Publications by authors named "Amra Puhalovic"
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a diverse disease with various clinical, pathological and molecular features that affect tumor biological behavior, treatment response and prognosis.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between metabolic 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters (SUVmax, MTV and TLG) and CEA in recurrent and metastatic CRC and to evaluate prognostic value of metabolic 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in recurrent and metastatic CRC.
Methods: A descriptive study of 100 patients with previously detected and surgically treated CRC referred to PET/CT with a suspicion of recurrent or metastatic CRC.
Objective: to determine ascites and serum sodium significance in short term mortality prediction in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis.
Methods: a cohort of 115 cirrhotic patients referred to our Department were followed up for 6 months in non-transplant settings. The c index equivalent to the area under the receiver operating curve (ROC) was calculated and compared to estimate the short-term prognostic accuracy of the following parameters: ascites, serum sodium and MELD score.
Aim: To evaluate the easily available laboratory and clinical markers in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and compare their prognostic value.
Methods: The study sample included a group of 80 patients with an established diagnosis of decompensated cirrhosis, hspitalizsed at the Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo, between 2009 and 2011, followed up for 6 months either as outpatients or through repeated hspitalizsation. It was estimated that the accuracy (c-index) of the six variables, laboratory (serum bilirubin, creatinine, International Normalised Ratio (INR) and albumine) and clinical variables (hepatic encephalopathy and ascites) reflect the function of the liver in their ability to predict 6-month mortality.