Anemia is a common extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Recognizing and treating anemia in patients with IBD is vital for improving the quality of life and reducing complications. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of the liposomal iron formulation in the treatment of anemia in patients ...

By Srđan Marković, Đorđe Kralj, Tamara Knežević-Ivanovski, Miloš Mitrović, Olga Odanović, Vesna Brzački, Petar Svorcan

Herbs have been a vital renewable source of medicine throughout human history as a large proportion of the global population still depends on them for their health benefits. The increasing popularity of herbal supplements has raised an obvious concern about the overall safety and potential interaction with other drugs in situ. The intent was to spu...

By Mary Ologe, Yusuf Olalekan, Awodayo Adepiti, Olubunmi Atolani, Anoka Njan, Adedibu Tella, Ezekiel Iwalewa

Well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is curable in most patients with adequate surgical approach, radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. However, around 2%-4% of cases experience a local recurrence in lateral cervical lymph nodes during a follow-up. Among these cases, nearly two-thirds become resi...

By Katarina Vuleta-Nedić, Vladimir Vukomanović, Ana Ranković, Vesna Ignjatović, Svetlana Kocić

The metabolism and effects of the abuse of psychoactive substances are not yet fully understood, but it is evident that they represent a tremendous risk to the health of individuals. This paper aims to present a review of published results on the impact of psychoactive substance abuse on kidney function. PubMed and MEDLINE databases were used to se...

By Radojica Stolić, Marija Milić, Vekoslav Mitrović, Andrijana Karanović, Kristina Bulatović, Dragiša Rašić, Milica Mirović, Branka Mitić

The incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is declining in developed countries due to better prevention and more effective treatment of risk factors, however, the proportion of younger patients with AMI is increasing. The aim of the research was to compare patients under the age of 45 years with acute myocardial infarction at a ten-year int...

By Danijela Đorđević-Radojković, Miodrag Damjanović, Svetlana Apostolović, Jelena Milošević, Dragana Stanojević, Goran Koraćević, Ružica Janković-Tomašević, Tomislav Kostić, Sonja Dakić, Jelena Cvetković, Jovana Šarić

Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are defined as tumours revealed during imaging procedures of abdomen or abdominal laparotomy, performed in patients without previous suspicion for adrenal disease. This study was conducted to evaluate morphological and functional features of AIs seven years after the initial diagnosis. Thirty-eight AI patients were moni...

By Danijela Radojković, Milica Pešić, Milan Radojković, Saša Radenković, Vojislav Ćirić, Ivan Ilić, Miloš Stević

Agreement or disagreement of inflammatory parameters becomes important for making diagnosis when disparate values are encountered in a patient with suspected sepsis. The aim of our study was to test the agreement between the four commonly used tests for diagnosing systemic infection: white blood cell count (WBC), serum levels of C-reactive protein ...

By Marija Bulić, Marija Anđelković, Marina Mitrović, Marijana Stanojević-Pirković, Marina Kostić, Slobodan Janković, Jovan Luković, Violeta Mladenović, Ivana Nikolić

Research into patients with lower limb amputation (LLA) puts strong emphasis on quality of life (QoL) and importance of the research in that regard as a measure for the rehabilitation outcomes. The aim of this study was to show which aspects of QoL are related to the duration of wearing a prosthesis in patients with transtibial amputation (TTA). Th...

By Vesna Bokan

Incremental cost/effectiveness ratio (ICER) of many drugs for rare diseases is often much higher that the accepted cost/effectiveness threshold for reimbursement, primarily due to their extremely high prices, raising the question of their availability. The aim of this article was to review necessary adjustments of methods used for cost/effectivenes...

By Branislava Raičević, Slobodan Janković

Collision tumors occur when two tumors of different histological origin develop simultaneously at the same site, such as sarcoma and carcinoma combinations, carcinoma and lymphoma combinations, or others. Notably, collision tumors are less common in the lungs compared to other organs. A 65-year-old woman with a history of surgically and chemotherap...

By Džemila Alić, Marina Marković, Slobodanka Mitrović, Milena Ilić, Ajtana Bajrović, Jelena Savić, Marija Spasojević, Dalibor Jovanović