Summary Many of the children referred to the emergency complain of head trauma. Children usually require sedition to reduce their failure and fear because of high activity and fear of performing computed tomography (CT). Dexmedetomidine and Midazolam belong to short-acting drugs for this purpose. This study aimed to compare the effect of the ab...

By Hojjat Derakhshanfar, Farzad Bozorgi, Adel Hosseini, Shamila Noori, Abolfazl Mostafavi, Ali Sharami, Seyyed Abbas Hashemi

SUMMARY Milk contains plenty of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant components that probably account for the vital antioxidant protection of the infants at early stages of life against the development of complications induced by oxygen free radicals. Indigenous milk enzymes play a key role in regulating lactogenesis, including active invol...

By Jelena Živković, Slavica Sunarić, Nataša Trutić, Marko Denić, Gordana Kocić, Tatjana Jovanović

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SUMMARY Incivility among nurses and matrons can lead to various issues such as employment turnover and dysfunctional patient care. Therefore, the need to examine and assess the uncivil behaviors among nurses and matrons is evident. The main purpose of this article is to study and determine the frequency of incivility between nurses and matrons...

By Abbas Heydari, Mojtaba Rad, Mostafa Rad

Summary Economic evaluations in health economics are analytical methods used for the analysis of costs and consequences of two or more alternative health programs or interventions. These analyses involve identification, measurement, evaluation and comparison of costs and consequences. Whenever there are two alternative health programs or treatm...

By Vladica Veličković, Aleksandar Višnjić, Jovan Mihajlović

SUMMARY Pyrogallol-type phenolic compounds are widespread in nature and may have significant impact on human health. As Zn(II) ion was proved to be capable of enhancing some biological activities of pyrogallol-type natural phenolic compounds, we decided to study its influence on the autoxidation of pyrogallol and gallic acid in weakly acidic a...

By Aleksandar M. Veselinović, Goran M. Nikolić

SUMMARY The aim of the paper was to investigate the tissue response to the implantation of "Endomethasone" (Septodont) in artificially prepared defect in the rat mandible. Sixteen Wistar male rats were used for the experiment. After anesthesia, a defect between the midline and the mental foramen of the left mandible was made (diameter 1.4...

By Marija Nikolić, Jovanka Gašić, Aleksandar Mitić, Jelena Popović, Aleksandra Radovanović, Radomir Barac

SUMMARY Stress is defined as a state in which homeostasis, as a dynamic balance of internal conditions necessary for the proper functioning of cells or the living organism as a whole, is affected by the action of various stressors. Stress reaction occurs as a result of stress system activities, which is located in the central and peripheral ne...

By Nedeljka Ivković, Đorđe Božović, Maja Račić, Dijana Popović-Grubač, Brankica Davidović

SUMMARY Lower airways are sterile, but many researchers have reported the existence of bronchial colonization with pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the existence and type of bronchial colonization in pat...

By Ana Stojanović

SUMMARY For more than three decades, assisted reproductive techniques (ART) have been used as effective treatments to overcome infertility. Since then, numerous studies have been focused on different aspects of long-term health and development of children born after assisted conception. The aim of this paper is to summarize new data on multipl...

By Milena Milićević, Srećko Potić