Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, neurodegenerative disorder that in certain stages can present a series of acute symptoms and signs, the development of which lasts several hours or days. Emergencies in PD can be a direct consequence of the pathophysiology of the disease or a secondary consequence of the administration of antiparkinsonian drug...

By Jelena Stamenović, Vuk Milošević, Vanja Đurić

Venomous snakebites in Serbia are neither too frequent nor extremely dangerous. Nevertheless, some can lead to complications or even death. On December 24, 2023, a young man was admitted to hospital after being bitten by a snake, believed to be Vipera ammodytes. He was in a state of shock, unconscious, with unmeasurable blood pressure. Having recei...

By Slađana Pavić, Sonja Nikolić

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is recommended as the ideal vascular access for hemodialysis (HD), however, there are conflicting opinions when it comes to patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of the paper was to determine the predictive parameters of AVF maturation for HD in patients with DM. The investigation was organized as a retrospective...

By Radojica Stolić, Marija Milić, Vekoslav Mitrović, Bratislav Lazić, Suzana Milutinović, Snezana Lazić, Kristina Bulatović, Vladimir Mitrović, Andrijana Karanović, Sanja Jovanović

Glioblastomas (GBMs) are among the most vascularized human tumors and the presence of microvascular proliferation is one of the diagnostic hallmarks of these malignancies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the extent of vascularization and its relation to proliferative activity and the p53 status in GBMs. Tissue samples from 100 selec...

By Desanka Tasić, Irena Dimov, Miloš Kostov, Dragan Dimov

In childhood, infections of the central nervous system may lead to neurodevelopmental disorders and complications such as epilepsy. The present study aimed to evaluate epilepsy in children with central nervous system (CNS) infections. The present systematic review and meta-analysis included five cohort studies from international databases, PubMed, ...

By Mahsa Afrand, Niusha Rostampur, Zeinab Pourhadi, Javad Rezanezhad, Pouriya Nekoueifard

Retraction Note This article has been retracted post-publication at the request of the corresponding author due to an unresolved authorship dispute. Concerns were raised regarding changes made to the authorship list after the initial submission, specifically the removal of an author whose name appeared in the original submission and the addition o...

By AFMN Biomedicine Editorial Board

The internal carotid artery (ICA) is a paired artery that primarily supplies the anterior two-thirds of the brain, the pituitary gland, the eye structures, and some other cranial structures. The ICA variations or abnormalities have been more or less described; especially, bilateral ICA hypoplasia (ICAH) was a very rare description that inspired aut...

By Ljiljana Vasović, Ana Mrkaić, Miracle Wangsuwana, Dimitrije Đorđević, Milena Trandafilović

Currently, there is no classification reflecting the severity of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs). Therefore, we aimed to create one and facilitate the prognostic assessment of cIAIs in clinical practice. This was a single-center study conducted at a University Hospital Stara Zagora including 140 patients with cIAIs. Retrospectively, ...

By Evgeni Dimitrov, Georgi Minkov, Emil Enchev, Yovcho Yovtchev

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there was a significant number of cases accompanied by thrombosis. The precise pathophysiological mechanism remains unclear. The importance of the fibrinolytic mechanism in maintaining physiological hemostasis led us to explore its potential contribution to COVID-19-induced thromboembolism. This study aimed to identi...

By Igor Spasić, Dejan Dobrijević, Biljana Vučković

Seminal fluid analysis (SFA) plays a crucial role in helping infertility clinics diagnose the underlying reason of male infertility. The aim of the study was to investigate seminal fluid patterns of male partners of an infertile couple with apparently fertile female partners. A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2019 and December 2...

By Harith Mohamed Kamber, Kamal Al-Jawdah, Salam Madhi Shahid, Zaid Al-Atta