death before discharge in cooled newborns following perinatalasphyxia.Methods A total of 91 infants that underwent therapeutic hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia were included. Inclusion criteria fortherapeutic hypothermia were Sarnat stage 2 or 3. Data were collected from medical histo...
By Sabina Terzić, Emina Vukas - Salihbegović, Verica Mišanović, Nedim Begić
Impact of load on the knee in relation to a treadmill angle
Aim To determine the effect of the load on the meniscus in relation to a different angle, and to present the impact of force on eventual injury of menisci.Methods Research included 200 males with average height of 178.5 cm, mass 83.5 kg, and average age of 22 years. The simulation of treadmill that was used in the evaluation of ischemic heart disea...
By Fikret Veljović, Edin Begić, Avdo Voloder, Reuf Karabeg, Amer Iglica, Nedim Begić, Alden Begić, Adisa Chikha