Summary Fear of needles can significantly limit professional and social functioning of a person, and is highly prevalent in general population (4%). The aim of our study was to reveal risk factors that are associated with fear of needles among healthy university students of medicine and pharmacy. The study was of a cross-sectional type. In total, 3...

By Marija Sekulić, Milena Nikolić, Ana Antanasković, Milan Milutinović, Nenad Mladenović, Nevena Barudžić, Marija Ratković, Jelena Milovanović, Dragutin Jovanović, Nataša Nikolić, Tanja Dimitrijević, Bojan Rakonjac, Djordje Vukmirović, Vesna Matić, Boban Milovanović, Andriana Bukonjić, Andjelka Prokić, Jelena Djoković, Andjela Milojević, Ana Divjak, Strahinja Mrvić, Marina Mijajlović, Miloš Nikolić, Ljiljana Nikolić, Iva Grubor, Slobodan M. Janković, Dušan Tomović

Summary Cardiac rehabilitation is an integral part of the complex therapy of cardiac patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dynamic exercise and dynamic resistance training on exertion tolerance, muscle strength of the upper and lower extremities, and respiratory index in patients after surgical coronary revascularization. T...

By Slavica Kozomara, Ivana Krstić

Summary Due to the diversity of midwives’ responsibilities, the skill to deliver bad news is a vital need, and therefore the teaching approach in this matter is of utmost importance. Thus, this study has been conducted with the purpose of comparing the effect of SPIKES-based education of skills needed for delivering bad news, using two different ap...

By Nasrin Baghdari, Mostafa Rad, Marzie Torkmannejad Sabzevari

Summary Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanogenic congenital heart defect. The diagnosis is based on clinical signs, ECG examination, ultrasound examination of the heart, additional imaging methods and invasive testing. The therapeutic approach to the patient with tetralogy is complex and based on conservative and radical methods. Patients ...

By Milovan Stojanović, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Aleksa Vuković, Dejan Petrović

Summary The growing number of doctoral graduates in nursing management, together with more focus on qualitative studies, has contributed to the development of qualitative studies. This study aimed to provide a critical appraisal of qualitative research papers in the field of nursing management by Iranian authors, published in national and internati...

By Abbas Heydari, Seyed Majid Vafaei, Mahmoud Bakhshi

SummaryIn Serbia, the first isolates ofC. difficilewere isolated in the Public Health Institute (PHI), Center for Microbiology in Niš, at the end of 2005.The National Reference Laboratory for Anaerobic Infections (NRLA) in PHI Niš confirmed the toxigenic strains that caused the first three registered hospital epidemics in Serbia, in 2006 at the Cli...

By Predrag Stojanović, Branislava Kocić, Gorana Dragovac, Marina Randjelović, Vukica Pantović, Zorica Mitić, Kristina Stojanović

SummaryThe term necrotizing fasciitis (NF) was first used by Wilson in 1952, who described this rare, however, progressive infection that primarily affects the fascia and subcutaneous tissues. Necrotizing fasciitis may affect any part of the body; however, it usually appears on the extremities. The most common microorganisms isolated in NF areStaph...

By Vojkan Lazić, Dragan Krasić, Miloš Trajković, Miloš Stojanović, Nikola Živković, Milan Spasić

Summary Bronchial asthma (BA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in the pathogenesis of which oxidative stress has a very important role. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in catalase gene may result in decreased antioxidative defense capacity, and thus a higher risk for BA development. Since oxidative stress has an important rol...

By Milena Despotović, Tatjana Jevtović Stoimenov, Ivana Stanković, Jelena Bašić, Branka Đorđević, Dušica Pavlović

Summary The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of troponin I, C-reactive protein and risk factors for the occurrence of complications after myocardial infarction. Troponin I and C-reactive protein values were analyzed in 38% of patients with complications (postinfarction angina, ventricular fibrillation, heart failure ...

By Enisa Hodžić, Edhem Hasković, Mirela Duraković, Muhamed Fočak

Summary Nanoliposomes represent natural or synthetic nanoparticles made of phospholipids, which may spontaneously aggregate in an aqueous medium. Their use in dermatology and for cosmetic purposes may offer facilitated delivery in skin via enhanced opening of the tight junctions between the epithelial cell monolayers. As far as their use in dermato...

By Hristina Kocić, Milica Stanković, Ivana Arsić