Aim To investigate the relationship between nutritional status (NS) and diet quality (DQ) with the frequency of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in children aged 5 to 7 years.Methods Data were obtained through questionnaires. Anthropometric measurement, correlations between body mass index (BMI) and DQ with frequency of ARIs were analysed.Result...

By Melika Melunović, Belma Krdžalić-Zečević, Mirela Lisičić-Konaković, Amela Kulašević, Lejla Kurtalić

Aim To investigate an influence of age and body mass index (BMI) as determinants of infertility treatment success in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures confirmed so far, on the amount of Lactobacillus spp. (LS) and Gardnerella vaginalis (GV) in the endometrium in fresh IVF cycles at the time of embryo transfer.Methods This a prospective single-ce...

By Haris Zukić, Devleta Balić, Džanan Osmanović

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 determine the normative range of ultrasound dimensions for the liver, spleen and kidneys in healthy children according to gender, age, body measurements, body surface area (BSA), and the influence of ethnicity on organ size.Methods The prospective study included children, ranging from full-term neonates to children aged 15, with normal ultra...

By Nina Мekić, Nermin Salkić, Amela Selimović, Majda Mehmedović, Aida Brčić, Zlatan Mehmedović, Amra Šerak, Dijana Dugonjić

Aim To determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) on the concentration of circulating sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) throughout the menopausal transition.Methods This cross-sectional study included 150 women divided into three groups: premenopausal (n=50), perimenopausal (n=50), and postmenopausal (n=50). The proce...

By Dženana Softić, Lejla Mešalić, Delila Softić

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

Aim To evaluate Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) resistance to clarithromycin and quinolones in patients with dyspepsia in TuzlaCanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a region with no data on clarithromycin or quinolones resistance.Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UniversityCl...

By Ismar Hasukić, Nermin Salkić, Nijaz Tihić, Ervin Alibegović, Šefik Hasukić, Alan Jahić

Aim To investigate morphometric determinants of lumbar canal in patients treated in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, and their variationaccording to gender.Methods Morphometry of lumbar spinal canal was assessed in 52 patients treated at the Department of Neurosurgery of CantonalHospital Zenica in the period between September 2022 and November 2022. Data ...

By Belma Jaganjac, Amina Džidić-Krivić, Hakija Bečulić, Armin Šljivo, Emir Begagić, Adis Šišić

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 determine the most common indications for measuring metanephrine and normetanephrine in plasma by gender and age and to compare the concentrations of metanephrine and normetanephrine by indication, gender and age.Methods The study was conducted on 224 patients whose plasma metanephrine and normetanephrine concentrations were measured at the ...

By Romana Marušić, Željka Dragila, Adriana Levaković, Ivan Lekić, Dubravka Mihaljević, Željko Debeljak, Tatjana Bačun