[Knowledge and practice of dietary salt usage].

Aim: In this study, we investigated current knowledge and practice of dietary salt usage in patients treated at Sarajevo University Hospital Center.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 300 patients were interviewed by use of a questionnaire containing 22 questions.

Results: One-member and two-member families used mainly 200 grams salt per month, three-member and bigger families used 500 grams salt monthly.

[Trends of cardiovascular diseases in B&H and Europe].

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in developed countries and in most developing countries. They represent an important cause of loss of working ability, invalidity, hospitalization and increase of health care costs. Annually, about 20 million people dies from CVDs, and projections says that by the year 2020 25 million people will be casualties from it.

Mental health and coping in a war situation: the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The latter part of the twentieth century has seen an increased concern for the implications of war for civilian populations, and more attention has been given to psychosocial impacts of uprooting and displacement. 'Loss of place', acute and chronic trauma, family disruption and problems of family reunification have become issues of concern. The war in Bosnia was characterized by massive displacement, disruption and loss of life, relatives and property.

[Trends in cardiovascular diseases in Bosnia-Herzegovina and some European countries].

In the last twenty years, the European office of WHO with its expert groups designated CVD as a problem of top priority in European health policy. The documents of WHO related to CVD, and their directives to member countries, are illustrated in this paper. The authors emphasize that according to available data, CVDs are cause of 40% of total mortality among the European population above the age of 75.

[Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in Mostar in 2003].

Unlabelled: Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), although all the technical medical developments in diagnostics and therapy is one of the biggest health problems in BH and the world. Incidence rates of SCD ranging between 0.36 to 1.