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

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

High performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC -DAD) was used to study the autoxidation of gallic acid in alkaline aqueous solutions and the influence of Mg(II) ion on this process. At pH 10, one main autoxidation product was determined, and based on the data obtained in this study its structure was proposed to some kind of...

By Goran Nikolić, Aleksandar Veselinović, Žarko Mitić, Slavoljub Živanović

Digital photography has today, quite sure, penetrated into all segments of life, providing new facts and perceptions in the field of science, medicine, industry, fashion design, communications and arts. The aim of this paperwork was to, based of the observations from literature and clinical experience, inform and assist the physician-practitioner i...

By Dragan Mladenović, Lidija Mladenović, Sanja Mladenović

The dog parasites Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis) and Dirofilaria repens (D. repens), well known as zoonotic agents, can infect humans with immature forms. Human dirofilarioses in many asymptomatic patients are undiagnosed because physicians do not consider this etiology, and because it is impossible to apply non-invasive diagnostic procedures. So...

By Jovana Đorđević, Suzana Tasić, Nataša Miladinović-Tasić, Aleksandar Tasić

Systemic antibiotics are increasingly used in the treatment of periodontal infections. Whilst these drugs are used mostly on an empirical basis, some physicians contend that rational use of antibiotics should be the norm due to their wide abuse and global emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms. This is a review of the principles and rational a...

By Ana Pejčić, Ljiljana Kesić, Radmila Obradović, Dimitrije Mirković

Hamartomas represent localized overgrowth of cells in the parts which are normally associated with polyps, ie. mesenhimal, stromal, endodermal and ectodermal elements. Hamartomatous polyposis syndromes carry a significant risk of developing dysplasia, adenomas, gastrointestinal carcinomas, and pancreatic carcinomas. These syndromes may be classifie...

By Vesna Živković, Svetlana Pejović, Aleksandar Nagorni, Bratislav Petrović, Aleksandar Petrović, Ivan Ilić

he World Health Organization specifies that young people should be healthier and more capable of performing their roles in society. The aim of the study was to determine the need of the Serbian university students for referral to psychologist or psychiatrist in accordance with their self-estimation, as well as the association of this need with part...

By Aleksandar Višnjić, Vladica Veličković, Slađana Jović, Nataša Milosavljević, Miodrag Stojanović, Miodrag Stanković

The purpose of this review was to show the available clinical and biological advances of umbilical cord blood allogeneic stem cell transplantation in adult patients. In adults, umbilical cord blood transplantation, due to less pronounced graft versus host disease compared to conventional approaches may, be feasible in spite of slower engraftment. T...

By Goran Marjanović, Milena Todorović-Bakrač, Tatjana Jevtović-Stoimenov

The prognosis of malignant hypertension without treatment is poor, with more than 80% mortality in two years. It is unusual to see it on more than one occasion in the same patient. We demonstrated clinical course, response to treatment and outcome of a patient presenting with recurrent malignant hypertension. In this patient, we did not see high re...

By Rok Accetto, Olga Pirc-Čerček, Andreja Marn-Pernat