Screening for osteoporosis within the region of Doboj using heel bone ultra- sound densitometry
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
Therapeutic swimming
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
Prevalencija intrahospitalnih infekcija u istočnoj Hercegovini
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
Results of rehabilitation treatment of patients after lumbar disc surgery in the Rehabilitation Centre Vilina Vlas Višegrad
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
Results of application of external fixation in treating closed lower-leg fractures
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
Stress exposure in nurses and technicians at Clinical Center Foča
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
Reviewer – authors’ best friend
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
Conjunctival dysplasia in pterygium – case report
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
Inhibitori protonske pumpe – primena i bezbednost
Uvod. Inhibitori protonske pumpe (IPP) primenjuju se u terapiji acido peptičkih poremećaja uključujući peptički ulkus, gastroezofagusni reflex, erozivni i neerozivni ezofagitis, Zollinger-Elissonov sindrom, Helicobacter pylori infekcije i profilaksu stres ulkusa. Dobro dokumentovana efikasnost i relativna bezbednost primene, doprineli su značajnom ...
By Dragiša Rašić, Julijana Rašić, Snežana Janićijević Hudomal, Vojkan Nestorović
Teškoće sa kojima se susreću porodice dece sa posebnim potrebama u sadašnjem trenutku
Okolina, različita struktura porodice, društvene krize i druge nepo¬voljne ekonomske okolnosti bitno utiču na dinamiku života, na ponaša¬nje, stresove i izvore frustracija nekih roditelja. Pokušaji pomoći koji se nude porodici dece sa posebnim potrebama, uglavnom nisu blagovremeni, nisu sistemski i nisu efikasni. Re&sca...
By Jasmina Karić, Iva Miličević, Snežana Medenica