Introduction. Osteoporosis is a progressive, systemic and metabolic disease of bones that leads to the loss of the bone mineral density as well as to an increased risk of fracture. Aim of the study is to investigate the percentage of osteopenia and osteoporosis in women of various age groups within our regionas well as identification of risk factor...

By Aleksandra Hadžiavdić, Nikola Gavrić

The beneficial influence of water on the human body has been known since ancient times. Water as a therapeutic agent has a very wide application whereas a therapeutic effect of water is based on physical characteristics, thermal and mechanical effects. For the field of therapeutic gymnastics, the mechanical action of water has a special significa...

By Milomir Trivun, Jovica Tošić, Vladan Marković

Introduction. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a global public health problem. Surveillance has been widely accepted as the primary tool in the control of HAI. It assumes systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of HAI data, as well as providing feedback information for personnel in health caresettings. Prevalence study is a fast, ...

By Slavenka Janković, Biljana Mijović, Janja Bojanić, Nina Rodić Vukmir

Introduction. Approximately 80% of people worldwide feel at least once in their lives some pain in the lumbar spine. The lumbar spine syndrome is significant for its frequency and features to recidivate, at the same time giving this health problem a socio-economic significance. Herniated lumbar intervertebral disc can press spinal nerves and cause ...

By Dušana M Bukvić, Milorad R Jevtić

Introduction. Lower-leg fractures represent the most often fractures of long bones. The most frequent fractures are those in middle-aged patients when their work and life activities are very intensive. The aim of the study was to determine the result of the treatment of closed lower-leg fractures with external fixation.Methods. These patients in wh...

By Mladenko Lazić, Saša Vidić, Nikola Gavrić, Aleksandra Hadžiavdvić

Introduction. Nursing is by nature a profession that involves a high level of stress. Stress or stressful reaction is response to stressful situations. Health care workers are exposed to combustion and it is professional nature of their work, especially in clinical hospital practice. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the stress fact...

By Jelena Pavlović, Bojan Joksimović, Vedrana R. Vidojević

Peer review is the accepted method for ensuring that the science reported in the biomedical literature is of the highest quality. Reviewers, who are always recruited among the most prominent scientists in the field, are the heart of the peer-review system, and no editor can get along without them. Many authors, especially the younger ones, are unaw...

By Ljiljana Vučković-Dekić

The study concerns a 65-year-old female patient with pterygium of right eye and histologically verified conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. The lesion was diagnosed as pterygium and treated surgically. Histological examination of the excised material found the presence of conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. The significance of this case rep...

By Ljilja Amidžić, Vesna Ljubojević, Radoslav Gajanin, Milka Mavija

Introduction. Up-to-now researches have shown that there is a connection between the structure of personality and possible criminal behaviour, and that the structure of personality is formed in the co-action of biological, psychological and social factors. The aim of this paper is to conduct analysis of influences of socio-demographic factors on th...

By Dragan Jovanović, Snežana Medenica, Novica Petrović, Aleksandra Salamadić

Background. Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute, viral, natural, focal zoonosis, which is under natural conditions transferred to man by the bite of certain species of ticks. There is also inter-human transmission of infection. A clinical picture is characterized by temperature and severehemorrhages of different localization and diff...

By Radoslav Katanić, Nataša Katanić, Dijana Mirić, Bojana Kisić, Dragica Odalović, Andrijana Odalović, Bojana Kisić