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

Lentigo maligna (LM) represents an in situ melanoma that develops on chronically photo-damaged skin. Clinical diagnosis of LM is often difficult, even for experienced dermatologists. The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical and dermoscopic features of patients with pathohistologically verified lentigo maligna (LM) and to determine a possibl...

By Danica Tiodorović, Danijela Popović, Slađana Cekić, Milica Radić, Aleksandar Popović, Nataša Vidović, Andrija Jović

Reproductive health and cervical cancer screeaning are public health priorities. The aim of the study was to asses the sexual behavior and prevalence of cervical cancer screening use in the Šumadija District, Serbia. The research was conducted as a cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of 510 females aged 18 -49 years, living...

By Vera Simić, Nataša Mihailović, Snežana Radovanović, Sanja Kocić, Svetlana Radević, Ivana Simić-Vukomanović

Psoriasis is a chronic, relapsing, non-infectious dermatosis, affecting patients' quality of life. There is still insufficient evidence from routine clinical practice on how the biological therapy improves the quality of life of patients with psoriasis. The aim of our study was to examine the effectiveness of biological therapy, regardless of the d...

By Katarina Nikolić, Dragan Jovanović, Lena Stojković

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), primarily affects the respiratory system, the possibility of multisystem tissue and organ damage is not excluded. In severe forms of the disease, hematological disorders with the accompanying laboratory derangements often occur. The...

By Jelena Đorđević, Olgica Mihaljević, Marijana Stanojević-Pirković, Ardahanli Isa, Milan Radović, Batrić Babović

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. Bone replacements are widely used in the reconstruction of bone defects. The optimal characte...

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

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

The aim of the paper was to examine the impact of disease duration and administered therapy on the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study involved 55 patients (50 females and 5 males) with the diagnosis and 49 healthy controls of similar age. MetS was defined according to modified NC...

By Jovana Cvetković, Sonja Stojanović, Ivan Tasić, Bojana Stamenković, Jovan Nedović, Sanja Stojanović

High-energy distal tibia fractures are characterized by great comminution and extensive lesions of the surrounding soft tissues. The risk of developing complications during treatment is high. The application of the Ilizarov's technique reduces the risk of complications significantly, and provides good final treatment results. In our prospective obs...

By Ivica Lalić, Vladimir Harhaji, Oliver Dulić, Mile Bjelobrk, Nataša Janjić, Nensi Lalić, Marko Bojović, Marko Mladenović

Hepatitis A virus is a major cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide, with approximately 1.5 million cases annually. Clinical manifestations of the hepatitis A virus infection range from asymptomatic to acute liver failure. Cholestatic viral hepatitis A is a rare clinical manifestation characterized by a prolonged course, refractory pruritus, immi...

By Nemanja Đorđević, Predrag Čanović, Dejan Petrović, Nataša Minić, Željko Mijailović