Warfarin should not be used for thromboprohylaxis in elective major orthopaedic surgery: a Croatian perspective
Aim To identify modes of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in patients undergoing elective major orthopaedic surgery (total hip or knee arthroplasty, THA/TKA) at a single university-associated hospital in Croatia. Methods A retrospective analysis of consecutive patients subjected to THA or TKA over a two-year period (2014-2015) with a focus ...
By Robert Kolundžić, Marijana Šimić Jovičić, Maja Ðinkić, Tadija Petrović, Tomislav Crnković, Vladimir Trkulja
Mental diseases and criminal offences committed by persons placed at the Forensic Department of the Penitentiary in Zenica, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To investigate an impact of various biological, psychological and social factors on perpetration of criminal offences by persons with mental disorders and to examine legal requirements for placement of persons with mental disorders, who committed criminal offences. Methods This retrospective, descriptive study based on the analysis of data coll...
By Edin Bjelošević, Adisa Krehmić, Halima Hadžikapetanović, Sanel Čoralić, Sonja Bjelošević
Metformin use associated with lower risk of cancer in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2
Aim In order to increase the database related to the antineoplastic potential of metformin, association between the use of metformin and risk of cancer occurence in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) was investigated. Methods In this cross-sectional study, medical records of patients with DM2 were reviewed for cancer occurence. Data on ag...
By Jasna Kusturica, Aida Kulo Ćesić, Edis Gušić, Sanita Maleškić, Maida Rakanović-Todić, Damir Šečić
Significance of parathyroid scintigraphy and correlation of findings with parathyroid hormone values in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Aim To compare finding of thyroid gland scintigraphy with serum concentration of parathyroid hormone in patients undergoing hemodialysis. MethodsThis retrospective-prospective study included 50 patients undergoing hemodialysis with established hyperparathyroidism who were treated at Cantonal Hospital Zenica in the period 2009-2014. Besides anthropo...
By Nermana Ahmetbegović, Nadira Suljagić, Vahidin Katica
Can a finding of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials contribute to vestibular migraine diagnostics?
Aim To investigate differences in vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) results with patients suffering from vestibular migraine and healthy people, taking into consideration values of threshold and latency of occurrence of the characteristic wave complex, size of amplitude, and interaural amplitude ratio. According to the results, determine...
By Tihana Vešligaj, Siniša Maslovara
A thin line between Meniere’s disease and spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome
Aim To point out the similarity of Meniere disease and spontaneous intracranial hypotension and difference of their treatment.Methods A case of a 54-year-old male patient with previously diagnosed Meniere’s disease and newly diagnosed spontaneousintracranial hypotension syndrome is presented. Additional neuroradiological examination, Brain co...
By Iva Botica, Anđelko Vrca, Martina Špero, Marin Šubarić, Tomislav Carić, Marija Vrca Botica, Jelena Kovačić, Kristijan Makaruha, Aleksandra Roglić
Depression during multiple sclerosis relapse: relation to disability and relapse severity
Aim To examine the presence of depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis relapse and its relation to disability and relapse severity.Methods This study included 120 patients who were assessed during the acute relapse of multiple sclerosis according to McDonald criteria. Depression was assessed using Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-I...
By Selma Šabanagić-Hajrić, Enra Suljić, Gorana Sulejmanpašić-Arslanagić
Proenkefalin A and protachykinin in ischemic neurological complications after cardiac surgery
Aim The evaluation of biomarkers of acute ischemic brain injury following surgical revascularization of the heart with the use of the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass, CPB).Methods Twenty consecutive patients were divided into two groups: the first 10 patients received a potential neuroprotective humanrecombinant erythropoietin, while the...
By Milan Skitek, Aleš Jerin
Efficacy and safety of iris-supported phakic lenses (Verisyse) for treating moderately high myopia
Aim To evaluate efficacy and safety of iris-supported phakic lenses (Verisyse) for treating moderately high myopia.Methods This prospective clinical study included 40 eyes from 29 patients, who underwent implantation of Verisyse for correction ofmyopia from -6.00 to -14.50 diopters (D) in the Eye Clinic ‘’Svjetlost’’, Saraje...
By Melisa Ahmedbegović Pjano, Amila Alikadić-Husović, Senad Grišević, Adis Pašalić, Ajla Pidro, Mirko Ratković, Maja Bohač, Nikica Gabrić, Refet Gojak
Assessment of relation between neutrophil lympocyte, platelet lympocyte ratios and epicardial fat thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Aim To investigate whether there is a relation between neutrophillymphocyte (N/L) and platelet- lymphocyte (P/L) ratios and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods Thirty patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and 25 healthy people (controls) were included in the study. Age,gender, body...
By Ismail Boyraz, Sabri Onur Caglar, Fatma Erdem, Mehmet Yazic, Selma Yazici, Bunyamin Koc, Ramazan Gunduz, Ahmet Karakoyun