Aim To investigate whether the radiographic progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) correlates with inflammatory markers and other laboratory values, and its association with treatment modalities.Methods This observational study included 125 patients with seropositive RA. Data were obtained from patients’ medical records from the year of 202...

By Alen Omanović, Nejra Mlačo-Vražalić, Akif Mlačo

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

Aim To determine risk factors for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalized patients in a 10-year follow-up. MethodsIn this observational study data were collected from the disease history of patients admitted to the Department of Angiology of the Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo in the period of 10 years (2008-2017). Of 6246 hospitalized pa...

By Akif Mlačo, Nejra Mlačo, Demir Bejtović, Muhamed Spužić, Alen Džubur, Edin Begić

Aim To investigate quality of life and exposure to lifestyle risk factors of cancer patients in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a correlation of cancer type with lifestyle risk factors. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 200 cancer patients from the Clinical Centre of the University of Sarajevo. The respondents completed an anonymous ...

By Nejra Mlačo, Armin Šljivo, Ahmed Mulać, Amina Kurtović-Kozarić, Anes Pašić, Semir Bešlija, Šejla Cerić, Timur Cerić