Mean platelet volume predicts the glycemic control deterioration in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients
Aim To investigate association of mean platelet volume (MPV) and glycemic control markers, and whether MPV could be used as a predictor of deterioration of glucoregulation in Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) patients.Methods The cross-sectional study included 106 DMT2 patients, treated at the Primary Health Care Centre in Zenica, distributedinto gro...
By Damira Kadić, Sabaheta Hasić, Emina Spahić
Sedation for transesophageal echocardiography: comparison of propofol, midazolam and midazolam-alfentanil combination
Aim The administration of trans esophageal echocardiography (TEE) may cause nausea, shortness of breath, agitation, emotional distress and pain in patients due to pharyngo-esophageal intubation, which may be partially relieved by sedoanalgesia. The aim of this study was to compare clinical effects of midazolam, midazolam-alfentanil combination and ...
By Toman Huseyin, Atakan Erkılınc, Tuncer Kocak, Fusun Guzelmeric, Omer Faruk Savluk, Mevlut Dogukan, Goksel Acar
Does odor and taste identification change during hyperemesis gravidarum?
Aim To investigate a difference in odor and taste identification among pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum, those with healthy pregnancy and non-pregnant women.Methods This prospective, controlled study included 33 pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum, 33 healthy pregnant and 26non-pregnant women. For all participants, rhinological exa...
By Mehmet Yasar, Mustafa Sagit, Semih Zeki Uludag, Ibrahim Ozcan
Factors affecting mortality in emergency surgery in cases of complicated colorectal cancer
Aim To evaluate retrospectively demographic, clinical and histopathological variables effective on mortality in patients who hadundergone emergency surgery due to complicated colorectal cancer.Methods A total of 39 patients underwent urgent surgical interventions due to complicated colorectal cancer at the Departmentof General Surgery, Dursun Odaba...
By Remzi Kızıltan, Özkan Yılmaz, Abbas Aras, Sebahattin Çelik, Çetin Kotan
Predicting recurrence of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer after transurethral resection
Aim To determine clinical prognostic factors and their impact on the risk of recurrence of newly discovered non-muscle-invasivebladder cancer.Methods The study included 120 patients of both sexes aged 45-80 years with newly discovered non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. All the patients were treated surgically by transurethral electro resection (TU...
By Haris Đug, Samed Jagodić, Jasmina Ahmetović-Ðug, Zijad Selimović, Alemdar Sulejmanović
Incidence of mental retardation as compared with other psychiatric disorders and necessary support to persons placed at the Public Institution for Placement of Persons with Mental Disabilities „Drin“ Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To compare the frequency of mental retardation with other psychiatric disorders at the Institute for Mentally Disabled Persons „Drin“ Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to asses psychosocial condition and necessary support to persons with mental retardation.Methods In this retrospective, descriptive and epidemiologic study neuropsychi...
By Edin Bjelošević, Amar Karahmet, Halima Hadžikapetanović, Sonja Bjelošević
Impact of self-rated health among elderly on visits to family physicians
Aim To evaluate an impact of eight dimensions of self-rated health measured by the SF-36 questionnaire on visits to family physicians among people older than 65.Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in family medicine outpatient departments of the Public Institution PrimaryHealth Care Center of Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
By Amira Kurspahić-Mujčić, Melisa Čalkić, Suad Sivić
Comparison of the accuracy and correctness of mortality estimates for Intensive Care Unit patients in internal clinics of the Czech Republic using APACHE II, APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMoIII models
Aim To verify and compare the accuracies of mortality predictions in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Internal Clinic ofCentral Military Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, using model APACHE II and the newer systems of the APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMo III.Methods The data were collected retrospectively between 2011 and 2012, 1000 patients were e...
By Pavel Pavel Sedloň, Libor Kameník, Jan Škvařil, Martin Malý, Miloš Táborský, Miroslav Zavoral
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of AmpC- and/or extended-spectrum (ESBL) ß-lactamaseproducing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To investigate prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular characteristics, and genetic relationship of AmpC- and/or extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)- producing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by disc diffusion and broth microdilution m...
By Selma Uzunović, Amir Ibrahimagić, Branka Bedenić
Occipital sulci patterns in patients with schizophrenia and migraine headache using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Aim To examine the presence of morphologic variations of occipital sulci patternsin patients with schizophrenia and migraine headacheregarding gender and laterality using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).MethodsThis study included 80 patients and brain scans were performed to analyze interhemispheric symmetry and the sulcalpatterns of the occipital...
By Gorana Sulejmanpašić, Enra Suljić, Selma Šabanagić-Hajrić