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

Thoracolumbar spine fractures are most common in the young healthy population. The most common causes of these fractures are high-energy traumas, traffic accidents or falls from heights. Fractures can be followed by neurological damage, which is a direct consequence of the spinal cord damage. Fractures are treated with surgical or nonsurgical metho...

By Saša Milenković, Jordan Saveski, Neda Trajkovska, Goran Vidić, Mile Radenković

Medical students need to be aware not only of their present and future needs during the course of medical English but also of difficulties and problems they possess concerning the knowledge of general English. The aim of the study was to collect and analyze students’ errors as markers that would point to the areas of English where additional ...

By Zorica Antić

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

The dog nematodes Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis) and D. repens, well known as zoonotic agents, can infect humans in whom they usually produce abortive infections or immature worms. Dirofilarioses, asymptomatic in most patients and suspected only when the worm reaches surface locations or imaging detects coin lesions, are underdiagnosed because bo...

By Gabriella Cancrini, Simona Gabrielli, Suzana Otašević, Nataša Miladinović-Tasić, Aleksandar Tasić, Jovana Đorđević