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

Vernix caseosa peritonitis (VCP) is a rare postpartum complication rarely recognized by clinicians despite an increased incidence of cesarean sections. A 23-year-old patient, who had not had any prior medical examination during pregnancy and with preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM), gave birth by cesarean section. On the 4th day afte...

By Dejan Mihajlović, Novica Đoković, Leonida Vitković, Nenad Šulović, Milica Mijović

The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of mortality in acute pancreatitis with clinical and simple laboratory data received on the day of admission. In our retrospective study, the clinical and laboratory parameters of 99 patients with moderate and severe acute pancreatitis were analyzed. All patients were divided into two groups: dec...

By Tetiana Formanchuk, Volodymyr Shaprinskiy, Andrii Formanchuk

The coronavirus caused the pandemic COVID-19 that has an extensive influence in the world. The virus enters and infects body cells through superficial protein ACE2. Each cell possessing ACE2 is potentially vulnerable to this virus. Since the respiratory system is exposed to the environment and has ACE2, it is one of the first candidates infected by...

By Roshanak Ghobadian, Hossein Khaleghzadeh-Ahangar

The lateral medullary syndrome is a neurological disease caused by ischemia in the lateral part of the medulla oblongata and is the most common form of brainstem infarction. Dysphagia is a common and clinically significant symptom of this disease because it is closely associated with the risk of recurrent pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration, and a...

By Mile Vuković, Mirna Zelić

To evaluate the influence of exercise training on inflammatory markers and exercise tolerance in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. A total of 54 subjects were enrolled in the present study, including 34 CAD patients (CAD group: 59.2 ± 8.2 years) and 20 healthy controls (C group: 54.2 ± 8.0 years). C reactive protein (CRP), eryth...

By Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Gordana Kocić, Gordana Lazarević, Dejan Simonović, Milovan Stojanović, Stevan Ilić, Branka Đorđević, Dejan Petrović, Sanja Stojanović

The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is higher than in those without this infection. Sexual dysfunction in HIV-infected people is associated with adverse outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of sexual function in people infected with HIV. This cross-sectional study was d...

By Fatemeh Dadgar, Zeinab Moshfeghy, Roksana Janghorban, Marziyeh Doostfatemeh

For the first time, we evaluated and presented the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients from Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This retrospective, single-centre study included 159 RT-PCR verified COVID-19 patients (92 mild/moderate; 67 ...

By Anela Šubo, Amela Dervišević, Zulejha Omerbašić, Muhamed Zeid, Selma Spahić, Almir Fajkić, Damir Suljević

Healthcare students are among the groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental distress and perceptions of COVID-19 stress in healthcare students. The present analytical cross-sectional study included all students of Saveh University of Medical Sciences in 2021 as the stat...

By Hamid Koohestani, Nayereh Baghcheghi

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the carbomer concentration (used as the gelling agent, in the range 0.5 - 2.0%) on textural and sensory characteristics of gels with 3% panthenol using sensory analysis as subjective and texture analysis as an objective assessment method. An active substance in the gels was panthenol, which als...

By Milica Martinović, Nenad Stojanović, Ivana Nešić