Altered cytokine expression in Helicobacter pylori infected patients with bleeding duodenal ulcer.

Objective: Peptic ulcer disease is a condition in which an important role has infection with H. pylori. The most common complication of peptic ulcer is bleeding.

Erythropoietin in the Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Polytrauma.

Polytrauma is a term describing patients with injuries involving multiple body regions that compromises function of the body and/or organ involved. The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential role of erythropoietin in predicting poorer outcome in trauma patients. This prospective study included 86 patients admitted to the Emergency Center of Serbia due to polytrauma assigned according to Injury Severity Score (ISS).

Strengthening Emergency Care Systems to Mitigate Public Health Challenges Arising from Influxes of Individuals with Different Socio-Cultural Backgrounds to a Level One Emergency Center in South East Europe.

Emergency center visits are mostly unscheduled, undifferentiated, and unpredictable. A standardized triage process is an opportunity to obtain real-time data that paints a picture of the variation in acuity found in emergency centers. This is particularly pertinent as the influx of people seeking asylum or in transit mostly present with emergency care needs or first seek help at an emergency center.

Hartmann's procedure vs loop colostomy in the treatment of obstructive rectosigmoid cancer.

Introduction: Colorectal carcinoma is the most common malignant gastrointestinal tumour. There is still a considerable controversy when it comes to urgent surgical treatment of obstructive carcinoma of the left colon and rectum.

Methods: Seventy-five patients from the randomized trial were followed up.

Interleukin-12 as a predictor of outcome in patients with severe acute pancreatitis.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to determine the role of serum Interleukin-12 level as early marker of severity of the SAP and correlation between IL12, SIRS score, APACHE II and Ranson score in prediction of illness severity as well as of outcome of SAP.

Methodology: We evaluated a total of 234 patients with first onset of SAP, appears in last 24 hours, admitted in surgical Intensive care unit (ICU). Severe Acute Pancreatitis was diagnosed with an APACHE II score of 8 or higher, and/or a Ranson score of 3 or higher, and/or Balthazar scores of 5 or higher.