The objective of this narrative review was to describe the versatile links between mental status and sleep in patients with Parkinson's disease. We searched randomized controlled studies, observational studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and case reports written in English in PubMed during 2015 - 2021. Additionally, to ensure the completene...

By Anastasiia Shkodina, Tymur Iengalychev, Kateryna Tarianyk, Dmytro Boiko, Nataliia Lytvynenko, Andrii Skrypnikov

Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in the world, standing for the most frequent cause for hospitalization and emergency cases. Respiratory viruses are the most triggering cause. To assess the role of viral infections, especially COVID-19, in the pathogenesis of asthma initiation and exacerbations. Electronic search was do...

By Batool Mahdi

To develop methods for obtaining enlarged perforating flaps on the anterior surfaces of the thoracic and abdominal walls. The study included 16 patients with post-burn breast deformities aged from 5 to 22 years. In the upper part of the anterior surface of the chest, the flaps were formed on the basis of 2, 3 anterior intercostal artery perforator ...

By Feyta Ruslanovych, Zhernov Andriyovych, Zhernov Oleksandrovych, Kozinets Pavlovych

Breastfeeding is the most important way to feed a newborn, infant and a young child. Lactogenesis is the ability of secreting milk from the mammary gland and includes secretory initiation and activation. The birth of the placenta and decrease in progesterone levels stimulate an increase in prolactin levels and the secretion of milk from the breast....

By Jelena Miolski, Mišela Raus, Milica Radusinović, Vera Zdravković

Chemotherapy may cause various nail damages, including chromonychia, melanonychia, onycholisis, and onychomadesis. Melanonychia is characterized by melanin-derived brown-to-black nail pigmentation. It may occur as a result of nail matrix melanocytic activation or melanocytic hyperplasia, and nail invasion by melanin-producing pathogens. We present ...

By Ivan Petković

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

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 prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing in many countries. A lower prevalence of DM type 2 and other glucose metabolism disorders was observed in populations consuming larger amounts of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, existing mainly in fish. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an important signaling molecule required for the central nerv...

By Sahar Mahmoud, Yasmin Latif, Hisham Orban, Amr Ibrahim, Jihan Hussein

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) as a rare inflammatory gastrointestinal (GI) disorder is primarily characterized by long-term or recurrent abdominal pain. Peripheral eosinophilia is usually caused by eosinophilic infiltrations into the multiple layers of the GI tract. In this report, a case of EGE with an acute abdomen is presented. A 14-year-ol...

By Tahmineh Biazar, Parisa Sabbagh, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Masomeh Bayani

The aim of the research was to contribute to better understanding of the correlation between postural disorders and muscle power in primary school children. The sample of respondents consisted of 1,120 children, aged 7 to 12 years (549 boys and 571 girls) from the territory of the municipality of Knjaževac. In the assessment of the spinal column st...

By Saša Bubanj, Stefan Đorđević, Saša Milenković, Ratko Stanković, Mikica Vidojević, Milan Đokić