Aim To investigate the effect of kinesiotherapy on muscle strengthening in patients with Parkinon's disease. MethodsThis clinical retrospective-prospective study was based on collected data from medical histories and included 40 patients, who, beside medicaments, had undergone kinesiotherapy. This study analysed age, gender, duration of the rehabil...

By Edina Tanović, Adnana Talić-Tanović, Jasminka Ðelilović-Vranić, Amir Rekić, Adnan Papović, Emina Tanović

Aim To assess triglyceride-to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL)-C ratio in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to verify its association with renal dysfunction. MethodsA cross sectional study included 85 ACS patients divided in two groups with (ACS-RD) and without (ACS-nRD) presence of renal dysfunction, and 35 healthy subje...

By Alen Džubur, Malik Ejubović, Fajkić Almir, Amela Dervišević, Azra Durak Nalbantić, Ajla Avdić Agić, Amela Džubur, Mevludin Mekić

Aim To determine dietary habits of elementary school students in relation to a place of living and socioeconomic status of the family. Methods A prospective study conducted in the Primary Health Center Zenica involved five family medicine teams in urban and five in rural settlement during 2015. Elementary school students aged 10-16 were interviewed...

By Larisa Gavran, Vedada Čerim, Nino Hasanica

Aim To compare the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on taxane and/or anthracycline to the extent of an objective response in female patients with unresectable breast cancer with evaluation of the toxic profile of applied chemotherapy. Methods One hundred patients with histologically verified breast cancer, treated with neoadjuvant chemother...

By Azra Rašić, Amela Sofić, Semir Bešlija, Ismar Rašić, Hasanbegović Berisa

Aim To develop and validate a screening questionnaire for migraine without aura with sufficient diagnostic accuracy to be used in primary care settings.Methods The study was designed as cross-sectional, multicentric, diagnostic accuracy trial of new questionnaire for screening patients who visit general practitioners, with an aim to reveal migraine...

By Aziz Šukalo, Elma Merdžanović, Alma Alic, Muamera Vrabac-Mujčinagić, Esad Alibašić, Slobodan M. Janković

Aim To describe a therapeutic approach, indications for abdominoperineal resection (APR), survival and oncological results for patients who received treatment in our surgical clinic for anal canal squamous cell cancer (SCC). Methods Patients were randomized into two groups according to the treatment method: Group 1-Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) without s...

By Selcuk Kaya, Onder Altın, Yunus Emre Altuntas, Gokhan Yaprak, Hasan Fehmı Kucuk

Aim To investigate a potential of the clinical use of the soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFLT-1) to placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio from the perspective of a small hospital centre. Methods Maternal serum samples were analysed at 24 1/7-28 0/7 , and 28 1/7-32 0/7 weeks of gestation. The level of sFLT-1 and PIGF was determined by immunoassa...

By Andrijana Müller, Vesna Horvat, Martina Vulin, Sanja Mandić, Vatroslav Šerić, Domagoj Vidosavljević

Aim To investigate existence of scientific support for linking differences in the experience of pain to ethnicity. Methods The study was designed as a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies. The inclusion criteria were scientific studies published in scientific journals and written in English. Studies that described ch...

By Ferid Krupić, Svemir Čustović, Mahir Jašarević, Sahmir Šadić, Mirsad Fazlić, Kemal Grbic, Kristian Samuelsson

Aim Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older people are associated with the increased use of health care services. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of PIMs among the elderly being referred to pharmacies in Tehran using the Beers criteria of 2012, and identify factors related to PIMs. Methods This cross-sectional ...

By Malihe Saboor, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Ahmad-Ali Akbari Kamrani, Robab Sahaf

Aim To develop an online biofilm calculation tool (Biofilm Classifier), which calculates the optical density cut off value and accordingly determines the biofilm forming categories for the tested isolates by standardized formulas, as well as to compare the results obtained by Biofilm Classifier to manual calculations and the use of predefined value...

By Monia Avdić, Nermin Džuzić, Osman Hasanić, Amel Spahić, Lejla Smajlović Skenderagić, Almir Badnjević, Mirsada Hukić