Telemedicine represents interactive audio-visual communication between doctors and their patients. The Center for Telemedicine in Kosovska Mitrovica organizes and manages the process of teleconsultation using the computer-medical system XPA3 Online. This paper explains the procedure of posting teleconsultation requests by doctors, consultation seek...

By Dejan Dubovina, Branko Mihailović, Biljana Vujičić, Saša Tabaković, Vladimir Matvijenko, Dušan Živković

On the basis of the Law on Medicines and Medical Devices of the Republic of Serbia, a magistral medicine means a medicine prepared in the pharmacy according to a prescription (formula) for an individual patient - user. In practice, the more need is for ex tempore production of vaginal preparations in the pharmacy and galenic laboratory. Due to the ...

By Milica Stanković, Vesna Savić, Valentina Marinković

The high incidence of premalignant lesions of the cervix in our country and worldwide was the primary aim for conducting this study so as to establish whether HPV16, smoking and coitarche (first intercourse) are significant factors in the developmental stages of cervical dysplasia in the case of which the conization is a surgical treatment of choic...

By Goran Dimitrov, Elena Džikova, Gligor Dimitrov, Gjorgji Babushku, Vesna Antovska

It is not enough just to do mammography, but perform a quality one. American Association of Radiologists (American College of Radiology - ACR) introduced a unique and a standard terminology in radiological diagnosis of breast disease calling it the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System or abbreviated BIRADS. The aim of the paper is to present a ...

By Rade Babić

High prevalence of hypertension along with its serious complications in the organs have made this disease an important health problem worldwide. The lack of symptoms is the most important sign of hypertension and the prevalent remedies have not been effective in controlling the disease yet. Meanwhile, monitoring blood pressure at home and at workpl...

By Ivana Ilić, Jovica Jovanović, Mirjana Aranđelović

Stercoral peritonitis (SP) caused by perforation of the colon due to colorectal carcinoma (CRC) represents one of the most difficult types of peritoneal inflammation with complex clinical presentation. The aim of the study was to establish the frequency of CRC as a cause of stercoral peritonitis, type of treatment, postoperative complicatins, lengt...

By Ivana Đorđević, Goran Stanojević, Dragoslav Miljković, Aleksandar Bogićević, Hadži-Bojan Marjanović

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder that is usually diagnosed in children, with the appearance of symptoms up to seven years. The diagnosis was twice more frequently confirmed in boys than in girls. ADHD is characterized by symptoms of inattention and/or impulsiveness and hyperactivity, which ...

By Lydia Sushevska, Nicholas Olumchev, Mirjana Saveska, Hadzhihamza Kadri

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common cause of death among infectious diseases. During the management of pneumonia, it is often uncertain when the disease may turn into severe form. The first definition of severe CAP was provided by the ATS Guidelines. Definition was built up around simple clinical and radiographic criteria reflecti...

By Desa Nastasijević Borovac, Tatjana Pejčić, Tatjana Rađenović Petković, Vidosava Đorđević, Ivanka Đorđević, Ivana Stanković, Milan Rančić

Sarcoidosis is characterized by granulomatous inflammation developing in the affected organs. The ethiopathogenesis of the disease is still unknown. The lungs are most commonly affected, and uncontrolled, long-lasting inflammation can result in pulmonary fibrosis. Many different mediators, such as cytokines, chemokines, and other proteins with vari...

By Tatjana Rađenović Petković, Tatjana Pejčić, Desa Nastasijević Borovac, Danijela Radojković, Sonja Cekić

Muscle fiber types and  their metabolic and size properties, key determinants of muscle function, can be altered by variety of factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the fiber type composition and size of fibers in the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle of young adult male and female rats, using histochemical and morphometric me...

By Desanka Tasić, Irena Dimov, Vladimir Petrović, Todorka Savić, Dragan Dimov