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, 301 stude...

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

The open field test is being used extensively for the determination of different aspects of animal behaviour for over seventy years. The correlation between different behavioural parameters obtained in this test, although previously studied, is still debatable. Thus, we aimed to analyze and correlate behaviour scores to estimate the importance of i...

By Nikola M. Stojanović, Pavle J. Randjelović, Niko S. Radulović

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 appr...

By Nasrin Baghdari, Mostafa Rad, Marzie Torkmannejad Sabzevari

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. The study...

By Slavica Kozomara, Ivana Krstić

Phytopreparations, in addition to the pharmacological activity and positive effects on health, can lead to side effects, toxic effects, allergic reactions, as well as the interaction of conventional and herbal medicines. Despite this, there is a generally positive attitude that herbal medicines and herbal dietary supplements are safe and harmless t...

By Snježana Mirković, Slobodan Janković, Jelena Džudović, Vladimir Gužvić

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of an adapted basketball training program on the cardiorespiratory fitness and sport skills performance of adolescents with mental retardation (MR). Fifty adolescents with mild MR who participated in this study were divided in two groups. Experimental group (n = 25; mean ± SD age: 15.7 &plu...

By Miodrag Kocić, Ivana Bojić, Marko Aleksandrović, Aleksandar Ignjatović, Dragan Radovanović

High risk Hodgkin lymphoma patients may occasionally have borderline characteristics similar to gray zone lymphomas and T-cell/histiocyte rich B cell lymphomas. These entities require different and more aggressive treatment modalities. Aggressive behavior is often associated with disturbances caused by Epstein Barr virus, or immune evasion caused b...

By Goran Marjanović, Olivera Simonović

The aim of this study was to present the results of one original method application in internal fixation of long bones. The series of 27 patients with unilateral fractures of femoral shaft was analyzed. According to AO classification, 21 fractures were classified as 32A, five as 32B, and one as 32C type. Original diaphyseal self-dynamisable interna...

By Milan Mitković, Saša Milenković, Ivan Micić, Predrag Stojiljković, Igor Kostić, Slobodan Milenković, Dražen Jelača, Milorad Mitković

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the surgical outcome in patients with spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) after surgical intervention, in respect to the initial clinical conditions, age, sex, hemispheric side and anatomic localization of ICH. Thirty-eight surgically treated patients with spontaneous supratentorial intrace...

By Vladimir Rendevski, Dragan Stojanov, Boris Aleksovski, Ana Mihajlovska Rendevska, Aleksandar Chaparoski, Doga Ugurlar, Vasko Aleksovski, Natalija Baneva, Icko Gjorgoski

Papillary carcinoma of the breast is an extremely rare form of breast carcinoma in males. We report a case of an 83-year-old man who presented with a retroareolar palpable mass, associated with bloody nipple discharge. Cytological characteristics were rare clusters and papillary formations with enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei, surrounded by erythroc...

By Vuka Katić, Danijela Radojković, Zoran Radovanović, Ivan Nagorni, Andrija Jović, Maja Nedić