Monitoring of antibiotic prescribing promotes rational use of drugs, reduces costs and slows down the development of resistance. Upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) are common conditions managed in primary health care (PHC). The aim of this study was to evaluate prescribing of antibiotics, especially in the treatment of URIs in PHC of Ni&scar...

By Radmila Veličković-Radovanović, Biljana Kodela, Jasmina Petrović, Radmila Mitić, Milan Rančić

Preventive, legally prescribed medical examinations of the population under sanitary supervision, with the aim of diagnosing asymptomatic lambliasis, include the application of conventional microscopic examination (CVM) with concentration technique (CT)of one stool sample. The aim of the paper was to compare the results obtained by the enzyme imnun...

By Nataša Miladinović-Tasić, Suzana Tasić, Aleksandar Tasić, Dragan Zdravković, Jovana Đorđević, Tatjana Micić

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

The literature data suggest an inverse relationship between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP), implying rare simultaneous existence in the same patient and the fact that OA and OP represent two extremes, i.e. two different patient populations. The data about the association of increased bone mineral density (BMD) and OA, and increased bone ...

By Valentina Živković, Bojana Stamenković, Jovan Nedović, Aleksandar Dimić, Katarina Marković

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the subfield of computer science concerned with projection of intelligent machines, software, and algorithms. By way of computer-assisted monitoring of dental patients, the amount of raw electronic data markedly enlarges, creating the possibility of using AI in scientific analysis. In order to prevent the reasons and...

By Milan Miladinović, Branko Mihailović, Aleksandar Janković, Goran Tošić, Dragan Mladenović, Dušan Živković, Miloš Duka, Biljana Vujičić

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