Patients with a fluent type of aphasia have semantically poor discourse, which is often uninformative for the interlocutor, having consequences for their daily life. One of the treatment methods used in clinical practice is the semantic feature analysis (SFA). The aim of this study was to determine the impact of this treatment method on the content...

By Tanja Milovanović, Mile Vuković, Sindi Mitrović

Primary varicella usually occurs in childhood and is generally self-limiting. In adults and immunocompromised individuals, it can have a more serious course. Obesity is one of the risk factors for a severe COVID-19 infection that can lead to immunosuppression among other systemic complications. This case report aims to present a rare co-infection o...

By Selma Habibović, Ahmo Habibović, Samir Vučelj, Lejla Ćeranić, Irfan Ćorović, Emina Ćorović-Ličina, Bojana Simović-Marković

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

An increased survival of patients with extensive and critical burns has increased the number of scar deformities in various parts of the human body. Breast lesions particularly affect the physical and mental health of girls and women. Scar deformities manifest in the form of individual scars or large scar fields of the breast and chest. All of this...

By Feyta Ruslanovych, Zhernov Andriyovych, Shendryk Hrehorovych

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 pathophysiological mechan...

By Zoran Stamenković, Lidija Ristić

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to significant public health problems, severe complications, and functional impairment in persons who have recovered from this disease. A 60-years-old male deconditioned patient was transferred from Corona 4 Center to the Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the University C...

By Vesna Grbović, Aleksandra Jurišić-Škevin, Nataša Marković, Kristina Mladenović, Marina Petrović-Stanković, Kristina Mitrović, Dejan Aleksić, Stefan Simović, Željko Todorović, Nataša Zdravković-Petrović

Traumatic injury to the cervical segment of the spinal cord causes disability and quadriplegia. Upper extremity mobility and restoration of hand function for people with quadriplegia is a priority. With coordinated electrical stimulation of peripheral muscles and nerves, known as functional electrical stimulation (FES), this is possible. Upper limb...

By Ranka Ogurlić, Anka Vukićević, Emira Švraka

The role of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGDS) is reflected in the evaluation of various symptoms and signs of numerous organic disorders such as ulcer disease, reflux disease, diverticula, achalasia and tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract, but also in the exclusion of the same conditions in patients, the basis of which is a functional disord...

By Marija Marković, Mladen Maksić, Jelena Živić, Nebojša Igrutinović, Željko Todorović, Nataša Zdravković

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease, and a variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been recommended as preventive measures for prehospital emergency personnel, which has led to considerable challenges and a great confusion for the personnel. This review aims to identify different types of PPE required in th...

By Karim Javanmardi, Abbas Dadashzadeh, Javad Dehghannezhad, Simin Sattarpour, Neda Gilani, Edris Kakemam

Moxifloxacin is an antibiotic used orally or parenterally in the emergency department (ED) for the treatment of various infections, especially acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and community-acquired pneumonia. The side effects of the drug are mainly on the gastrointestinal system, while the central nervous system side effects are rare. Here...

By Sertaç Güler, Dilber Kocaşaban