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01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Assessment of the risk status of diseases associated with overweight in students of the University of Pristina - Kosovska Mitrovica
Nebojša Mitić, Ljiljana Popović
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Patient with tyroid nodules in the family medicine
Introduction: Thyroid nodules are defined as limited changes in the thyroid structure. A smaller number of thyroid nodules are palpable, only 10% in women and 2% in males. The prevalence of non-imperfect nodules visualized by ultrasound exploration of the structure of the neck (thyroid incidents) is 50%. Not malignant nodes can be found in people with thyroid hyperplasia, inflammatory and autoimmune thyroid diseases, granulomas, hemorrhagic or colloid cysts. Follicular carcinomas include follicular (papillary, follicular, anaplastic and insular carcinoma) and parafollicular carcinoma (medullary carcinoma). Case report:Apatient born in 1965 appears in a family medicine clinic for heart palpitations, malaise, and mood swings. Due to right-sided vetriculomegaly, diffuse reductive changes of the brain parenchyma, sensorimotor neuropathy of the right median nerve, sensory neuropathy of the right ulnaris and radial nerve, depression and arterial hypertension, it is under the supervision of a neurologist, physiatrist, psychiatrist and cardiologist. Physical examination reveals an enlarged, squamous thyroid gland, an ultrasonographically heterogeneous calcified malignantly suspected nodule in the lower poleleft lobe, 18x15 mm in size. The patient is referred to the Department of Nuclear Medicine where an FNAB is done indicating the presence of malignant cells. At the decision of the Oncology Consulium, a total thyroidectomy is performed at the Thoracic Surgery Clinic, followed by radioiodine therapy (131-I). The histopathological findings are: carcinoma papillare lobblateralis sinistri glandulae thyreoideae gradus II-classic type, T1N0. After 24 months, the patient without signs of relapse of malignancy. Conclusion: Educating family medicine physicians in the field of thyroid ultrasound diagnostics and incorporating it into everyday practice would allow significant advances in the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules at the primary care level.
Marijana Jandrić-Kočić
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Principles of oxygen administration and ventiltory support in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Slađana Trpković, A. Pavlović, N. Videnović, O. Marinković, A. Sekulić
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis with frequent hemoptysis
Introduction: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a complex pulmonary syndrome mediated by the immune system and caused by inhalation of antigens to which the patient has been previously sensitized. From the clinical point of view hypersensitivity pneumonitis can be divided into acute/subacute, and chronic phenotypes. It is characterized by an insidious onset of cough, dyspnea, fatigue, and weight loss that develop over several weeks to a few months. Case report: A 52-year-old patient came in February 2017 with high temperature, chest tightness, dyspnea, persistent cough, hemoptysis and weight loss of more than 6 kilograms. Radiography and computerized tomography showed poorly defined small diffuse centrilobular bilateral nodules. Inspiratory crackles were detected by physical examination. Routine laboratory tests were regular. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis and lung biopsies by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery indicated the presence of diffuse lymphocytic infiltrates and giant cells with non-necrotizing granulomas and cellular bronchiolitis. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis diagnosed. She was given 35 mg deflazacort, bronchodilators to widen the airways and etamsilat pills. We did not identify the causative agents, including home, workplace and recreational environmental factors.Conclusion: Making the correct diagnosis has critical therapeutic and prognostic implications. Patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis should be referred to expert centers, as the overlap with other forms of interstitial lung disease may be deceiving. The mainstay in managing this illness is to avoid the causative antigen, though complete removal is not always possible.
Snežana Knežević, Ljiljana Đurović, Biljana Srećković, Jelena Vulović
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Oxidative stress parameters in patients with Meniere disease
Aleksandar Stojanov, J. Stojanov
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Testing the correlation between occupational stress and occupational burnout among nurses working in public health institutions
INTRODUCTION: Stress at work is a major problem in the modern world in many areas of work, especially in health care. Occupational burnout of nurses represents a serious problem, not only for themselves. It also affects the quality of the health services provided to patients. OBJECTIVE is to examine the connection between occupational stress and occupational burnout among nurses working in public health institutions. METHODS: An examination was carried out to determine aconnection between occupational burnout and occupational stress among nurses working in the hospital, at the departments of surgery, gynecology and emergency. For the evaluation of professional burnout among nurses, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI-HSS pattern, was used, and Matteson and Ivancevich Questionnaire was used to assess occupational stress. Statistical data processing was done by the SPSS 17 software.RESULTS A total of 60 examinees were included in the study, 20 of them from the Surgery, Gynecology and Emergency department. Of these, 51 (81.7%) arefemale and 9 (18.3%) are male. The average age of nurses is 41.45 years, from which 40.9on Surgery; 41.8 on Emergency; 41.65 on Gynecology, and the average years of serviceare 17.91. Descriptive statistics for the examined variables are shown and it can be seen that there is a low level of occupational stress, i.e. the result is below 21.In the occupational burnout variable, respondents show the medium level of emotional exhaustion (M=24.05), low level depersonalization (M=3.83) and low level of lack of professional achievement subscale (M=38.71). The test results confirm the first hypothesis (H1) that with the increaseof occupational stress levels, the level of occupational burnout among nurses also increases.Occupational stress correlates with occupational burnout (r=0.529, p<0.01), i.e. nurses who have higher results of occupational stress, have more occupational burnout results also. The results of the tests involving correlations between occupational burnout and occupational stress dimensions show that with the increase of occupational stress the dimension of emotional exhaustion also increases (r=0.493, p<0.01), that there is no significant correlation between occupational stress and the dimension of depersonalization, and that the dimension of occupational stress and the dimension of individual realization have significant connection (r=0.393, p=0.01). The results show that there is no statistically significant difference between departments when it comes to occupational burnout, i.e. nurses working in Surgery do not have higher results of occupational burnout than nurses working in Gynecology and Emergency F(0.679) p>0.05, and that there is no statistically significant difference between the departments in terms of occupational stress, i.e. nurses working in Surgery do not have higher occupational stress results than ones working in Gynecology and Emergency department F(0.722) p>0.05. The results do not show significant differences in the level of occupational burnout and occupational stress in relation to nurses' age and years of service. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The results of the study show that with increased occupationalstressoccupational burnout also increases and that nurses have low levels of occupationalstress, low depresonization, low level of lack of personal achievement and a medium level of emotional exhaustion. There were no significant differences in occupationalburnout and occupationalstress between nurses working in surgery, gynecology and emergency departments. No significant differences in occupationalburnout and occupationalstress were found in relation to the age and years of service of nurses working in the departments of surgery, gynecology and emergency.
Oliver Bojčeski, Milivoje Galjak, Ljiljana Kulić, Slađana Đurić, Momčilo Mirković, Jovana Milošević
01.12.2018.
Professional paper
Extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in genesis infarction brain in the border zones supratentorial localization
Vekoslav Mitrović, Ramil Marić, Snežana Filipović-Danić, Novica Petrović
01.12.2019.
Professional paper
RISK FACTORS FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IN THE EARLY POSTPARTUM PERIOD
Introduction: Some psychosociodemographic and characteristics of pregnancy and childbirth have been associated with
the onset of postpartum depression in the literature.
Aim: To examine certain psychosociodemographic and characteristics of pregnancy and childbirth as potential risk factors
for the onset of postpartum depression in the early postpartum period. Material and Methods: The study involved 120 subjects, which included the use of the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire constructed for the purposes of this study, in the early postpartum period.
Results: Of the total 92 (76.7%) subjects were not depressed, while 28 (23.3%) had depression. The high risk of postpartum depression correlates with: postpartum weight gain, subjective experience of lack of freedom, fear that she would be abandoned (p <0.05), as well as having frequent quarrels, mentioning a divorce or divorce, and a temporary separation, poor relationship with the parents on both sides and poor general family atmosphere (p <0.001). A statistically significant risk of depression was also found in the group with complications during childbirth, unplanned pregnancy (p <0.001), as well as alcohol and cigarette consumption during pregnancy (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The risk of postpartum depression can be detected by applying the EPDS scale in the early postpartum period. Early detection of potential risk factors can significantly prevent the onset of postpartum depression and significantly affect the central psychological process in the postpartum period, which is related to the development of an emotional relationship between mother and child.
Jelena Stojanov, Aleksandar Stojanov, Miodrag Stanković
01.12.2019.
Case Reports
VESTIBULAR NERVE SCHWANNOMA, TREATED WITH GAMMA KNIFE AND DIAGNOSED AFTER TRANSITORY ISCHEMIC ATTACK IN POSTERIOR CEREBRAL VASCULARISATION
A case of a patient is shown, who was admitted for neurological exploration, with clinical manifestations of the cerebrovascular accident in the posterior circulation (TIA V-B vascularisation). In accordance with diagnostic protocol, an endocranial CT was performed. The results of the brain CT indicated an existence of an alteration in the right pontocerebellar angle area, which was subsequently diagnosed as a n. vestibularis schwannoma in an NMR examination. After a neurosurgical deliberation, the patient was treated with a gamma knife. After this surgery, which was done in a local anesthesia, the patient's condition was well and he was discharged. Control examinations have shown minor difficulties during the stimulation of the left ear auditive structures. Control examinations involving NMR showed no signs of recidivate focal findings.
Snežana Filipović Danić, Vekoslav Mitrović, Boban Biševac, Nenad Milošević, Jelena Dančetović
01.12.2019.
Science Reports
CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURY COMPLICADET BY BENING CYST OF THE MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA
Arachnoid cysts are cavities filled with liquor, usually localized on the floor of the middle cranial fossa. Clinically, they are usually asymptomaticand can sometimes be presented with increased intracranial pressure syndrome and epileptic seizures. We present a patient who, after a slight head injury in a accident develops an increased intracranial pressure syndrome followed by an epileptic seizure. Based on the clinical course and diagnostic processing, we want to draw attention doctors who are in a position to inspect these patients that apparently slight head injuries can be complicated and dangerous for the lives of the premorbid intracranial condition of the injured.
Vekoslav Mitrović, Radmil Marić, Sanja Marić, Miroslav Obrenović, Vjeran Saratlić, Ivo Berisavac