Analysis of stress level and burnout syndrome among physicians of different medical specialties in primary health care
Introduction. Burnout syndrome is a common problem among healthcare workers. The aim of the study was to investigate the level of stress, components of burnout syndrome and the most common causes of workplace stress among the physicians working in the Primary Health Care Center Banja Luka, after which the obtained results concerning family physicia...
By Brankica Marković, Kosana Stanetić, Verica Petrović, Bojan Stanetić
Characteristics of perioptic and intraoptic arterial vascularization of extracranial segment of optic nerve
Introduction. The optic nerve is supplied by the arterial branches of the supericial pial plexus and direct intraneural branches. The aim of the study was to study the morphological characteristics (origin, number of arteries, calibers, and branching pattern) of perioptic arterial vascularization and intraoptic vascular network of the extracranial ...
By Radmila Balaban-Đurević, Samra Hajrović, Vanja Pljevaljčić, Valvita Reçi, Stefan Kulić, Milan Milisavljević, Siniša Šolaja
Switching therapy in patients with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and cistoid macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion
Introduction. Intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents has revolutionized the management of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), macular edema in retinal vein occlusions (RVO), and other retinal diseases accompanied by neovascular and macular edema. The aim of the study is to s...
By Dijana Risimić, Jelena Karadžić, Miroslav Jeremić, Nada Avram
Partnership relations of persons with anxiety and depressive disorders
Introduction. The presence of anxiety and depressive disorders in at least one partner adversely affects the quality of partnership relations. The aim of the study is to determine the degree of partner relationship satisfaction in relation to the existence of anxiety and depressive disorders. Methods. The sample included 107 subjects divided into t...
By Mira Spremo, Nada Vaselić
Effects of short-term combination therapy with insulin on glycoregulation and insulin secretory function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and secondary failure to treatment with oral antidiabetic agents
Introduction. Secondary failure to treatment with oral antidiabetic agents is defined as the absence of a favorable reaction to the oral therapy which had proved effective in the previous course of the treatment. The aim of the study is to investigate the residual effects of the short-term combination therapy with insulin on glycoregulation and ins...
By Aleksandra Grbić, Gabrijela Malešević, Slavko Grbić, Milorad Grujičić, Vesna Jelača
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age in Republic of Srpska
Introduction. Anemia is an important public health problem recognized worldwide either as an isolated problem or associated with other forms of malnutrition. In 2016, the prevalence of anemia in women of reproductive age was 32.0%, that is 613 millions of women, aged 15-49 years. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of anemi...
By Dragana Stojisavljević, Slađana Šiljak, Ljiljana Stanivuk, Jelena Niškanović, Marin Kvaternik
Detection of peripheral arterial disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in family medicine clinic
Introduction. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive, occlusive and atherosclerotic vascular disease and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) are at increased risk of developing this disease. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of PAD in patients with type 2 DM by measuring the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in the fa...
By Biljana Lakić, Saša Turajlić, Verica Petrović
Preoperative treatment of locally advanced gastrointenstinal cancer
Surgical treatment of locally advanced gastrointestinal cancer alone does not exhibit satisfactory local disease control and survival rate. The advantage of using radio and chemotherapy at this stage is to reduce the likelihood of developing local recurrence with an extension of survival time, while the disadvantages are the increase in postoperati...
By Ljiljana Vasić
Inflammatory heart diseases in children
Myocarditis is a limited or diffuse inflammation of the heart muscle, the cause of which might be infectious (viruses, bacteria, fungi, rickettsiae, parasites, protozoas) or non-infectious (systemic diseases, metabolic diseases, toxins). There are types of myocarditis the etiological factor of which cannot be determined and therefore are classified...
By Tatjana Gavrilović-Elez, Vladimir Čančar, Nada Avram, Biljana Milinković, Dejan Bokonjić
Numerical areal density of CD34 and CD117 immunoreactive hematopoietic cells in human fetal and embryonic liver
Introduction. Hematopoiesis is the process of developing blood cells and the formed elements of blood. This dynamic process occurs postnatally in the bone marrow, while the prenatal hematopoiesis is scattered over multiple localizations. It begins in the yolk sac, in the intra-embryonic islands of hematopoiesis, and continues in the liver, spleen, ...
By Jelena Vladičić-Mašić, Ivan Nikolić, Vera Todorović, Marko Jović, Vladimir Petrović, Srđan Mašić, Nikolina Dukić, Snežana Zečević