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Vol 28, No 2 (2011)

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Authors in this issue:

Ivana Stanković, Ivanka Đorđević, Lana Mačukanović Golubović, Tomislav Vukićević, Aleksandar Mitić, Aleksandar Zlatić, Aleksandra Petrić, Anuška V. Anđelković, Desa Nastasijević Borovac, Dragana Drašković, Dragica Simonović Dačić, Goran Lilić, Goran Marjanović, Goran Radičević, Goran Tošić, Irena Janković , Ivan Ristić, Ivana Burazor, Ivana Đorđević, Ljiljana Šaranac, Lydia Sushevska, Magdalena Genadieva, Meri Trajkovska , Mirjana Saveska, Nenad Joksimović, Nichola Olumchev, Philip Tsao, Radomir Živadinović, Sanja Dimitrijević, Snežana Živanović, Stefan Dačić, Stefan Veličković, Tatjana Pejčić, Tatjana Rađenović Petković, Vekoslav Lilić, Vesna Nikolić, Vladimir Andreevski,

Published: 20.06.2011.

Contents

20.06.2011. Review paper
Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: New Insight in Mechanisms of Disease

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are the most common vascular malformations in the brain, and occur at a rate of approximately 0.6 per 100.000 people. Recognized as familial or sporadic cases, CCMs are characterized as single or multiclusters of enlarged capillary-like channels with a single layer of endothelium and without intervening brain...

By ANUŠKA V. ANĐELKOVIĆ

20.06.2011. Research paper
Prognostic Mortality Factors of Community—Aquired Pneumonia in the Elderly

The geriatric population i.e. the elderly population is comprised of people older than 65, or, according to some authors, older than 75, which is relative, given the fact that there is often a  mismatch between an individual’s biological age and chronological age. Aging is a rather complex process during which various changes occur ...

By TATJANA PEJČIĆ, IVANKA ĐORĐEVIĆ, IVANA STANKOVIĆ, DESA NASTASIJEVIĆ BOROVAC, TATJANA RAĐENOVIĆ PETKOVIĆ

20.06.2011. Research paper
Portal Hypertension—Prevention from Variceal Rebleeding

The aim of this study is to present the importance of pharmacologic therapy in an early prevention of bleeding and rebleeding from the oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension.Three hundred and fifteen patients with liver cirrhosis have been evaluated and diagnosed in the University Clinic of Gastroenterohepatology. In the evaluatio...

By NENAD JOKSIMOVIĆ, VLADIMIR ANDREEVSKI, MAGDALENA GENADIEVA, MERI TRAJKOVSKA

20.06.2011. Research paper
Childhood Asthma and its Comorbidities

Numerous comorbidities are frequently associated with asthma and may influence the clinical expression and severity of asthma. The aim of our study was to determine the presence and prevalence of other diseases in children with asthma, both of allergic and non-allergic origin. The study included 974 non - hospital patients, of whom 669 had asthma, ...

By SANJA DIMITRIJEVIĆ, SNEŽANA ŽIVANOVIĆ, LJILJANA ŠARANAC

20.06.2011. Research paper
Obsessive‐compulsive Disorder and Treatment—One‐Year Follow up Study

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined by the presence of either obsession or compulsion that is severe enough to be time consuming or to cause marked distress or significant impairment. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person recognizes that the obsessions and compulsions are excessive or unreasonable. Twenty-one p...

By LYDIA SUSHEVSKA, NICHOLA OLUMCHEV, MIRJANA SAVESKA

20.06.2011. Research paper
Treatment of Perforative Peptic Ulcer

Perforation of peptic ulcer (PPU) is the most frequent complication of peptic ulcer disease. PPU is a serious complication which demands urgent diagnostic procedures, reanimation and surgical intervention.  The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of PPU, diagnostic and therapy procedures, time and kind of surgical methods, as well...

By IVANA ĐORĐEVIĆ, ALEKSANDAR ZLATIĆ, IRENA JANKOVIĆ

20.06.2011. Review paper
Selective Immunotherapy by Engineered Chimeric Molecules

In many physiological processes, peptides play a critical role as neurotransmitters, hormones, antibiotics, etc. They have research importance in fields such as immunology, pharmacology, neuroscience and cell biology. There are many approaches for immunotherapies: some of them use the peptides as important components of chimeric molecules for immun...

By STEFAN DAČIĆ, DRAGICA SIMONOVIĆ DAČIĆ, GORAN RADIČEVIĆ, ALEKSANDAR MITIĆ, GORAN TOŠIĆ, IVAN RISTIĆ, STEFAN VELIČKOVIĆ

20.06.2011. Review paper
The Need for Novel Biomarkers of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease defined as a pathologic dilatation of the infrarenal aorta that is often accompanied by significant superimposed atherosclerosis, inflammation and thrombosis. AAAs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. While some patients may present with lower bac...

By PHILIP TSAO, IVANA BURAZOR

20.06.2011. Review paper
Preoperative Preparation of Patients for Gynecologic Surgery

Surgical treatment of the patients with gynecologic diseases is warranted only when all the conservative treatment approaches have been exhausted. Surgical treatment is a stress for the patient, and associated risks and complications may be life-threatening. Surgery may be performed after the patient has been informed and her written consent obtain...

By GORAN LILIĆ, RADOMIR ŽIVADINOVIĆ, ALEKSANDRA PETRIĆ, VEKOSLAV LILIĆ

20.06.2011. Case report
Hyperlymphocytosis in a Patient with T‐prolymphocytic Leukemia Not Responding to Therapy: Case Report

A 64-year-old patient with extremely high number of white blood cells was diagnosed with T prolymphocytic leukemia. After the initiation of chemotherapy with Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin, Doxorubicin and Prednisone (CHOP), there was no improvement and the patient died within two months. Authors have made a review of the current therapy of this rare di...

By GORAN MARJANOVIĆ, VESNA NIKOLIĆ, TOMISLAV VUKIĆEVIĆ, LANA MAČUKANOVIĆ GOLUBOVIĆ, DRAGANA DRAŠKOVIĆ

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