Managing diabetes mellitus requires significant lifestyle changes and medication adherence. It has been shown that varying attitudes towards diabetes treatment can significantly impact self-care and health outcomes. This study investigated attitudes toward diabetes treatment among type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Serbia and its impac...

By Mina Karaman, Mirjana Bogavac, Dragan Stajić

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

As the number of older adults seeking care in emergency departments (EDs) continues to rise, it is imperative that we prioritize research and reforms to enhance geriatric emergency care. The challenges facing older patients in the ED are multifaceted and complex....

By Assad Touraj

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

The postpartum period is considered a period of increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder (BDII) type II. According to the available data, postpartum BDII is a highly neglected area of observation, with negative consequences for mothers, offspring, and the family as a whole. The paper describes the case of a patient with symptoms of a...

By Jelena Stojanov, Olivera Žikić, Miodrag Stanković

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

Pregnancy is one of the most important and enjoyable but often one of the most stressful periods in a woman's life. The most common fears that occur in this period of life are related to the health of the baby, the course of pregnancy, and childbirth. In order to get more information about the health status of a baby, there are a lot of prenatal di...

By Marija Vukelić-Nikolić, Jasmina Popović

Sleep disturbance is a frequent complaint of patients suffering from arterial hypertension (AH) for a long time. A hidden and uncontrolled increase in blood pressure (BP) makes the course of physiological processes more difficult, disrupts the regulation of biological rhythms, and increases the risk of cardiovascular complications even with a short...

By Mikhail Osadchuk, Inna Vasilieva, Ekaterina Mironova, Nikolay Korzhenkov, Maxim Trushin

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 properties, but also ...

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

Healthcare workers are increasingly exposed to long-term traumatic events in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a study that included 100 healthcare workers and 50 healthy individuals. We used the Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Global Patient Impression for Improvement in the assessment of the psy...

By Dmytro Boiko, Oksana Mats, Liliia Zhyvotovska, Larysa Herasymenko, Andrii Skrypnikov