In industry and the public sector quality has become the important management challenge of the 21st century. Although quality should be self-understanding in healthcare the reality shows another picture. There are nowadays international standards and models of quality excellence which make the introduction and control of quality management even in ...

By Hans-Günther Sonntag

Pneumoconiosis of workers in brown coal mines is an occupational disease, a global public health problem and a serious disease of the lung parenchyma. If it is not prevented, it leads to irreversible changes in the lungs with complications. The disorder occurs after prolonged exposure to coal dust containing high concentration of free crystalline s...

By Biljana Čančar, Đorđe Jevtić

Genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and its complications. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most common microangiopathic chronic complications of diabetes. Oxidative stress occurs under condition of increased production of free radicals and/or decreased activity of ant...

By Dragana Tošović Pavlović, Siniša Ristić

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

Carcinoma of the middle ear is a rare otologic disease. The development of malignancy is most commonly associated with chronic inflammation of the middle ear, although the mechanisms of this development have not been clarified yet. The symptoms of the carcinoma are not always specific and the cancer is frequently diagnosed in its advanced stage. Ea...

By Dragoslava Đerić

Introduction. Chronic rhinosinusitis with sinonasal polyposis is a chronic inflammatory process of the mucous membranes of the nasal and paranasal sinuses, clinically manifested by the appearance of polyps in the nasal cavity. The presence of polyps in the nose and sinuses is the cause of the characteristic symptoms that affect the quality of life ...

By Aleksandra Aleksić, Zorica Novaković, Nataša Guzina-Golac, Vojin Vojnović, Željko Markić

Introduction. Thyroglossal cyst represents the most common congenital anomaly of the neck and it occurs in approximately 7% of the overall population. It develops as a consequence of obliteration failure of ductus thyreoglossus during migration of thyroid gland in embryogenesis. It is usually diagnosed during the first decade of life by clinical ex...

By Miroslav Obrenović, Siniša Kojić, Vekoslav Mitrović, Mirjana Ćuk, Borko Davidović

Uvod. Najveći broj adolescenata ima strahove koji su dio normalnog tokarazvoja i očekivano se javljaju u prelaznim razdobljima života. Cilj istraživanjabio je da se analizira povezanost psiholoških karakteristika adolescenata injihovog straha od budućnosti.Metod. U radu smo koristili empirijsko–neeksperimentalni metod. Uzorakistraživan...

By Teodora Talić, Igor Sladojević, Tatjana Bućma, Sandra Grubiša Vujasinović, Vjeran Saratlic

Uvod. Holesteatom se definiše kao cistična, ekspanzivna lezija temporalnekosti, čiju glavnu osobinu karakteriše progresivan rast s erozijom okolne kosti. Cilj istraživanja je bio da se ispita status osikularnog lanca i koštanih zidovakavuma timpani kod ispitanika sa holesteatomom srednjeg uha. Metode. Studija je obuhvatila 100 ...

By Sanja Špirić, Dmitar Travar, Dalibor Vranješ, Slobodan Spremo, Mirjana Gnjatić, Siniša Šolaja

Uvod. Disgrafija je poremećaj u ovladavanju vještinom pisanja kod djeceočuvanih intelektualnih sposobnosti, očuvanog vida i sluha, adekvatne obukeu školi i odgovarajućih socio-ekonomskih uslova. Poremećaj pisanja možeda se manifestuje oštećenjem rukopisa i jezičkim deficitima. Cilj ispitivanjaje bio da se utvrdi uticaj tipa por...

By Sladjana Ćalasan, Mile Vuković, Bojana Vuković, Bojana Mastilo, Andrijana Bakoč, Ivana Zečević