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

Cardiovascular rehabilitation (CVR) is of utmost importance in primary and (especially) in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of our paper was to examine whether elderly patients with CAD benefit equally from CVR program as CAD patients of younger age. The study involved 1,697 patients referred to the CVR program after s...

By Milovan Stojanović, Marija Stanković, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Aleksa Vuković, Jelena Igrutinović-Novković, Igor Igić, Stevan Ilić, Dejan Petrović

Depression is a mood disorder that prevents the patients from performing everyday activities, due to the constant presence of negative feelings. Depression is a worldwide medical disorder which is highly prevalent and has therefore become a huge financial burden for the health system. Biological, psychological, and social factors are most commonly ...

By Ina Konstantinović, Milena Trandafilović

This study aimed to determine the effect of the self-efficacy enhancement program on medication adherence and self-efficacy in patients with the acute coronary syndrome. The parallel randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 86 patients with the acute coronary syndrome in Shahroud, Iran, by using a convenience sampling method. Data collectio...

By Maryam Mahdavian, Mahboobeh Khajeh, Shahrbanoo Goli, Kamran Pourmand, Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Hossein Ebrahimi

High-quality bowel preparation is a prerequisite for colonoscopy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational compilation through educational videos and visual cards on the quality of bowel preparation in colonoscopy. The present study was carried out in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, Iran, 2018. In this experimental study, 1...

By Jahanbakhsh Amirarsalani, Leyla Alilu, Masoumeh Hemmati-Maslakpak, Javad Rasouli

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and metastatic disease is an important and frequent clinical problem. Metastases in the oral and maxillofacial region are rare, comprising 1-2% of all malignant lesions, and clinically resemble common benign conditions. A 59-year-old woman diagnosed with rectal cancer developed perimandibular lesion...

By Miljana Džunić, Ana Cvetanović, Ivan Petković

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 the cell capacit...

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

Since 1999 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been used to measure the amount of glucose in the interstitial fluid. CGM is crucial when it comes to developing the ambulatory glucose profile and giving information on time spent in range (TIR), percentage of time spent above and below range, as well as variability. It was in 1992 that Campbell e...

By Milovan Stojanović, Milica Pešić, Stevan Ilić, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Vojislav Ćirić

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of robotic-assisted gait treadmill training (Lokomat) as an adjunct to traditional physiotherapy in improving the range of motion, muscle strength and decreasing spasticity in lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy. Twenty-six participants, with mean 7.69 ± 2.90 years, levels I-...

By Dragana Đurić, Snežana Ilić, Alameri Shaima, Almenhali Ameera, Al Tariq

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 should be clearly ...

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