- NIKOLA TESLA AND MEDICINE: 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE GENIUS WHO GAVE LIGHT TO THE WORLD - PART II. [Historical Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Nikola Tesla was the last Renais- sance figure of the modern era. Tesla bridged three centuries and two millennia by his inventions, and permanently indebted humankind by his epochal discoveries.
- THE REGULATION ROLE OF CAROTID BODY PERIPHERAL CHEMORECEPTORS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. [Review]
- CONCLUSIONS: The importance and the role of peripheral chemoreceptors in the course of the breathing control is still controversial, despite many scientific attempts to solve this problem. The main objective of this review is to give the latest data on the peripheral chemoreceptor role and to highlight the importance of peripheral chemoreceptors for maintaining of oxygen homeostasis in pateints with hypoxia caused by either physiological or pathological conditions.
- EFFICIENCY OF SILDANEFIL MONOTHERAPY IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. [Randomized Controlled Trial]Med Pregl. 2016 Nov; 69(11-12):379-383.MP
- CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptoms with a continuous low dose of sildenatil seems to be a good treatment choice for the patients with mild to moderate benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptoms, especially in the patients with concomitant erectile dysfunction. The authors are aware that their study is limited by a small number of patients. Since there are not too many studies on this topic, they believe that their study will contribute to the determination of place and role of this treatment approach.
- THE CASE OF T-CELL LARGE GRANULAR LYPHOCYTE LEUKEMIA PRESENTED AS TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT ANEMIA WITH SUSTAINED RESPONSE TO CYC- LOSPORINE A THERAPY: CASE REPORT. [Case Reports]Med Pregl. 2016 Nov; 69(11-12):376-378.MP
- CONCLUSIONS: Our case confirms that cyclosporine therapy is effective in treating T-celI large granular lymphocyte leukemia and suggests that indefinite treatment may not be needed to maintain the response.
- DYKE-DAVIDOFF-MASSON SYNDROME - TYPICAL IMAGING FEATURES. [Case Reports]
- CONCLUSIONS: Magnetic resonance imaging is the key imaging modality that confirms clinical suspicion of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome based on a proper physical and neurological examination.
- CONTEMPORARY PRINCIPLES OF SUICIDE PREVENTION. [Review]Med Pregl. 2016 Nov; 69(11-12):367-371.MP
- CONCLUSIONS: There is a lot of evidence that suicide is preventable. It is known that only 28 coun tries in the world have national suicide prevention strategies and Serbia is not one of them.
- THE PREVALENCE OF STRESS AND BURNOUT SYNDROME IN HOSPITAL DOCTORS AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS. [Multicenter Study]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study found that there was a high risk of burnout syndrome in physicians in the Republic of Srpska. Although the exposure to professional stress was higher in family physicians than in hospital doctors, the obtained difference was not statistically significant.
- COMPLETENESS OF CIRCLE OF WILLIS IN ASYMPTOMATIC AND SYMPTOMATIC EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID DISEASE. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Incompleteness of Circle of Willis is associated with more frequent occurrence of neurological symptomatology or ischemic lesions of brain parenchyma in operated patients with significant extracranial carotid stenosis. The control group without extracranial carotid stenosis had less developed collaterals of Circle of Willis compared to extracranial carotid patients.
- SEMIOLOGY OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PATIENTS INDICATED FOR STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY. [Journal Article]Med Pregl. 2016 Nov; 69(11-12):345-350.MP
- CONCLUSIONS: An accurate diagniosis and early recognition of signs and symptoms may be useful in determining indications for stereotactic brain biopsy.
- THE VOICE OF HEALTH: FINDING A CURE FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE MALADY. [Editorial]Med Pregl. 2016 Nov; 69(11-12):339-344.MP
- HEALTH EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON NURSES WORKING SHIFTS. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Too long or repeated shifts reduce the opportunity for sleep, shorten recovery time in nurses, thus endangering their safety and health as well as the quality of care and patients' safety. Bearing in mind the significance of the problerm it is necessary to conduct the surveys of sleep quality and health of nurses in the Republic of Serbia as well in order to tackle this issue which is insufficiently recognized.
- ALTERNATIVES OF MENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY. [Journal Article]Med Pregl. 2016 Oct; 69(5-6):177-182.MP
- CONCLUSIONS: If there are contrain-ications to menopausal hormone therapy or patients are unwilling to take hormone therapy, alternative treatments, which canlalso solve menopausal symptoms, should be considered.
- CRITICAL REVIEW OF AVAILABLE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT REFRACTORY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY - CLINICAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS. [Review]
- Treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders require an intensive therapeutic approach, and it should balance benefits and adverse effects or other potential detrimental effects of medications. The goal of treatment is to provide consistent and lasting improvement in symptoms of depression and anxiety. Beozodiazepines are effective for anxiety symptoms, but with no sustained treatment effects. …
- AN INCIDENTAL FINDING OF THYMIC CARCINOMA DURING ELECTIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING. [Case Reports]Med Pregl. 2016 Oct; 69(5-6):167-169.MP
- Thymoma is a rare malignant tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Thymic squamous cell carcinoma has been recognized as an aggressive form of thymoma with different behavior. It is associated with paraneoplastic syndromes, variety of clinical presentations, different way of treatment and complex prognosis. Improved imaging techniques show that an early diagnosis of thymoma is possible, which makes t…
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RANGE OF MOTON OF THE HIP JOINT WITH RUPTURED ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Data obtained in this study suggest a possible relationship between a limited hip abduction of range of motion in athletes and an increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury.