Male to female birth ratios over a 35-year period
Aim Along with changes to the human physique recorded over the past decades in certain countries, there are also changes concerning the male-female birth ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the movement of male-female birth ratios and factors affecting the ratio.Methods This retrospective study was conducted in Zagreb, Croatia, in the per...
By Hrvoje Vraneš, Hrvojka Soljačić Vraneš, Ivka Djaković, Vesna Gall, Ana Meyra Potkonjak
Factors related to anxiety among resident doctors assigned to emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multivariate study at Sumatera Utara Affiliated Teaching Hospital
Aim To evaluate and assess knowledge and perception, as well as factors related to the occurrence of anxiety among frontliners,especially resident doctors working in emergency room (ER).Methods This multivariate study was conducted with cross-sectional approach involving 80 eligible subjects (based on inclusionand exclusion criteria) that are conse...
By Elmeida Effendy, Ariwan Selian, Julius Martin Siagian
Knowledge, attitudes and practices during the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study from various perspectives
Aim To investigate knowledge, attitudes and practice towards COVID-19 among selected population.Methods An anonymous online questionnaire based on a Chinese study was distributed via online social media platforms amonggeneral population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, India, Kosovo and Romania.Results In total 1032 subjects, predominately femal...
By Armin Šljivo, Sutanay Bhattacharyya, Ahmed Mulać, Arian Abdulkhaliq, Sahatçiu Rexhep
Reamputation stumps below knee
Aim To investigate rehabilitation outcomes of patients with malformed tibial stumps.Methods Observations included 421 patients with residual limb diseases and malformations (extensive inactive scars adhered tothe bone, excessively long or short stumps, bone filing, osteomyelitis of the stump, muscle attachment to the skin scar, excessive mobility a...
By Viktor I. Shevchuk, Yurii O. Bezsmertnyi, Yankai Jiang, Halyna V. Bezsmertna, Tetyana V. Dovgalyuk
Clinical characteristics, comorbidities and mortality in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with Covid-19: a retrospective observational study
Aim To analyse demographic data, clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory data and comorbidities in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), mechanically ventilated with fatal outcome.Methods Medical records of 92 patients were retrospectively analysed. Demographic data, clinical symptoms and comorbiditieswere coll...
By Adisa Šabanović Adilović, Nermina Rizvanović, Mirza Kovačević, Harun Adilović
Single-centre experience of emergency hernia surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study of the operative activity and outcomes before and after the outbreak
Aim The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 affected largely the elective operating for non-urgent surgical pathologies, such as hernias, due to periodical cancellations of the operating lists on a worldwide scale. To the best of our knowledge, the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the emergency hernia surgery opera...
By Adnan Malik, Mohamed Zohdy, Aftab Ahmad, Charalampos Seretis
Comparison of early and delayed lumbar disc herniation surgery and the treatment outcome
Aim To evaluate the influence of preoperative symptoms duration on surgical outcome of one-level lumbar disc herniation surgery.Methods In a prospective randomized study, 67 adult patients with one-level lumbar disc herniation were analysed. The patientswhose duration of symptoms was <6 months were included in the case group, while those with th...
By Ermin Hadžić, Bruno Splavski, Goran Lakičević
Is preoperative hypoproteinemia associated with colorectal cancer stage and postoperative complications?
Aim To investigate the relationship between preoperative level of serum albumin in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), stage of CRC and postoperative complications.Methods This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted at the Clinic for General and Abdominal Surgery of the UniversityClinical Centre Sarajevo (UCCS). A total of 107 patient...
By Amina Sofić, Ismar Rašić, Emsad Halilović, Alma Mujić, Denis Muslić
Regulation of the apothecary activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the Austro-Hungarian period
Aim To present the regulations governing the operation of pharmacies in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the Austro-Hungarian rule (1878-1918).Methods Qualitative secondary data analysis was used.Results The Austro-Hungarian government had found poor population’s health, insufficient health facilities and qualified staff.For a long time, populatio...
By Vanda Marković-Peković
Early predictors of severity and mortality in COVID-19 hospitalized patients
Aim To identify laboratory tests for early detection and the development of more severe illness and death in COVID-19 hospitalized patients.Methods A prospective study was done on 66 hospitalized COVID-19 patients (males: 54.5%; mean age 70.1 ± 9.6 years)who were stratified into: moderate (n=36; 54.5%), severe (n=12; 18.2%), and critically i...
By Sehveta Mustafić, Edin Jusufović, Fatima Hukić, Emir Trnačević, Anja Divković, Alma Trnačević