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

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

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

Mada ne postoji univerzalna definicija kvaliteta života u vezi sa zdravljem,postignut je konsenzus da je to širok koncept koji uključuje fizičko zdravlje,psihološko stanje i socijalne odnose. Psorijaza je hronično inflamatorno oboljenjepovezano sa socijalnom stigmatizacijom, bolom, nelagodnošću, fizičkiminvaliditetom i psiholo&...

By Milena Ražnatović, Janja Bojanić, Slavenka Janković