Aim Thyroid nodules are very common and may be found in more than 50% of the population. Fine-needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) of thyroid nodules is a very useful diagnostic tool with high sensitivity and predictive value for diagnosis. The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) uses six categories for thyroid cytology reportin...

By Francesk Mulita, Fotios Iliopoulos, Christos Tsilivigkos, Levan Tchabashvili, Elias Liolis, Charalampos Kaplanis, Ioannis Perdikaris, Ioannis Maroulis

Aim Reporting on an atypical case of a three-year-old patient affected by osteomyelitis of the distal radius, completely healed without antibiotic therapy. Methods The clinical case is related to a three-year-old patient, whose clinical picture began with fever, pain and swelling of the right wrist. After three days, fever and swelling disappeared,...

By Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Michele Bisaccia, Luigi Meccariello, Giovanni Battista Mancini, Flavia Marrani, Predrag Grubor, Giuseppe Rollo, Auro Caraffa

Aim Ethical values are the basis of the behaviour and performance of professional care staff. This study aimed to identify inter-professional ethical values in aged care. Methods This qualitative thematic content analysis study was conducted in Khorramabad, Iran, from September 2018 to June 2109, and 36 core members of the aged care team (including...

By Reza Hosseinabadi, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Farahnaz Mohammdi Shahboulaghi, Abbas Abbaszadeh, Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, Yadollah Pournia

Aim To determine obstacles in maintaining professional integrity of nurses and their strategy to overcome them. Methods A conventional content analysis was conducted by 16 interviews. The data collection instruments were semi-structured interviews, observation and field notes. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, then analysed by ...

By Ali Asghar Jesmi, Khadijeh Yazdi, Zahra Sabzi

Aim To determine the extent and characteristics of incidental injuries, primarily by needles and other medically sharp instruments and to recommend preventative activities to health care professionals.Methods The survey was conducted among 200 healthcare and non-healthcare employees of the Primary Health Care Centre Zenica (48% of the total number ...

By Suad Sivić, Larisa Gavran, Aida Baručija, Alma Alić

Aim To explore the experiences of registered nurses in assessing postoperative pain in hip fracture patients suffering from dementia in nursing homes. Methods The study was designed as a qualitative study using data from a self-reported questionnaire form. Data were collected through the self-administered questionnaire with 23 questions, mainly add...

By Ferid Krupić, Mirza Bišćević, Emina Spahić, Amila Jašarević, Mahir Jašarević, Kemal Grbić, Eric Hamrin-Senorski, Eleonor Svantesson, Svemir Čustović, Olof Westin

Aim To present diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for genital and peritoneal tuberculosis, mimicking to other pathological conditions, mainly, ovarian cancer. Methods Transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound, computerized tomography, Ca125 and HE 4, ROMA-index (Risk of Ovarian Maligancy Algorithm index) and diagnostic laparoscopy were perfo...

By Alexandra Wagner, Ruža Arsenić, Matthias David, Jalid Sehouli, Domagoj Vidosavljević, Irena Rohr

Aim To investigate the relations between hormonal status of the thyroid gland and mineral bone density in women in menopause with or without osteoporosis. MethodsThe study included 120 postmenopausal women, who were divided into two groups. Group I included postmenopausal patients with osteoporosis, of whom 30 were in the early stages of postmenopa...

By Alden Begić, Amela Begić, Ajla Arnautović-Halimić

Aim To investigate an impact of Fetuin-A Thr256Ser gene polymorphism on the mortality rate of chronic kidney disease on maintenance haemodialysis patients in Indonesia. MethodsThis is an analytic-longitudinal observational study using survival analysis with nine-month follow up on 106 maintenance haemodialysis patients. The PCR-RFLP is used to dete...

By Riri Andri Muzasti, Dr Suhardjono, Bambang Purwanto, Rosita Juwita Sembiring

Aim BRAF mutation inhibits many tumour suppressor genes, increases pro-angiogenic molecules and reduces radioactive iodine uptake of tumour in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), giving it more aggressive clinical characteristics. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of BRAF V600E mutation on the clinicopathological features in patients with ...

By Mehmet Celik, Buket Yılmaz Bulbul, Semra Ayturk, Yusuf Durmus, Hakan Gurkan, Nuray Can, Ebru Tastekin, Funda Ustun, Atakan Sezer, Sibel Guldiken