Introduction. Optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) is one of the most common congenital disorder of the optic nerve with prevalence from 0,5-2% in general population. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a condition that occurs in children, unlike adults, regardless of gender or the presence of obesity. Both conditions in children present on the eye a...

By Željko Maraš, Tanja Kalezić, Bojan Joksimović, Radmila Balaban Djurević

Introduction. Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health globally. The aim was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the distribution and antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic microorganisms isolated from samples obtained during standard hospital care in one hospital center.  Methods. Data were obtained retrospe...

By Nasta Manojlović, Biljana Mijović, Zlatko Maksimović, Dragana Sokolović, Sanda Lazić, Ljubica Bojanić, Dragana Drakul, Nenad Lalović, Marija Lukić, Bojan Joksimović

The growing trend of securing private industry funding for biomedical research, particularly from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, has raised significant ethical concerns. Since the 1980s, private industry has become the primary funder of biomedical research, surpassing government funding in the U.S. and other developed countries. This ...

By Jovan Kulić, Dragana Aksentijević, Ana Kostović, Dejan Krstić, Dragana Branović, Bojan Joksimović, Marija Milić, Stefan Mitić, Siniša Ristić

Introduction. Conflict is a process during which one person consciously and intentionally makes an effort to prevent the other person’s efforts, some kind of blockade that will lead to interruption in achieving the goals and interests of the other person. Conflicts in the healthcare team are common and can lead to reduced productivity in the ...

By Maja Ćeha, Bojan Joksimović, Mile Despotović, Dejan Bokonjić, Biljana Mijović, Ivana Vukotić, Zlatko Maksimović, Marija Milić

Introduction. The improvement of new genetic testing strategies are getting to be progressively integrated into different parts of medicine. Progress has not been accompanied by the satisfactory level of genetic education but it has been accompanied with many ethical issues concering testing among medical students, doctors and the common population...

By Nikolina Elez-Burnjaković, Milena Dubravac Tanasković, Milan Kulić, Radmila Balaban Đurević, Aleksandar Tanović, Kristina Drašković Mališ, Biljana Vasiljević, Bojan Joksimović

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a problem that arose simultaneously with the beginning of their use and on a global level represents one of the biggest threats to public health. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the emphasis of the medical and pharmaceutical public is on Gram-negative bacteria, especially enterobacteria, which sh...

By Svjetlana Subotić, Nikolina Elez-Burnjaković, Siniša Ristić, Bojan Joksimović, Goran Stevanović, Jovan Kulić

Introduction. Long-term care is series of health and social care services provided at home or in an institutional environment to people with reduced functional capacity. Even though it is known that the quality of life (QoL) of elderly is on a lower level when compared to younger people, there is a small amount of information about QoL of long-term...

By Adnan Osmanspahić, Mile Despotović, Teodora Bošnjak, Goran Mijović, Marija Lukić, Nada Avram, Bojan Joksimović

Introduction. The patient and his safety should be at the center of quality health care, which is a challenge for every health system. Adverse patient outcomes (APO) are defined as damage caused by a drug or other intervention in a primary, secondary or tertiary health care facility, which results in a complication of the primary or the emergence o...

By Ivana Vukotić, Mile Despotović, Bojan Joksimović, Dejan Bokonjić, Biljana Mijović, Milena Božinović, Radmila Balaban, Maja Abazović, Kristina Drašković, Marija Milić

Introduction. According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO), mental illnesses are on the rise. The World Health Report estimates that today about 1 billion people suffer from mental and behavioral disorders or psychosocial problems such as those related to alcohol and drug abuse. Stigmatization of the mentally ill is one of the burni...

By Srdjan Živanović, Veselinka Kulić, Bojan Joksimović, Bojan Joksimović, Marija Milić

Speech is a way of communication formed by rhythmic units of syllables, words and sentences, and as such is inherent in man, the only being whose organs and psyche are trained for this process. Delayed speech is defined as a phenomenon in which a child does not start speaking on time, or there are errors in the speech pattern that are not appropria...

By Ana Lukić, Bojan Joksimović, Jelena Vidojević, Kristina Drašković, Aleksandar Tanović, Veljko Marić, Nenad Lalović, Vesna Krstović Spremo, Siniša Ristić