Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a chaotic, irregular atrial rhythm at 300-600 bpm. The AV node conducts the impulse intermittently, causing the irregular ventricular rate. The main risk is of embolism (stroke), which is preventable by anticoagulation. The current estimate of the AF prevalence in the developed world is approxi-mately 1.5-2% in the gener...

By Vuk Niković, Predrag Blagojević, Dušan Milenković, Anton Laggner, Hans Domanovits, Ranka Bulajić

Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ disease and is characterized by sarcoidal noncaseating granuloma comprised of T-helper/inducer (CD4+) lymphocytes and scant cytotoxic (CD8+) T-lymphocytes. CD4+:CD8+ T-cell elevated ratio is a characteristic diagnostic parameter for sarcoidosis. This is the first report from Iran evaluating the CD4:CD8 ratio capability ...

By Arda Kiani, Ian M. Adcock, Kimia Taghavi, Esmaeil Mortaz, Atosa Doroudinia, Seyed Reza Seyedi, Mehdi Kazempour-Dizaji, Atefeh Abedini

Literature search shows that there is a shortage of studies that have investigated the relationships between the physical conditioning markers monitored over the course of a season and the quantitative assessments of training and competition in elite handball players. Thus, the aim of our work was to follow changes in speed, strength, power and end...

By Ljubomir Pavlović, Ivana Bojić, Nenad Stojiljković, Dušica Djordjević, Dragan Radovanović

Nursing students are more susceptible to sleep disturbances. The dormitory life also decreases the quality of their sleep. Due to the restriction of the use of drugs for the management of sleep disorders, the study was conducted to investigate the effect of aromatherapy with Citrus aurantium essence on the sleep quality among nursing students. In t...

By Sareh Shamsipour, Mohammad Hassan Sahebihagh, Hossein Ebrahimi, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab

Oral anticoagulants, vitamin K antagonists (varfarin and acenocoumarol), are widely used for primary and secondary prevention of thromboembolic events. Previous studies have shown that patients had a low level of knowledge on warfarin, especially its interactions with food.The study was aimed at the development, reliability testing and validation o...

By Katarina V. Tomašević, Slobodan Janković

SummaryAsystole is a rare primary manifestation in the development of sudden cardiac death (SCD), and survival during cardiac arrest as the consequence of asystole is extremely low. The aim of our paper is to illustrate successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and rare and severe form of card...

By Dejan Petrović, Marina Deljanin Ilić, Bojan Ilić, Sanja Stojanović, Milovan Stojanović, Dejan Simonović

Summary Medical simulation is an artificial and a faithful representation of real clinical situations with the help of static and interactive doll simulators, standardized patients/actors, models for the exercise, simulation on a computer screen and a “serious” performance of a real clinical situation. That is a modern way of learning t...

By Biljana Stošić, Ivana Budić, Danijela Stanković, Marija Jović, Velimir Perić, Marija Stošić, Milica Radić

Summary Congenital posteromedial bowing of the tibia (CPMBT) is a rare congenital anomaly of the lower limbs. The aim of the present study was to analyze our experience in the treatment of CPMBT. A retrospective study of patients treated for CPMBT in the period January 2000 – June 2016 was performed. In the observed period, six patients were ...

By Dragoljub Živanović, Andjelka Slavković, Zoran Marjanović, Ivona Djordjević, Nikola Bojović, Milan Petrović

Summary Nine Hypericum species (H. barbatum, H. hirsutum, H. linarioides, H. olympicum, H. perforatum, H. rochelii, H. rumeliacum, H. tetrapterum and H. umbellatum) collected in Serbia were assayed for inhibitory potential against xanthine oxidase in vitro, on the commercial enzyme, and compared with allopurinol. Seven studied Hypericum species (H....

By Andrija Šmelcerović, Žaklina Šmelcerović, Katarina Tomović, Gordana Kocić, Aleksandra Đorđević

Summary The aim of our study was to determine the factors influencing galectin-3 levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. We collected material from 37 successive patients with acute coronary syndrome and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction, of which 19 patients had atrial fibrillati...

By Olivera Andrejić, Rada Vučić, Svetlana Apostolović, Milan Pavlović, Dragana Stokanović, Valentina Nikolić, Tatjana Jevtović-Stoimenov, Stefan Momčilović