Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and risk factors for diabetic nephropathy (DN) in patients with type 2 diabetes as well as the factors related to kidney function decrease over a three-year period. Methods. The study involved 81 patients with type 2 diabetes, initially classified into two groups: the first group was...

By Maksim Kovačević, Nenad Petković, Marijana Kovačević, Snežana Mališ, Verica Prodanović, Olivera Čančar, Siniša Ristić, Ljubica Djukanović

Introduction. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) represent a major healthcare problem all around the world. The most effective methods for the control and prevention of these infections, as well as the methods controlling the growth of hospital-acquired VRE, have not been established yet. The aim of this systematic review of the literature was ...

By Natalija Hadživuković, Biljana Mijović

Tendency of modern diagnostic visualization development in biomedicine is focused on the integration of detection and quantification of molecular, functional and morphological events in the biological systems. The increasing number of patients with chronic kidney disease stimulated the development of new diagnostic methods. The development of magne...

By Siniša Ristić

Introduction. Arsenic exists in various forms in nature and living organisms. Toxic elements, including arsenic, which are present in some plants, can severely damage haemopoietic, immune, nervous and reproductive systems. For this reason, a content of heavy metals is one of the criteria for the assessment of the safe use of plant material in the p...

By Mirjana Đermanović, Ljubica Bojanić, Relja Suručić, Vesna Antunović

Introduction. Aging is a biological process leading to the decrease in functional ability which is defined as an ability to perform activities of daily living in a secure, independent and effective way. The aim of the study was to examine the functional ability of men aged ≥ 65 years as well as to determine the differences in functional ability ...

By Ilija Stijepić, Tamara Popović, Dragana Sredić-Cartes

Introduction. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease resulting from an inadequate immune response to gluten in genetically predisposed individuals as a result of consuming gluten and other related proteins present in wheat, rye, barley and oats. The only cure for this specific disease is a strict, carefully controlled and lifelong gluten-free diet...

By Biljana Stojanović-Jovanović, Stevan Jovanović, Biljana Vuletić

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

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

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

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