Aggressive behavior among women with intellectual disabilities receiving institutional long-term care
Introduction. Aggressive behavior is defined as the behavior of such intensity, frequency and duration that it seriously threatens the physical safety of a person/persons or the one which seriously limits their social functioning. The aim of the paper is to determine the intensity and forms of aggression in institutionalized women with intellectual...
By Bojana Mastilo, Bojana Vuković, Stevan Šeatović, Sladjana Ćalasan
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
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
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
Clinical characteristics, prognosis and outcome of patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
Progress in diagnosis and treatment has led to a significant improvement in the fate of children born with tetralogy of Fallot, with the perioperative mortality of 2-3% and a 30-year survival rate of 90%. However, the majority of these patients have residual postoperative morphological and hemodynamic disorders, as well as heart rhythm disorders, p...
By Biljana Milinković, Dejan Bokonjić, Verica Prodanović
Analysis of effect of antidepressant drug venlafaxine on length of QT interval in patients with depressive disorder and alcohol dependence
Introduction. Depressive disorder is common in patients with the diagnosis of alcoholism. Comorbidity of depression and alcoholism significantly worsens the clinical status of patients and represents a major therapeutic challenge. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the antidepressant drug venlafaxine on the length of QT interval ...
By Sanja Vukadinović-Stojanović, Zlatan Stojanović
Prevention of viral infection transmission in dental practice
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the main bloodborne pathogens and are of considerable interest for the dental team. In dentist's surgery, HBV, HCV and HIV infections can be transmitted via direct contact with blood and saliva containing blood, or via indirect contact with contaminated den...
By Jovana Hrisa-Samardžija, Marina Milinković, Biljana Mijović
Impact of education on quality of life of laryngectomized patients before and after vocal rehabilitation
Introduction. Larynx carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract that causes the change in normal anatomical relationships in the neck, which leads to communication and social interaction disorders. The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of education on the quality of life of laryngectomized patients...
By Mila Bunijevac, Mirjana Petrović-Lazić, Siniša Maksimović
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
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