Background. Body mass index (BMI) is a person's weight in kilograms (or pounds) divided by the square of height in meters (or feet). Obesity affects a wide spectrum of age groups, from the young to the elderly, and there are several eye diseases related to obesity like diabetic retinopathy, floppy eyelid syndrome, retinal vein occlusion, stroke-rel...

By Suzan Rattan, Abdulhadi Alrubaie, Send Salih, Sajad Abdalla, Sajad Hussein, Fatima Tariq

Aim. This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the antimicrobial activity of lyophilized fruit juice (BCLJ) and waste extract (BCLW) obtained from the black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) variety Čačanska crna. Materials and method. The study was conducted using four Gram (+) (Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus ...

By Milica Trajković, Dušanka Kitić, Tatjana Mihajilov-Krstev, Katarina Šavikin, Milica Ranđelović, Milica Milutinović, Suzana Branković, Nemanja Kitić, Bojana Miladinović

Introduction. Nora's lesion or bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation is a rare benign bone neoplasm that is usually localized on the small bones of the hands. The paper was aimed at clinical, morphological and structural analysis of Nora's lesion case, the second registered in Ukraine. Case report. A 42-year-old male patient presented ...

By Borys Fylenko, Nataliia Roiko, Andriy Roiko, Іvan Starchenko, Dmytro Kuvichka, Volodymyr Koka

Introduction/Aim. Those born small for gestational age are all newborns whose weight, length and head circumference deviate by more than minus two standard deviations in relation to the same parameters of average children of the same sex, corresponding gestational age and population. The goal is their early recognition and adequate treatment. They ...

By Jelena Miolski, Maja Ješić, Vlada Bojić, Smiljka Kovačević, Jelena Blagojević, Vera Zdravković

Introduction. The loss of the jaw bone, especially in the area of the alveolar process, can significantly complicate the procedure of prosthetic rehabilitation of prosthetic patients. The reason for the loss of the jaw bones are physiological and pathological processes. Materials. Bone replacements are widely used in the reconstruction of bone defe...

By Marko Igić, Milena Kostić, Ana Pejčić, Nikola Gligorijević, Marija Jovanović, Nenad Stošić

Introduction. Medicinal plants are the main ingredient of numerous medicines and pharmaceutical products, and antimicrobial activity has been demonstrated in a large number of medicinal plant extracts and essential oils. Considering that Verbascum L. species (mullein), officially approved by the European Medicines Agency, show antimicrobial propert...

By Maja Grigorov, Dragana Pavlović, Snežana Mladenović-Antić, Marija Tasić-Kostov, Dušan Ilić

Introduction. When receiving anesthesia, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to experience perioperative difficulties than those without this diagnosis. Aim. The aims of the paper were to highlight the correlation between OSA and increased risk of perioperative complications and present possible complications and pathophysio...

By Zoran Stamenković, Lidija Ristić

Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia (VIMA) and target controlled infusion (TCI) on cardiovascular stability in New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients and methods: In the present study, 90 patie...

By Biljana Stošić, Marija Stošić, Jelena Živadinović, Ines Veselinović

Introduction. Homocysteine is an amino acid that is formed in the metabolism of methionine as the quantitatively most important metabolite. Its chemical structure has been known for 90 years and its biological roles are still being investigated. Under normal conditions, homocysteine is present in plasma at the concentration of 5 - 9 mmol/l. When th...

By Bojana Miladinović, Vladana Živković, Dušanka Kitić, Maja Nikolić

Introduction. Chronic granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (CGIFRS) is an extremely rare form of invasive fungal sinusitis. The disease has a long-lasting and indolent course, so the invasion and destruction in the sinonasal and adjacent regions is progressing slowly. This disease has been reported primarily in Middle East, North Africa, In...

By Milica Labus, Jelena Sotirović, Biserka Vukomanović-Đurđević, Aleksandar Perić