Heart failure is the leading public health concern as its prevalence increases and the cost of care increases dramatically due to poor prognosis. Ineffective disease management can increase morbidity and lead to repeated hospitalizations. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the care needs of patients treated for heart failure. The da...

By Tahere Zahedifard, Khadijeh Mirzaei-Najmabadi, Talat Khadivzadeh, Ali Vafaee-Najar, Marzieh Lotfalizadeh

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

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

Lyme disease is an infectious disease transmitted by the Ixodes ticks and is manifested by damaging various organs and systems (most often-migrating erythema, damage to the nervous system, musculoskeletal system, heart, liver and eyes). According to various authors, heart damage in Lyme borreliosis ranges from 4% to 10% and is an understudied patho...

By Nadiya Yarema, Kateryna Myndziv, Volodymyr Dzhyvak

Although COVID-19 is present in a milder form nowadays, systemic disorders caused by the virus lead to multiple organ malfunctions. Skin manifestations are the consequence of the disease itself but also the result of preventative measures taken to avoid the infection. They generally do not require pharmacotherapy except in severe cases. Depending o...

By Marija Tasić-Kostov

Seminal fluid analysis (SFA) plays a crucial role in helping infertility clinics diagnose the underlying reason of male infertility. The aim of the study was to investigate seminal fluid patterns of male partners of an infertile couple with apparently fertile female partners. A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2019 and December 2...

By Harith Mohamed Kamber, Kamal Al-Jawdah, Salam Madhi Shahid, Zaid Al-Atta

Polypharmacy can increase the risk of side effects and cause adverse drug interactions with a significant impact on the course of the basic disease. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of polypharmacy and examine its impact on the risk of drug-drug interactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The research was conducted i...

By Nikola Krstić, Nikola Stefanović, Milan Petronijević, Ivana Damnjanović

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

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