Aim To asses relation of serum high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level with albumin concentration in daily urine in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM).Methods The prospective study included 69 patients with T2DM, both sexes (24 males, 45 females), aged 30-82 years. They weredivided into two groups: patients with T2DM and normoalb...

By Lamija Pojskić, Sabaheta Hasić, Ema Tahto, Vildana Arnautović-Torlak, Belma Pojskić

Aim To investigate anthropometric characteristics and traffic accident circumstances of subjects with isolated whiplash injury. Methods This cross sectional study involved 75 subjects from traffic accidents with isolated whiplash injury classified by Quebec Task Force (QTF). Anthropometric data were collected as well as claims about circumstances o...

By Pejana Rastović, Marija Definis Gojanović, Ines Perić, Marko Pavlović, Josip Lesko, Gordan Galić, Marko Ostojić

Aim Distal metastases to oral cavity are very rare. Adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and squamous cell carcinoma are the most common metastatic tumours. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic relevance of metastatic renal cell carcinoma on tongue manifestations in large patient series. Methods A patient with distal RCC metasta...

By Petar Ðanić, Davorin Ðanić, Darko Macan

Aim To analyse symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and coping strategies of war veterans in Tuzla Canton twenty years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). Methods The study analysed a group of 120 war veterans from the Tuzla Canton who had experience of the war in B&H. For assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder Harvard ...

By Zihnet Selimbašić, Maja Brkić, Nermina Kravić, Jasmin Hamidović, Mirna Selimbašić

Aim To investigate the presence, type and distribution of spontaneous brain and arachnoid herniation into the dural venous sinuses as well as a clinical significance of these herniations. Methods This retrospective-prospective, non-randomised anatomical and clinical study included 990 patients who were referred to Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the ...

By Hakija Bečulić, Rasim Skomorac, Aldin Jusić, Melica Imamović, Fahrudin Alić, Anes Mašović, Alma Mekić Abazović, Alma Efendić, Eldin Burazerović, Benjamin Halilović

Aim To identify risk factors for hearing impairment presented in neonates born in Cantonal Hospital Zenica (CHZ) and to estimate their influence on outcome of hearing tests in Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS). Methods Retrospective-prospective study was done at the Department of Gynaecology and Maternity. The NHS was performed with transitory evoked...

By Nermin Hrnčić

Aim To explore the experience of registered nurses in assessing pain in hip fracture in patients with dementia in the postoperative setting. Methods The study questionnaire contained 23 items mainly addressing demographic and social data, information about communication and pain assessment, attention and awareness of the health-care professionals o...

By Ferid Krupić, Sahmir Sadić, Nail Seffo, Mirza Bišćevic, Mirsad Fazlić, Svemir Čustović, Kristian Samuelsson

Arnebia, a sub cosmopolitan and important genus of the Boraginaceae family, comprises 25 species distributed among the world. Based on the studies of Persian medicine texts, there are some promising bioactivities for this genus that is unknown in modern medicine and some of them are still the basis of new remedies. This article presents Arnebia acc...

By Amirsaeed Hosseini, Fatemeh Mirzaee, Ali Davoodi, Hossein Bakhshi Jouybar, Mohammad Azadbakht

Aim The aim was to show rare cases of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) and the manner of its surgicaltreatment with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).Methods Two male and one female child, 7, 4 and 3 years of age were treated for symptoms of cough and high temperature in district hospitals. In all three children laborator...

By Amina Selimović, Edo Hasanbegović, Ermina Mujičić, Selma Milišić, Emir Haxhija, Kenan Karavdić, Alen Pilav

Aim The economic evaluation of medical programs applies procedures that search for and ensure the cheapest methods of medical treatment with the best feasible health results. The aim of this study was to thoroughly examine both the costs and results of medical outcomes, which were based upon two alternative methods of treatment. The purpose was to ...

By Patricia Blatnik, Matej Tušak, Štefan Bojnec, Arjana Brezigar Masten