Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the first non-invasive imaging technique that allows the evaluation of the lumen and walls of the coronary arteries. The sensitivity in defining significant stenosis (>50% caliber reduction) is 93% for the evaluation of single vessels. This is a method for determination of the so-called Calcium s...

By Dejan Hristov, Marina Deljanin Ilić, Katarina Marković, Sanja Stojanović

Prepositions and prepositional phrases play an important role in the professional medical register in English and they are very abundant. Realization of the prepositions in medical texts could cause difficulties to non-native English language speakers scientists. The subject of this paper is prepositions with their meanings (single and multiple). P...

By Slobodanka Krulj, Bojana Prodanović, Stevan Trbojević

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of hysteroscopy for identifying abnormal findings in uterine cavities of pre- and postmenopausal women presented with abnormal uterine bleeding and to correlate the hysteroscopic with histological findings. The study involved 239 female patients referred to the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics...

By Sonja Pop Trajković Dinić, Vesna Kopitović, Vladimir Antić, Snežana Stamenović, Dejan Mitić, Jelena Milošević

Functional recovery is a key determinant of post-stroke rehabilitation. The aim of the paper was to show the importance of sitting balance measuring in post-stroke rehabilitation. Prospective cohort study involved 25 (9 men and 16 women) patients who suffered from the first stroke. The study was conducted in the Clinic for Physical Medicine and Reh...

By Milan Mandić, Nataša Rančić

A 38-year-old female gravida 2, para 2, sterilized patient was presented to the hospital with acute urinary retention and severe lower abdominal pain. Clinical and ultrasonographical examination revealed a marked distention of urinary bladder, enlarged uterus with posterior wall fibroid impacted in the pouch of Douglas. Intravenous pyelography reve...

By Nirmala Jaget Lakkawar, Suriya Desikan, Thirupurasundari Rangaswamy

Gram-positive coccus Kocuria kristinae, a part of the human skin and oral cavity normal microbial flora, is not considered to be a primary pathogenic microorganism, and infections due to this bacterium are very rare. In this report, we describe an unusual case of K. kristinae infection causing synovitis and periarticular bursitis of the left coxofe...

By Marko Folić, Slobodan Janković, Dejana Ružić-Zečević, Velimir Pajević, Nikola Rosić, Predrag Nikolić

Bacteria which cause enterocolitis belong to the genera Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, to the thermophilic campylobacters, species of Yesrsinia enterocolitica (Y. enterocolitica) and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), and to the group of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli. The aim of this paper was to determine the frequency of isolation of these mi...

By Biljana Miljković-Selimović, Tatjana Babić, Predrag Stojanović

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a useful marker of target organ damage in hypertensive patients. It is used as a gold standard because of large body of evidence demonstrating its association with incident cardiovascular disease independently of traditional risk factors. Central blood pressure values (systolic, diastolic blood pressure, augmentation in...

By Rok Accetto, Barbara Salobir, Jana Brguljan, Karla Rener

e authors analyze the modern approach in treating infertility by means of the assisted reproduction method, procedure, benefit, as well as many ethical questions, which arise from the very conception of the embryo: the controversial commencement of pregnancy, a new paradigm in the understanding of life, human rights, family and religious issues, th...

By Marin Bašić, Mirjana Milojević, Dejan Mitić, Jovana Cvetković

To date, there are still no relevant clinical practice guidelines addressing the initial treatment approach in children with myocarditis. On the other hand, only few non-randomized clinical studies and case reports suggest the beneficial effects of corticosteroids in seriously ill children with acute myocarditis. We report on a case of a 14-year-ol...

By Bojko Bjelaković, Ljiljana Šulović, Danijela Jovančić, Ljiljana Šaranac, Jelena Vojinović, Sergej Prijić, Vladislav Vukomanović, Stevan Ilić