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Vol 13, No 2 (2016)

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Authors in this issue:

Adnan Burak Akcay, Aldin Jusić, Ali Erayman, Alma Efendić, Alma Mekić-Abazović, Alper Bugra Nacar, Amar Karahmet, Amela Begić, Amir Denjalić, Amir Ibrahimagić, Amira Kurspahić-Mujčić, Amna Goga, Branka Bedenić, Dragana Mićić, Đenad Hodžić, Edin Bjelošević, Enra Suljić, Esra Karakas, Eyup Buyukkaya, Fahrudin Alić, Feđa Omeragić, Gorana Sulejmanpašić, Hakija Bečulić, Halima Hadžikapetanović, Haris Hatibović, Harun Brkić, Hatice Betul Altinisik, Irmina Sefić Pašić, Jan Škvařil, Jasmin Delić, Jasminka H. Halilović, Karin Krnić, Larisa Mešić Ðogić, Lejla Mešalić, Libor Kameník, Marijana Filipovska-Mušanović, Martin Malý, Melica Imamović, Melisa Čalkić, Miloš Táborský, Miroslav Zavoral, Mustafa Kurt, Nermin Hrnčić, Nihat Sen, Osman Gokalp, Pakize Kirdemir, Pavel Pavel Sedloň, Rasim Skomorac, Refka Kovač, Sabina H.Halilović, Sandra Vegar Zubović, Saša Rapan, Seid Fazlagić, Selma Hrnčić, Selma Šabanagić-Hajrić, Selma Uzunović, Sonja Bjelošević, Spomenka Kristić, Suad Sivić, Sule Buyukkaya, Ugur Altinisik, Vjekoslav Kolarević, Vjeran Rapan,

Published: 30.06.2016.

Contents

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Occipital sulci patterns in patients with schizophrenia and migraine headache using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Aim To examine the presence of morphologic variations of occipital sulci patternsin patients with schizophrenia and migraine headacheregarding gender and laterality using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).MethodsThis study included 80 patients and brain scans were performed to analyze interhemispheric symmetry and the sulcalpatterns of the occipital...

By GORANA SULEJMANPAŠIĆ, ENRA SULJIĆ, SELMA ŠABANAGIĆ-HAJRIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Impact of timing on surgical outcome in patients with cauda equina syndrome caused by lumbar disc herniation

Aim To analyze the relationship between timing of surgery and outcome in patients with cauda equina syndrome caused by lumbar disc herniation.Methods A retrospective, non-randomized clinical study included 25 consecutive patients with cauda equina syndrome (CES) caused by lumbar disc herniation. All patients were operated within 24 hours after hosp...

By HAKIJA BEČULIĆ, RASIM SKOMORAC, ALDIN JUSIĆ, FAHRUDIN ALIĆ, MELICA IMAMOVIĆ, ALMA MEKIĆ-ABAZOVIĆ, ALMA EFENDIĆ, HARUN BRKIĆ, AMIR DENJALIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Effects of magnesium sulfate on airway smooth muscle contraction in rats

Aim To investigate the effect of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) at different doses on isolated tracheal smooth muscle contraction in rats induced by different mechanisms.Methods Twelve rats’ tracheas were placed into organ bath. Consecutively, acetylcholine (10−6,10−5,10−4 M), histamine(10−8,10−5,10−3 M) and KCl...

By HATICE BETUL ALTINISIK, PAKIZE KIRDEMIR, UGUR ALTINISIK, OSMAN GOKALP

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Relation of red cell distribution width with dipper and non-dipper hypertension

Aim Red cell distribution width (RDW), an index of erythrocyte size, is associated with high risk for cardiovascular disease. Nondipping hypertension (HT) is lack of nocturnal fall in blood pressure (BP). The association between RDW and non-dipping BP in normotensive and hypertensive patients was investigated.Methods A total of 170 patients were ca...

By EYUP BUYUKKAYA, ALI ERAYMAN, ESRA KARAKAS, ALPER BUGRA NACAR, MUSTAFA KURT, SULE BUYUKKAYA, ADNAN BURAK AKCAY, NIHAT SEN

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Comparison of the accuracy and correctness of mortality estimates for Intensive Care Unit patients in internal clinics of the Czech Republic using APACHE II, APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMoIII models

Aim To verify and compare the accuracies of mortality predictions in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Internal Clinic ofCentral Military Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, using model APACHE II and the newer systems of the APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMo III.Methods The data were collected retrospectively between 2011 and 2012, 1000 patients were e...

By PAVEL PAVEL SEDLOŇ, LIBOR KAMENÍK, JAN ŠKVAŘIL, MARTIN MALÝ, MILOŠ TÁBORSKÝ, MIROSLAV ZAVORAL

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Relationship between ultrasonographically determined kidney volume and progression of chronic kidney disease

Aim To investigate a correlation between calculated creatinine clearance as a measure of kidney’s functional abilities and ultrasonographically determined kidney volume, which represents actual size of the kidney, in fact residual renal mass in chronic kidney disease, in order to determine possibilities of ultrasound as a diagnostic method in...

By SANDRA VEGAR ZUBOVIĆ, SPOMENKA KRISTIĆ, IRMINA SEFIĆ PAŠIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of AmpC- and/or extended-spectrum (ESBL) ß-lactamaseproducing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aim To investigate prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular characteristics, and genetic relationship of AmpC- and/or extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)- producing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by disc diffusion and broth microdilution m...

By SELMA UZUNOVIĆ, AMIR IBRAHIMAGIĆ, BRANKA BEDENIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Frequency of thyroid cancer in patients operated at Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the period 2007- 2014

Aim To determine frequency and type of thyroid cancer (TC) as well as gender and age distribution of patients operated at the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods A retrospective analysis of data obtained from an operating protocol and disease history of patients operated in the eightyea...

By NERMIN HRNČIĆ, AMNA GOGA, SELMA HRNČIĆ, MARIJANA FILIPOVSKA-MUŠANOVIĆ, HARIS HATIBOVIĆ, ĐENAD HODŽIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
IGFBP-1 marker of cervical ripening and predictor of preterm birth

Aim To establish a correlation between positive values of IGFBP-1 (>10 mg/L, Actim Partus Test, APT) and premature cervical ripening in imminent preterm labor.Methods A prospective study was conducted in primary health care centers in Tuzla, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of theUniversity Clinical Centre in Tuzla and General Hospital Te&scaron...

By LARISA MEŠIĆ ÐOGIĆ, DRAGANA MIĆIĆ, FEĐA OMERAGIĆ, REFKA KOVAČ, SEID FAZLAGIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Secular trend of anthropometric parameters of newborns in municipalities of Tuzla Canton (1976 – 2007)

Aim To determine the acceleration of birth weight and birth length of newborns in the municipalities of Tuzla Canton in the last four decades. Tuzla Canton (TC) as an administrative territorial unit of the FBiH includes 13 municipalities.Methods In this retrospective study data from the Protocol Book of Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic, University ...

By AMELA BEGIĆ, JASMINKA H. HALILOVIĆ, LEJLA MEŠALIĆ, SABINA H.HALILOVIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Radiological evaluation of lumbosacral spine for post discectomy segmental instability

Aim To establish presence of segmental instability in patients operated with standard discectomy comparing measurement oftranslation and rotation on postoperative functional radiographs of lumbosacral spine with reference values,and to explore difference between patients operated on one or two levels.Methods The study included 71 patients, who were...

By RASIM SKOMORAC, HAKIJA BEČULIĆ, JASMIN DELIĆ, ALDIN JUSIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Application of high viscosity bone cement in vertebroplasty for treatment of painful vertebral body fracture

Aim To evaluate the effectiveness and complication of vertebroplasty with high viscosity cement (HVC).Methods The patients with intensive pain caused by a fractured vertebrae were treated by application of HVC into the vertebralbody, through unilateral transpedicular approach. The application was performed in 422 patients (221 were treated for oste...

By SAŠA RAPAN, KARIN KRNIĆ, VJERAN RAPAN, VJEKOSLAV KOLAREVIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Incidence of mental retardation as compared with other psychiatric disorders and necessary support to persons placed at the Public Institution for Placement of Persons with Mental Disabilities „Drin“ Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aim To compare the frequency of mental retardation with other psychiatric disorders at the Institute for Mentally Disabled Persons „Drin“ Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to asses psychosocial condition and necessary support to persons with mental retardation.Methods In this retrospective, descriptive and epidemiologic study neuropsychi...

By EDIN BJELOŠEVIĆ, AMAR KARAHMET, HALIMA HADŽIKAPETANOVIĆ, SONJA BJELOŠEVIĆ

30.06.2016. Review paper Biochemistry
Impact of self-rated health among elderly on visits to family physicians

Aim To evaluate an impact of eight dimensions of self-rated health measured by the SF-36 questionnaire on visits to family physicians among people older than 65.Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in family medicine outpatient departments of the Public Institution PrimaryHealth Care Center of Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

By AMIRA KURSPAHIĆ-MUJČIĆ, MELISA ČALKIĆ, SUAD SIVIĆ

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