This study compares the acute cardiovascular responses of rowing athletes during a rowing test in laboratory and field conditions in order to identify possible differences between the two types of the rowing tests. Six male rowers completed the rowing tests, using the Concept2 rowing paddle at the laboratory and a skiff in the water. Heart rate, bl...

By Nikolaos Coutlianos, Nikolaos Panolias, Milena Tomović, Serafeim Alexiou

The aim of the research was to investigate prognostic factors in patients with resected colorectal liver metastases (CLMs) after biological and chemotherapy, which made initially unresectable disease suitable for resection. Sixty-six patients with resected CLMs, operated after induction bio-chemotherapy with bevacizumab + FOLFOX4, treated at the Cl...

By Miljana Džunić, Ivan Petković, Ana Cvetanović, Ivica Pejčić, Svetislav Vrbić, Saša Dinić

Poor oral hygiene and diseases of the teeth and oral tissues can affect all aspects of patients' lives. The aim of the study was to determine the subjective assessment of oral and general health and their impact on the quality of life in elderly patients. The research included 46 patients, geriatric center users, who were asked questions from a thr...

By Milena Kostić, Marko Igić, Ana Pejčić

Oxidative stress, as one of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the reduction of myocardial contractility, stimulates the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts and the activation of matrix metalloproteinases, which leads to extracellular matrix remodeling. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well-known independent risk factor for cardi...

By Sandra Šarić, Tatjana Cvetković, Dejan Petrović, Valentina Mitić, Sanja Stojanović, Vladana Stoiljković, Marina Deljanin-Ilić

As a complex and multidimensional problem, the occupational burnout causes absence, dissatisfaction, badtemper, physical and emotional exhaustion and displacement. This study aimed to investigate the levels of occupational burnout and its components in Mazandaran's hospitals by the kind of their ownership. This descriptive-analytical study was cond...

By Ghahraman Mahmoudi, Jahani Ali, Masoomeh Abdi, Sedigheh Solimanian, Nikbakht Ali, Soheil Ebrahimpour

The maternal mortality rate (MMR) often reflects the development status of one country. This study calculates the incidence rate of maternal mortality and examines the related risk factors in Fars Province, located in South of Iran. Using the surveillance system of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, we reviewed all childbirth records from 2002 ...

By Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Fariba Moradi, Elham Hesami, Ahmad Maghsoudi, Amin Mirahmadizadeh, Ali Seifi, Mahsa Kiani, Mohsen Moghadami

Remodeling of the myocardium in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) is mediated by the presence of mineralocorticoid receptors on the myocytes and fibroblasts. The goal of this study was to analyze the effect of arterial hypertension and metabolic disorders on the cardiovascular system in patients with PA. We recruited 54 patients with PA, 32 ...

By Andryi Nykonenko, Iryna Zubryk, Oleksandr Podluzhnyi, Olrksandr Molodan, Sergii Bukhtii, Oleksandr Nykonenko

Cervical cancer is considered as a common female genital cancer. It is also recognized as the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death among women. It is estimated that in Iran cervical cancer ranks the 4th most frequent cancer in women. Therefore, with regard to the importance of Pap smear in preventing cervical cancer, together with the...

By Bibi Hoseini, Nematullah Shomoossi, Mohammad Rakhshani, Reihane Beinaghi

Genetic counselling is a complex process that helps people to understand and adopt medical, psychological and genetic aspects of the disease and enable them to make an appropriate decision. In this framework, we revisited all the existing models for decision-making and suggested their use in the process of genetic counselling, which may lead to mor...

By Marija Lević, Dušanka Krajnović, Valentina Marinković

Anxiety is an inborn emotional and cognitive reaction that enables humans to cope with everyday situations, however, it can be pathological as well. Although Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scales are most frequently used to study the presence/absence of anxiety, there is a lack of empirical studies in Serbian healthy and/o...

By Nikola Stojanović, Pavle Ranđelović, Gordana Nikolić, Nenad Stojiljković, Sonja Ilić, Bogdan Stoiljković, Niko Radulović