Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality from cancer across the world. In this study, the use of serum nucleolin (NCL) and nucleophosmin (NPM1) levels as a marker in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response evaluation in lung cancer was investigated. NCL and NPM1 levels of serum samples taken before chemotherapy and after 3-4 courses of...

By Gül Akın, Onur Esbah, Recep Eröz

The chief aim of this study was monitoring of laboratory parameters of chronic kidney failure in elderly patients. All samples were taken and processed by standard methods and according to the principles of good laboratory practice. Data were collected in an organized and systematic manner in the form of a questionnaire with respect to ethical prin...

By Edhem Hasković, Harun Uzunalıć, Snežana Unčanin, Safija Herenda, Denis Hasković, Amina Selimović

One of the anti-epidemic measures in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in Serbia was the mandatory complete ban on movement for people over 65 years of age. Two main stress factors affecting their health have been identified: intensive media coverage of the new disease and total physical and even social isolation of the elderly. The aim of this study w...

By Tatjana Kilibarda, Šćepan Sinanović, Saša Bubanj, Sanja Trgovčević, Sunčica Ivanović, Suzana Milutinović

Graves' disease is an autoimmune thyroid disease that is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. Peripheral blood cell parameters such as neutrophils, lymphocytes, and platelets play a role in inflammation control. Several studies have proven that neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio are indicators ...

By Aksanur Gokce, Tulay Omma, Mustafa Çelikc, Işılay Taşkaldıran

Oxidative stress and resulting lipid peroxidation are involved in numerous pathological conditions. For this reason, the role of antioxidants attracts attention and the radical-scavenging capacity of many natural and synthetic supplements and drugs has been extensively evaluated. In the present study, seven N,N'-disubstituted benzimidazole-2-thione...

By Jelena Lazarević, Jelena Zvezdanović, Neda Anastassova, Anelia Mavrova, Denitsa Yancheva, Andrija Šmelcerović

Pseudothrombocytopenia induced by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid is a rare phenomenon caused by autoantibodies against platelet membrane with overall prevalence of 0.1% in the general population. This phenomenon is an in vitro artifact and with different anticoagulant used, the patient had the physiological platelet count. This case is a report of...

By Dejan Dobrijević, Nataša Kaćanski-Rađenović, Jovanka Kolarović

Microvascular and macrovascular complications lead to recurrent hospital admissions, hospitalizations, disability, and death in the course of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio (THR) is associated with insulin resistance. We aimed to find out whether there is a relationship between THR and diabetic complications ...

By Satilmis Bilgin, Gulali Aktas, Tel Atak, Ozge Kurtkulagi, Gizem Kahveci, Tuba Duman, Havva Akin, Buse Balci, Asli Erturk

Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is one of the laboratory biomarkers used in clinical practice to predict severity and mortality of acute pancreatitis (AP), however, there is currently insufficient information about the changes of NLR in the dynamics in relationship with other clinical and laboratory data. To assess the relationship between NLR va...

By Tetiana Formanchuk, Hryhoriy Lapshyn, Mariya Pokidko, Andrii Formanchuk, Igor Vovchuk

Quality of life is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to changes in the daily routine, there was a change in the psychosocial functioning of individuals. Given that laryngectomized patients belong to a vulnerable group that requires psychological support after surgery, specific epidem...

By Mirjana Petrović-Lazić, Snežana Babac, Ivana Ilić-Savić

Machine learning (ML) plays a significant role in the fight against the COVID-19 (officially known as SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. ML techniques enable the rapid detection of patterns and trends in large datasets. Therefore, ML provides efficient methods to generate knowledge from structured and unstructured data. This potential is particularly significan...

By Alem Čolaković, Elma Avdagić-Golub, Muhamed Begović, Belma Memić, Adisa Hasković-Džubur