Aim To determine the acceleration of birth weight and birth length of newborns in the municipalities of Tuzla Canton in the last four decades. Tuzla Canton (TC) as an administrative territorial unit of the FBiH includes 13 municipalities.Methods In this retrospective study data from the Protocol Book of Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic, University ...

By Amela Begić, Jasminka H. Halilović, Lejla Mešalić, Sabina H.Halilović

Aim To establish presence of segmental instability in patients operated with standard discectomy comparing measurement oftranslation and rotation on postoperative functional radiographs of lumbosacral spine with reference values,and to explore difference between patients operated on one or two levels.Methods The study included 71 patients, who were...

By Rasim Skomorac, Hakija Bečulić, Jasmin Delić, Aldin Jusić

Aim To investigate a correlation between calculated creatinine clearance as a measure of kidney’s functional abilities and ultrasonographically determined kidney volume, which represents actual size of the kidney, in fact residual renal mass in chronic kidney disease, in order to determine possibilities of ultrasound as a diagnostic method in...

By Sandra Vegar Zubović, Spomenka Kristić, Irmina Sefić Pašić

Aim To establish a correlation between positive values of IGFBP-1 (>10 mg/L, Actim Partus Test, APT) and premature cervical ripening in imminent preterm labor.Methods A prospective study was conducted in primary health care centers in Tuzla, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of theUniversity Clinical Centre in Tuzla and General Hospital Te&scaron...

By Larisa Mešić Ðogić, Dragana Mićić, Feđa Omeragić, Refka Kovač, Seid Fazlagić

Aim To determine frequency and type of thyroid cancer (TC) as well as gender and age distribution of patients operated at the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods A retrospective analysis of data obtained from an operating protocol and disease history of patients operated in the eightyea...

By Nermin Hrnčić, Amna Goga, Selma Hrnčić, Marijana Filipovska-Mušanović, Haris Hatibović, Đenad Hodžić

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

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 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

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

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