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

Aim To determine differences between reviparin and dalteparin treatment in patients with extracapsular hip fractures treated with intramedullary nailing and their effects on perioperative blood loss and early postoperative recovery.Methods Retrospective comparative study included 68 patients with extracapsular hip fracture who were divided into dal...

By Mirza Sivro, Faruk Lazović, Ðemil Omerović, Tarik Kapidžić, Adnan Papović, Mirza Omerčević, Harun Selimović

Lung cancer incidence in Bosnia and Hercegovina is high. The implementation of evidence-based lung cancer screening based on low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) may detect lung cancer early and decrease mortality specific to lung cancer. However, LDCT receipt may be unsatisfactory in Europe due to a low distribution of scanners and radiologists or ...

By Larisa Gavran, Gina Fatahi, Maja Račić

Aim To compare the outcome of sole dexmedetomidine or with other sedative drugs in paediatric patients during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Methods Literature was obtained from PubMed and ScienceDirect from 2010-2020 using key words: sedation, paediatric,dexmedetomidine, ambulatory, MRI, ketamine, propofol, midazolam. The literature selection wa...

By Rudy Vitraludyono, Arie Utariani, Elizeus Hanindito

Aim To determine radiologic, clinic and laboratory characteristics of COVID-19 positive patients with acute arterial occlusion and compare them with post COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.Methods In this retrospective study, 53 patients with acute occlusion of peripheral arteries admitted to the University ClinicalHospital Mostar in the period bet...

By Kristian Karlović, Gojko Bogdan, Pejana Rastović, Martin Kajić

Aim To determine the effect of Clitorea ternatea flower extract (CTFE) in the gel dosage form on the expression of GPx and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in ultraviolet (UV) - B irradiation-induced collagen loss rat model.Methods This is experimental research with post-test control group design. Twenty healthy male Wistar rats were divided i...

By Rizka Sofyanti Putri, Agung Putra, Dr Chodidjah, Dewi Masyitah Darlan, Setyo Trisnadi, Siti Thomas, Nur Dina Amalina, Rizky Candra Irawan

Aim To present the experience from collective data regarding patients with retroperitoneal sarcomas that have been operated in and followed up by the University General Hospital of Patras in Rion, Greece, between 2009 and 2020.Methods A retrospective analysis of adult patients treated at our hospital with a diagnosis of primary retroperitoneal sarc...

By Georgios-Ioannis Verras, Francesk Mulita, Konstantinos Bouchagier, Dimitrios Bousis, Dimitrios Kehagias, Elias Liolis, Ioannis Perdikaris, Dimitrios Filis, Panagiotis Perdikaris, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Ioannis Maroulis, Nikolaos Benetatos

Aim Given the impact of vascular comorbidities (VC) on the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of multiple sclerosis (MS), weexamined the incidence and correlation of VC and risk factors for vascular disease in people with MS (PwMS) compared to the general population, and the impact on the physical disability of patients.Methods Cross-sectional study...

By Daliborka Tadić, Sanja Grgić, Aleksandra Dominović-Kovačević, Majda Nazalević-Bursać, Srđan Mavija, Vlado Đajić

Aim Triple negative breast cancer cells (TNBC) are the population of breast cancer cells that are responsible for cancer recurrence and apoptosis resistance. Unfortunately, current therapies have limited efficacy to TNBC population due to apoptosis resistance and chemoresistance. Tumour suppressor p53 and survivin are primary targets for TNBC thera...

By Deryne Anggia Paramita, Dedy Hermansyah, Desiree Anggia Paramita, Nur Dina Amalina

Aim To investigate the relationship between adherence to preventive behaviors and risk of COVID-19 infection.Methods In this case-control study, 491 participants were selected through convenience sampling. First, the samples of the casegroup (COVID-19 patients) were selected, and then the control group was matched with the case group based on age, ...

By Reza Hosseinabadi, Shoorangiz Biranvand, Khatereh Anbari