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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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01.01.2010.

Original scientific paper

VISUAL ACUITY CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH NON ARTHERITIC ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY (NAION)

NAION is a stroke of the optic nerve. It is acute ischemic disorder of the optic nerve head, which it runs, irreversible loss of vision. Loss of vision in NAION happens suddenly and without pain, usually in morning hours, after waking up.The existence of normal visual acuity does not exclude NAION. The other eye may be affected in a very wide time interval. Results of this stady indicate the importance of a detailed ophthalmologic examination of persons older population, as well as the importance of early intensive therapy during the first weeks of illness. 

N. Popović

01.01.2010.

Original scientific paper

THE DISORDERS OF VENTILATION LUNG FUNCTION AT THE SICK OF DECOMPENSATED CHRONIC PULMONARY HEART

Chronic pulmonary heart (HPS) stands for presence of right ventricular hypertrophy with or without right ventricular failure, arising as a consequence of chronic bronchial diseases, lung, pulmonary artery, or severe deformation of the thoracic skeleton. Excludes the pulmonary hypertension as a result of heart disease of left cavities, and congenital heart disease. During the evolution of chronic pulmonary heart, distinguished three stages: a) uncomplicated pneumopathology, b) compensated chronic pulmonary heart and c) decompensated chronic pulmonary heart. Lung ventilation is the process of moving air from the external environment to the alveolar and back, and its ultimate aim is alveolar ventilation space. This process takes place through active action - inspirium and passive - expirium, which causes the lungs to the basic position of rest. The disorders of ventilation lung function can be obstructive and restrictive, and there are often mixed forms with predominantly obstructive or predominantly restrictive pulmonary function disorder. These disorders were particularly expressed in patients with chronic decompensated pulmonary heart, what indicates this work. We studied 40 patients and found low values of vital capacity (VC) and forced exspirium volume in the first second (FEV ), with normal values of 1 Tiffeneau index, which speaks to the fact that respondents with decompensated chronic pulmonary heart have mixed ventilation insufficienty, ìainly restricted type heavy degree. 

D. Čelić, S. Lazić, M. Šipić, B. Krdžić, B. Mihailović, S. Milinić

01.01.2010.

Original scientific paper

VERBAL DISORDERS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HEART ATTACK IN BORDER SUPRATENTORIAL ARTERY DISTRIBUTION

In the group of 30 patients with infarction in the border areas has found a total of 11 patients with anterior watershed infarcts between the artery cerebri anterior and artery cerebri media, 15 patients with posterior watershed infarcts between the artery cerebri media and artery cerebri posterior, and 4 patients with subcortical watershed infarcts between surface and deep branch artery cerebri media. Supratentorial watershed infarcts in the dominant hemisfere were seen in 21 patients, while in subdominant in 9 patients. Each type of watershed infarcts was characteristic neurologic picture. Results of this study depict to high incidence of aphasic disturbances, which is consistent with the anatomical presentation of the speech affected both the anterior ares cortical stroke in transcortical motor aphasia, and the posterior of transcortical sensory aphasia.

V. Mitrović

01.01.2010.

Professional paper

COMPRESSIVE OSTEOSYNTHESIS AND BONE OSTEOPLASTICS AS METHODS IN TREATMENT OF BONES PSEUDOARTHROSIS

The pseudoarthrosis is a pathological state of the bone when the refracted bone fragments are not connected by bone callus. The causes for the occurrence of the pseudoarthrosis may be general and lokal.In treatment we were using two methods: the bone plastic and osteosynthesis and compression osteosynthesis by Ilizarov. The aim of this work is the analysis of patients with pseudoarthrosis and results of treatment. The study included 29 patients treated for the past ten years the Department of Orthopedics Health Center Z.C.Kosovska Mitrovica.The most frequently pseudoarthrosis were in humerusu 6 (21%), ulna 6 (21%) and skafoidne bone 6 (21%). The pseudoarthrosis in tibia was treated in 4 (14%) patients, in the femur 3 (10%) patients. 2 (7%) of the patients were operated with diagnosis the medial-maleolus pseudoarthrosis of the tibia fractures and 1 (3%) patient were operated with diagnosis the maleolus pseudoarthrosis of the fibula and of the radius.We were using the treatment methods osteoplastic and osteosynthesis for 28 (97%) patients and one patient was treated with the device by Ilizarov method. Patients were monitored by the clinical way, by the radiographic way ,by laboratory way and by the functional way The average time of the monitoring was ten months .The average time of the healing was the five months. We noticed the one complications only, a lesion of the radius, which is repaired. The pseudoarthrosis is not common, in our material it is 4% of the total number of the operated patients.The most frequently pseudoarthrosis was on humerous 21% (6 patients). By applying the compressive osteosynthesis methods and osteoplastic method we have achieved the completely curring in 89% (26 operated patients). 

A. Vasić, M. Jakšiċ, V. Adžić, A. Božović, M.D. Petrović, Lj. Jakšiċ, G. Radojević, V. Nestorović

01.01.2010.

Professional paper

INCIDENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTIONS AMONG THE PATIENTS WITH ULCER AND NON-ULCER DYSPEPSIA

Helicobacter pylori infection is the largest number of infected people in the world. It is believed that 50 - 60% of world population infected, but with uneven schedule. Helicobacter pylori is the most important cause of duodenal and gastric ulcer. The prevalence of infection in different communities vary depending on geographic, racial and socioeconomic factors, and the last 10-20 years in some areas can be observed a significant reduction in the frequency of infection in both the general population and among patients with peptic ulcer. In our country, except in the territory of Vojvodina, there was no serious investigation of frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection in the general population.

Lj. Stalević, M. Popović, D. Aleksovski, J. Mitić, D. Sotirović

01.12.2010.

Original scientific paper

THE IMPORTANCE OF AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND EARLY DEFIBRILLATION IN SURVIVAL FROM OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST

Among all ALS procedures, effective airway management is vital in the treatment of critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of pre-hospital endotracheal intubation and early defibrillation on outcome of cardiac arrest (CA) patients. We examined 200 patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a prospective cohort study in a two years period. We determined survival from CA to discharge from hospital and the factors associated with survival. We calculated the time intervals until shock decisions were made. Shock decisions were verified according to EKG downloads. 52% of patients were intubated in the field, survival to discharge from hospital was significantly higher among patients who were intubated in the field. Survival rates in patients with VF/VT was 9.7% compared to patients with asystole/PEA (1.6%). 66.7% of patients were given the shock after 4 minutes. Low survival to hospital discharge may be due to low number of CA patients who were intubated in the field and long "interval to shock delivery" (there are no AED). Existing literature shows that the first minutes are a critical time frame for successful resuscitation and this is an argument towards the introduction of AEDs used by bystanders.

S. Trpković, A. Pavlović, N. Videnović, P. Jovanović, P. Bojović

01.12.2010.

Original scientific paper

IMPORTANCE OF SELF-RATED HEALTH AS A HEALTH INDICATOR

Because of significance of self-rated health as a valid measure of health status it is important to research what influence on individuals when they assess own health.. The aims of the study were to investigate how north Kosovska Mitrovica adults describe their health and to compare results with results from Serbia without Kosovo and Metohija; and to determine which variables are connected with self-rated health status among this population. The research was conducted as crosssectional study, done on the representative sample of adult citizens in northern Kosovska Mitrovica in the year 2006. 318 examinees were examine. The instrument of research was a questionnaire which contained questions about self-rated health and demographic and socio-economic characteristics, mental health, social interaction, capability of daily activities, health behaviour and habits, diseases and injuries, utilization of health care service. Independent variables are defined through fac2 tor analysis taken from these groups of question. For statistic analysis were used X -test and multivariate stepwise linear regression. More than half of the respondents (54,7%) their health assessed as good or very good. Inhabitants of northern Kosovska Mitrovica were significantly often their health assessed as good or verz good than inhabitants of Serbia without Kosovo and Metohija (p<0,05). Self-rated health were connected with foreword variables: gender, mood problems, myocardial infarction, chronic bronchitis, psychic and neurotic disorders, rheumatic arthritis, high blood sugar, utilization of private gynecologist service and paying for diagnostic service. Results from this study correspond with findings from literature. Most of the respondents in north Kosovska Mitrovica assessed their own health as good or very good. Bad and very bad health was significantly associated with females, problems with mood, myocardial infarction, chronic bronchitis, psychic or neurotic disorders, rheumatic arthritis and high blood sugar. Good and very good health was significantly associated with utilization of private gynecologist service and paying for diagnostic service. 

M. Mirković, S. Simić, J. Marinković, M. Parlić, M. Parlić, A. Ćorac, S. Ðurić

01.12.2010.

Professional paper

INTESTINES INVAGINATION IN 2-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Intussusception is a specific type of delay in the bowel passage which according to frequency, clearly takes place in children's abdominal surgical pathology. Most commonly occurs in children during the first year of life and from 6 and 9 months where the 3 diagnosed in boys than girls 2. The incidence is 1-4 per 1000 live-born children. The most common form of invagination is ileocecala (80%), ileocolic, and ileo-ileal colo-colic. Intussusception is most often idiopathic (almost 90%) cases, while in a very small percentage described the existence pathoanathomic substrate (points leaders), which areusually enlarged lymph nodes or Meckel divertikulum. Surgical therapy for these other groups is much more radical. For a period of 6 years (2003-2009), which we cover the work, the children’s surgery of the Health Center Novi Pazar was treated with 22 children diagnosed with invagination (intussusception). Of this number, there were 14 (63.63%) boys, 8 girls (36.36%), and the average number of cases was 4.44 per year. Frequently appeared ileo-cecal and ileo-ileal (90.63%), while colocolic and ileocolic appeared much less (9.09%). The most common clinical symptoms were the presence of fresh blood in the stool, painful cramps and, vomiting who did the dominant clinical presentation in the majority. Following: fever, malaise, and even convulsions. The conclusion is: triad of symptoms (pain, vomiting and blood in the stool in the form "of currant jelly") were pathognomonic diagnosis. The method of choice in the diagnosis and conservative therapy is the initial hydrostatic desinvagination controlled ultrasound.

Š. Hajrović, I. Preljević

01.12.2010.

Professional paper

MEDICAL APROACH PATIENTS WITH ORAL PLANOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Planocellular carcinomas grow rapidly infiltrating the surrounding tissues. Because of that approach to the treatment of the patients must be multidisciplinary. A series of 101 patients with tongue and mouth floor carcinoma were analyzed. All were surgically treated in the period 2000. through 2007. The clinically evidenced local spread (cT) is highly correlated to the intraoperatively and patohistologically evidenced spread (pT) ~84%. The degree of correlation falls with increase of the T stage. The clinically evidenced regional spread (cN) and intraoperatively and patohistologically evidenced of regional spread (pN) presented lower in ~57% correlation then corresponding T categories. The study proves that multidisciplinary approach to the patients with oral carcinomas is the base for their proper treatment. 

A.J. Račić, M. Filipović, M. Colić, M. Todorović

01.12.2010.

Professional paper

CLINICAL ASPECT OF POLYTRAUMA AND ABDOMINAL TREATMENT IN CENTRAL REGION OF KOSOVO

Objective: To study the clinical profile of patients admitted with polytrauma over a five year period in a general hospital and review the management of abdominal trauma in them. Material and Methods: Medical records of 92 patients were studied retrospectively. The clinical presentation with details of injuries, relevant investigations done and the operative findings were analyzed. Results: Polytrauma was significantnly more common in males than females (P<0.001) and more so in the young age, between 20 and 29 years of age ( P<0.01). Road Traffic Accidents were the predominant cause followed by falls. Surgical operative management was necessary in 38 patients (41%) with abdominal trauma. Overall mortalitety was 4%, that for admitted patients 1% and post-operative mortality 3%. Conclusion: The clinical profile of polytrauma and the management of abdominal trauma in a general hospital are presented. The need for updating the national trauma registry with uniformity in reporting polytrauma in Serbia. 

S. Aranđelović

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