Visual acuity in the patients who suffered from end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD) treatment is essential prerequisite of good life quality. PURPOSE: to evaluate the prevalence and causes of visual impairment at the patients on HD. METHOD: 71 patients on HD were assessed with this study. The main outcomes were best corrected visual...

By V. Jakšiċ, M. Mirković, L. Žorić, D. Vukša, D. Stamenković, M. Mavija, O. Đokić

Heart insufficiency is frequent and important complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Aim of this work was to estimate frequency, haevyness and course of heart insufficiency in patients with AMI who were different treated in initial phase of AMI, based on what they were separated in three different therapeutic groups: group treated with ...

By Z. Marčetić, S. Sovtić, Z. Stašević, D. Đikić, G. Antić, S. Vasić, T. Novaković, D. Rašić, S. Lazić, M. Šipić, V. Perić

Systematic and programmed physical exercise, called training, play a significant role in human health and ability improvement. A moderate physical exercise is considered as a very efficient method of increasing general physical ability and reaching the top results in sport, and simultaneously contributes to health quality of persons having sedentar...

By S. Smiljić, D. Radović, Z. Milanović, V. Nestorović, M. Miletić, G. Trajković, D. Mirić, S. Dragić, B. Biševac

Old age can be defined as a variety of changes in structure and function which begin at the stage of reproductive maturity, and that changes are manifested as a lesser ability of adaptation and lesser way of defending from the influence of outside and inside factors. Neurons of sympathetic trunk, as well as the other neuron cells, are changeable du...

By T. Filipović, N. Stefanović, Z. Vitošević, M. Milisavljević, N. Đukić, P. Mandić, S. Matejić, M. Šaranović

Important facts about recombinant human factor VIIa have been mentioned, also about the renal cell carcinoma. Case report: Male, aged 69, with infiltrative renal cell carcinoma, underwent radical nephrectomy using Hasagawa`s approach. Extirpated tumor had 35 cm in diameter. During the surgery, patient suffered a cardiac arrest with 3500 ml blood lo...

By P. Jovanović, D. Ivanović, S. Timotijević, S. Trpković, P. Bojanović, V. Dobričanin, M. Cvetkoviċ

Search for objective indicators of health state of the population is essential public health issue. First serious attempt of health evaluation of the population were observed in the end of 18. and beginning of the 19. century. In this period of time, description of health population was mostly based on indicators which were based on data of numbers...

By M. Mirković, M. Parlić, G. Trajković, A. Ćorac, M. Vukotić, S. Đurić

Rituximab is a human/mouse chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody that specifically targets the CD20 surface antigen expressed on the cell surface of all preplasma cell stages of B-cell differentiation. By binding to CD20, rituximab causes selective B-cell depletion through antibody-dependent and complement-dependent cell lysis and apoptosis. B-cell dep...

By Lj. Smilić, Lj. Šulović

Arteriovenous graft are the most frequent alternative to the arteriovenous fistula. Although arteriovenous grafts 'mature' fasterthan endogenous fistulas, at least 3 weeks are needed before the first puncture to allow endothelialization of the internal wall. Implantation of arteriovenous graft is foreign material, are subjected to a high risk of th...

By R. Stolić

Every situation where an experienced anesthesiologist needs more than 10 minutes or three tries for putting the endotracheal tube is considered as difficult intubation. Frequency of difficult intubation in pregnant women is three to ten times bigger than general surgical population. This case report shows that it is necessary to have passable respi...

By K. Grujić, M. Cveković, G. Relić

After beeing liberated from the Turkish rule and establishing autonomy (self-gaverment ) serbian elite with big steaps theadet toward developing: social, economical and political lise in Serbia. About had time started to rise and developt official medical servis in principality of Serbia, under it's wing started to originate and medical biocemistry...

By Slavica Ristić, Siniša Ristić, Lj. Smiljić, S. Medenica, S. Medenica