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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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