Aim To investigate etiological link between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the accompanying impotence/erectile dysfunction (ED). Methods Study included 99 male patients (48 who had AMI-patient group, and 51 healthy examinees without previous cardiovascular disease-control group). All patients completed a standardized questionnaire, the Inter...

By Enisa Hodžić, Adnan Durek, Edin Begić, Nirvana Šabanović Bajramović, Azra Durak Nalbantić

Aim To assess efficacy of omalizumab in moderate to severe asthma and notable factors affecting it, such as treatment compliance during the period of ten years. This retrospective, observational real life study is the first of this kind in the Gulf region and one of the worldwide rare long term omalizumab treatment studies. Methods The treatment fo...

By Jasmina Nurkić, Mona Al-Ahmad, Ahmed Maher, Nermina Arifhodžić, Edin Jusufović

Aim To assess hand function and explore the relationship between hand function and neuroimaging findings in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (US CP). Methods Hand function was assessed using Manual Ability Classification System (MACS, I-V). Brain lesions were divided into five groups: brain maldevelopment (MAL), periventricular white...

By Feriha Hadžagić Ćatibušić, Sajra Užičanin, Deniz Bulja, Emira Gasal Gvozdenović

Aim To investigate a correlation between resistive index (RI) level changes following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in treated and non-treated kidneys depending on the ESWL treatment intensity. The study was conducted on 60 subjects, which were divided in two groups according to age and treatment protocol. Results In the group of pat...

By Emir Milišić, Zlatan Zvizdić, Asmir Jonuzi, Mustafa Hiroš, Lejla Milišić, Amira Mešić, Edin Begić

Aim To demonstrate the effects of early diagnosis of overuse syndrome in the wrist on healing, pain intensity and quick recovery to daily work and sport activities. Methods This clinical retrospective study included 60 patients of both sexes aged from 22 to 44 years, with pain in the wrist and clinical signs of creeping tenosynovitis. Patients were...

By Adnana Talić Tanović, Edina Tanović, Mevludin Mekić, Ivanka Mađar Šimić, Adnan Papović, Hadžan Konjo

Aim To examine whether there are differences in the experience in giving informed consent of patients whose surgery was elective compared to emergency surgery in the same department. Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of University Clinical Hospital Mostar during a 6-month perio...

By Olivera Perić, Marinko Mišić, Dejan Tirić, Nikolina Penava, David Bušić, Vajdana Tomić

Aim To investigate the association of parameters of lipid profile and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min/1.73 m 2 calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) in non-dialysis kidney patients. Methods The observational, case-control study enrolled patients (n=117) recruited from the Nephrological Counselling ...

By Jasmina Smajić, Sabaheta Hasić, Senija Rašić

Aim To determine the relationship of homocysteine (HCY), uric acid (UA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) prior to application of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and their level of correlation in serum of patients with normal and elevated CRP (predictor of worse cardiovascular outcomes...

By Marijana Marković Boras, Adlija Čaušević, Ivica Brizić, Ivanka Mikulić, Marina Vasilj, Nevenka Jelić-Knezović

Aim To investigate whether or not additional treatment of ischemic heart disease with trimetazidine could improve effort tolerance and overall quality of life of patients with ischemic heart disease. Methods The study included 200 patients with ischemic heart disease. The sample was divided into 2 randomly selected groups: experimental and control ...

By Una Suljić, Besim Prnjavorac, Tamer Bego, Maja Malenica, Tanja Dujić, Irfan Prnjavorac, Adlija Čaušević, Lejla Šaranović

Aim To investigate the lipid membranes of rat enterocytes in chronic carrageenan-induced gastroenterocolitis accompanied by the activation of apoptotic processes. Methods Steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy: a study by fluorescent probes-by ortho-hydroxy derivatives of 2,5-diaryl-1,3oxazole. Activity of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 and p...

By Anton Tkachenko, Dmytro Marakushyn, Iuliia Kalashnyk, Yevgen Korniyenko, Onishchenko Anatolii, Tatyana Gorbach, Oksana Nakonechna, Yevgen Posokhov, Alexander Tsygankov