Lymphocyte Subsets in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Children with Lung Infiltrates
The analysis of the subpopulation of lymphocytes - CD4+, CD8+ lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of paediatric patients can provide useful information related the lung parenchyma. The aim of the paper was to analyze the results of bronchoscopy of patients presenting with persistent lung infiltrates and to find out of the diagnostic y...
By Amina Selimović, Senka Dinarević, Tatjana Pejčić, Ermina Mujičić, Aida Hasanović, Siniša Ristić, Nataša Banjac, Željko Pavlović
Seasonal Variations of the Incidence of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at the Territory of the South Serbia
Literature data on the association between the incidence of ruptured abdominal aorta and seasons are contradictory. The influence of climatic factors on the rupture of abdominal aorta is geographically dependent. The aim of this research was the investigation of the connection between the incidence of ruptured abdominal aorta and seasons at the ter...
By Zoran Damnjanović, Milan Jovanović, Predrag Đorđević, Nenad Ilić, Irena Janković, Igor Smiljković, Nikola Đorđević, Dragutin Grozdanović
Value of the First Examination for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip - Our Experiences
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) means a distinct dislocation (lateralisation and cranialisation) of the femoral head from the poorly developed (hypoplastic and steeper) acetabulum. The aim of the paper was to establish, in a retrospective and prospective study conducted in the period between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010, th...
By Predrag Grubor, Milan Grubor, Marinko Domuzin, Ivan Golubović
Portal Hypertension—Prevention from Variceal Rebleeding
The aim of this study is to present the importance of pharmacologic therapy in an early prevention of bleeding and rebleeding from the oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. Three hundred and fifteen patients with liver cirrhosis have been evaluated and diagnosed in the University Clinic of Gastroenterohepatology. In the evaluati...
By Nenad Joksimović, Vladimir Andreevski, Magdalena Genadieva, Meri Trajkovska
Childhood Asthma and its Comorbidities
Numerous comorbidities are frequently associated with asthma and may influence the clinical expression and severity of asthma. The aim of our study was to determine the presence and prevalence of other diseases in children with asthma, both of allergic and non-allergic origin. The study included 974 non - hospital patients, of whom 669 had asthma, ...
By Sanja Dimitrijević, Snežana Živanović, Ljiljana Šaranac
Obsessive‐compulsive Disorder and Treatment—One‐Year Follow up Study
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined by the presence of either obsession or compulsion that is severe enough to be time consuming or to cause marked distress or significant impairment. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person recognizes that the obsessions and compulsions are excessive or unreasonable. Twenty-one patien...
By Lydia Sushevska, Nichola Olumchev, Mirjana Saveska
Treatment of Perforative Peptic Ulcer
Perforation of peptic ulcer (PPU) is the most frequent complication of peptic ulcer disease. PPU is a serious complication which demands urgent diagnostic procedures, reanimation and surgical intervention. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of PPU, diagnostic and therapy procedures, time and kind of surgical methods, as well as mo...
By Ivana Đorđević, Aleksandar Zlatić, Irena Janković
QALY: Measure of Cost‐Benefit Analysis of Health Interventions
For the purpose of economic evaluation in the health economics, several analytical techniques that are designed for comparing two or more health interventions in terms of costs and effects are used. Cost-benefit analysis provides the opportunity of comparing values of alternative health interventions that have very different health benefits, which ...
By Aleksandar Višnjić, Vladica Veličković, Nataša Šelmić Milosavljević
Early Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Results in Higher Overall Survival and Leukemia Free Survival Compared to Conventional Chemotherapy in High Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients
Between 1996 and 2004, a total of 708 patients were enrolled in the AML ´96 and 2002 studies of the East German Study Group. Of those, 138 patients (19.5%) had unfavourable cytogenetics defined as complex karyotype, del (5q)/-5, del (7q)/-7, abn (3q26) and abn (11q23). Seventy-seven (56%) patients achieved CR1 after induction chemotherap...
By Nadežda Basara, Antje Schulze, Herbert Sayer
Clinical Quality of Life and Manometric Findings in Newly Diagnosed Achalasia Patients
Scanty information is available regarding the clinical characteristics, quality of life (QoL) profile and manometric findings in unselected newly diagnosed cases of achalasia. Fifty-six consecutive cases of newly diagnosed achalasia have been characterized regarding the symptoms when a standardized protocol was applied, to which was added a more de...
By Srđan Kostić, Magnus Ruth, Ann Kjellin, Lars Lundell, Erik Svartholm, Mats Andersson, Hans Lönroth