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Volume 53, Issue 4, 2025

Online ISSN: 2560-3310

ISSN: 0350-8773

Volume 53 , Issue 4, (2025)

Published: 30.06.2025.

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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

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

Autoimmune diseases with thousand faces

Introduction: Neuromuscular autoimmune diseases, above all multiple sclerosis, have an increasing prevalence today. They develop with nonspecific symptoms, progress, have consequences on the functioning of the whole organism and are a major cause of disability. Case Report:A70-year old woman with difficulty in walking, cramps and numbness of the limbs seek medical help. The MRI of the brain and the cervical segment shows demyelination changes, typical of the multiple sclerosis, but due to the nonspecific clinical picture and age, the tests are directed to infectious agents, vasculitis. Later, because of swelling of extremities diagnosed the autoimmune polymyositis, but for the treatment is poorly reacted. Conclusion: Due to contradictory findings and a limited number of diagnostic procedures, multiple sclerosis are difficult to diagnose, remains undetectable, progresses and is often fatal, especially in the elderly.

Hajnalka Požar, Čaba Požar

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

01.12.2018.

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

01.01.2019.

Original scientific paper

CLINICAL-MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE PROSTATE

The most significant prostate diseases (PD) are benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
(PIN) and prostate cancer (PC). Generally, all PD are rare before the age of 50 with growing number of patients, primarily
with BHP, with each next decade, but about decade later the highest number of PIN and PC began to report. The aim of this
paper is to examine some of clinical, biochemical and histopathological characteristics of BPH, PIN and PC. Our sample
consisted of 169 men. Statisticaly the most common PD was BPH-77.5%, and the rarest PIN-8.3% (p<0.001). The average age of patients was 70.6±7.5 years (51-89) with no significant differences between diagnosis (p=0.415). PIN and PC are more often found in people from urban areas (p=0.004). In the central prostate area BPH is significantly higher in 88.5% (p<0.001). Peripheral parts are significantly more common places of PIN and PC (p<0.001). Median serum PSA values is statistically highest in PC-87.2 ng/ml (12.7-372.5), (p<0,001), especially those with predominantly peripheral parts localization. Gleason score is an important prognostic factor, with average value at PC is 7.32±1.4 (5-10), with a significantly higher values for diffuse PC. BPH is the most common, and PIN rarest PD. All diseases have occurred in people older than 50 years. Usually, BPH is in central and PIN and PC in peripheral prostate parts. PSA values were highest at PC, which is a prove of its importance in malignancy early detection.

Aleksandra Ilić, Dejan Denović

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

01.12.2019.

Case Reports

RARE MALPOSITION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER

Introduction:Although placement of the central venous catheter is a routine procedure carried out by anesthesiologists, it
carries a certain risk of complications. One of the complications is malposition, or inadequate catheter position.


Case report: We present a case of the patient who was admitted to an intensive care unit due to head injury and blood
vomiting. The central venous catheter was inserted through the right internal jugular vein. Due to haemodynamic instability and the need for fluid and blood infusion, a chest x-ray examination was not immediately performed to evaluate the position of the catheter. After the patient was stabilized, the test was performed and revealed that the tip of the catheter was not located in the superior vena cava but in the right subclavian vein.


Conclusion: This case has shown that the misplacement of the central venous catheter tip is not unusual. Once in the venous system, even when it is not located in the superior vena cava, it can be used for initial fluid replacement and drug administration, and after the patient is stabilized, the repositioning or placement of a new catheter should be considered. 

Nebojša Videnović, Bojan Stojičević, Ranko Zdravkovic, Jovan Mladenovic

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