The aim of this study was to show the influence of various risk factors on early postoperative complications following surgery for Crohn’s disease (CD). In this review, an online internet database was searched, and also systematic review of the literature was performed. Three different studies from different countries were analyzed and compar...

By Vladimir Joksimović, Aleksandar Karagjozov, Gjorgi Jota, Ilija Milev, Radomir Gelevski

Medicinal herbs and their mixtures, which are widely used for prevention and treatment of some disease, can also present health risks due to the presence of toxic metals such as Pb and Cd. The application of different agrotechnical practices during plant growing season, as well as the process of circulation of substances in nature, may be the cause...

By Biljana Kaličanin, Dragan Velimirović, Ivana Arsić, Sofija Đorđević

Metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary origin (cancer of unknown primary-CUP) represent 3-5% of all cancers. This term includes all patients presented with metastatic disease in whom the primary site could not have been identified. Despite the use of modern and comprehensive diagnostic techniques and procedures, there is no improvement in efficac...

By Ivica Pejčić, Svetislav Vrbić, Mirjana Todorović, Ivan Petković, Mirjana Balić, Ana Stanković

Bone marrow involvement is rare in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Its incidence varies with respect to risk factors from 4% to 14%. Low risk patients do not need trephine biopsy according to some research. In the era of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) staging prior to therapy, the role of trephine biopsy as a part of...

By Ivan Petković, Miljan Krstić, Slavica Stojnev, Ivica Pejčić, Svetislav Vrbić

Sexual abuse is considered as a crime against the person all over the world. Despite the age of victims, it could trigger serious physical and psychological consequences, psychoactive substances and drug abuse, reproductive disorders, suicides and even death. The aim of retrospective investigation was to analyze the incidence of sexual assault in t...

By Radoynova Dobrinka Demireva, Miteva Radostina Dimitrova, Irina Slavcheva Burulyanova, Ganchev Dimitar Ivanov, Dokov Wiliam Viktorov, Ivanov Teodor Ivanov, Kolev Yanko Geogiev

Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) develop complications including coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the leading cause of mortality in this group of patients. One of the diagnostic modalities for early detection of myocardial ischemia in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with DM is myocardial perfusion tomography (MPI). The aim of this ...

By Miloš Stević, Marina Vlajković, Goran Koraćević, Radivoj Kocić, Milena Rajić, Slobodan Ilić

Significant differences in speech between genders are contained in nonsegmental correlates, i.e. in the prosody and paralinguistics. Pronunciation differences between genders are more numerous than those in grammatical form. This study aims to detect temporal prosodic patterns and investigate gender differences in performing serial sevens subtracti...

By Milkica Nešić, Svetlana Čičević, Vladimir Nešić, Jelena Kostić, Milan Ćirić

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a microorganism that colonizes the skin and mucosal surfaces of healthy individuals, but it is also one of the most common causes of community-acquired and hospital infections. Nasal carriage of S. aureus represents a major risk factor for the development of infection with this bacterium. A special therapeutic p...

By Marina Dinić, Slavica Vuković, Dobrila Stanković Đorđević, Milena Bogdanović

Sex education is aimed at equipping individuals with sex-related information, motivation, and behavioral skills that will enable them to avoid sex-related problems and to achieve sexual well-being. Safer sex promotion and condom promotion and distribution programmes have grown significantly since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Condom use among...

By Biljana Kocić, Marina Kostić, Tatjana Cagulović

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a disease of predominantly young population, while in the elderly it occurs as a rare neoplasm. Elderly patients (age >60 years) represent a significant problem because of the inability to apply effective aggressive chemiotherapy in these cases. The risk of induction death is very high and unacceptible. Mainly, palliativ...

By Ivan Petković, Dragan Mihailović, Miljan Krstić, Ivica Pejčić, Svetislav Vrbić, Mirjana Balić