Aim To identify clinical and laboratory parameters on admission and/or during a hospital stay that would predict prolonged hospital stay in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Clinical Cen...

By Aida Mujaković, Belma Paralija, Besim Prnjavorac, Orhan Lepara, Almir Fajkić, Edin Begić, Avdo Kurtović, Midhat Čizmić, Mirad Odobašić

Aim To examine a relation of thyroid function, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with left ventricular function measured through the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronaryintervention (PCI).Methods This prospective research involved 160 consecutive patients with acut...

By Mirela Halilčević, Edin Begić, Amela Džubur, Alen Džubur, Buena Aziri, Azra Durak-Nalbantić, Alden Begić, Ammar Brkić, Ena Gogić, Orhan Lepara

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

Aim To investigate influence of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and proatherogenic risk factors to improve the accuracyof pneumonia severity index (PSI) in the prediction of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) outcome in healthy individuals.Methods A retrospective observational cross-sectional study conducted at the Clinic for Pulmonary Disease...

By Aida Mujaković, Belma Paralija, Orhan Lepara, Almir Fajkić, Avdo Kurtović, Besim Prnjavorac, Edin Begić, Nejra Gondžetović - Ćorić

Aim To examine the prevalence of depression in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), as well as the relationship between the depression and quality of life.Methods The survey was conducted via sociodemographic questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Short Form 36Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36). The result of SF-36 is exp...

By Alen Džubur, Delila Lisica, Emir Hodžić, Edin Begić, Orhan Lepara, Almir Fajkić, Ena Gogić, Malik Ejubović

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

Aim To investigate total homocysteine (tHcy) serum concentration in patients with probable vascular dementia (VD) and in agematched controls, as well as to determine an association between tHcy serum concentration and cognitive impairment in patients with probable VD. Methods Serum concentration of tHcy was determined by the Fluorescence Polarizati...

By Salem Alajbegović, Orhan Lepara, Almira Hadžović-Džuvo, Alma Mutevelić-Turković, Lejla Alajbegović, Asija Zaćiragić, Nesina Avdagić, Amina Valjevac, Nermina Babić, Amela Dervišević