Predictors of adverse short-term outcomes in late preterm infants.

Background: Infants born between 34 weeks and 36 weeks and 6 days of gestation are defined as late preterm infants (LPIs), and they account for approximately 74% of all premature births. Preterm birth (PB) remains the leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity worldwide.

Aim: To analyse short-term morbidity and mortality and identify predictors of adverse outcomes in late preterm infants.

Frequency of Urinary Tract Infection When Diagnosing Vesico Uretheral Reflux in Children in Tuzla Canton.

Background: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) represents the return of urine from the bladder into the ureter and the renal canal system. Reflux can occur only on one or both kidneys. VUR most often occurs due to an incompetent ureterovesical junction, which consequently leads to hydronephrosis and dysfunction of the lower parts of the urinary system.

SHORT-TERM OUTCOME OF MASSIVE PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE IN PRETERM INFANTS IN TUZLA CANTON.

Massive pulmonary hemorrhage (MPH) in neonates is a severe condition followed by many complications and associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to present the incidence, possible risk factors, and short-term outcome of neonatal MPH in Tuzla Canton. We retrospectively analyzed data on neonates with MPH from January 2015 to December 2017.

Epidemiology of neonatal sepsis caused by multidrug resistant pathogens in a neonatal intensive care unit level 3.

Aim Steady progress in intensive treatment worldwide has increased the survival of immature neonates, but with multiple invasive procedures, which have increased the risk of infection, thus the bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The aim of this study was to analyse the epidemiology of multidrug resistance pathogens as causative agents of neonatal sepsis in the neonatal intensive care unit. Methods A retrospective cohort study conducted at the Intensive care unit of the Paediatric Clinic of Tuzla over a three-year period (2016-2018) analysed epidemiology of neonatal sepsis caused by multidrug resistance pathogens.

Risk Factors and Outcome of Neonatal Pneumothorax in Tuzla Canton.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze risk factors and outcome of neonatal pneumothorax in Tuzla Canton.

Methods: Neonates with chest X-ray confirmed pneumothorax in University Clinical Center of Tuzla, within a three-year period, from January 2015 to December 2017, were retrospectively studied. Participants were evaluated for baseline characteristics, predisposing factors of neonatal pneumothorax, accompanying disorders and mortality.

Childhood and Coress model of carcinogenesis.

Introduction: In the last fifty years the incidence of gastric cancer in developed countries is a constant trend, but mortality in all countries remains at the same level and ranks second behind lung cancer. In the case of gastric cancer has a far more important the role the early diagnosis compared to prevention.

Material And Methods: The sample included 200 subjects aged 7-18 years treated at the Pediatric Clinic, University Clinic Tuzla and Pediatric Clinic and the Clinic for Child Surgery of Clinical Center of Sarajevo University who had endoscopic and histologically verified gastritis.

Early and correct diagnosis of celiac disease in the prevention of growth disorders and child development.

Coeliac, in ordinary people known as "flour allergy" and in medicine world known as gluten enteropathy which means enteric damage caused by gluten. Data about incidence of gluten enteropathy is different in different countries around the World and depend on is it or is it not the right diagnosis for enteric disorder. Sometimes, this disease is unrecognized because of unspecific clinical signs.

[The lunar cycle and seizures in children].

Aim: To analyze the annual trend of hospitalization and potential influence of the lunar cycle of children treated for seizures

Methods: The data of the patients treated for seizures (convulsions, epileptic seizures, disturbance of consciousness and epileptic seizures in children with neurodevelopmental disability) in the Pediatrics Clinic of the University Clinical Center of Tuzla were retrospectively analyzed during 2008 in relation to seasonal distribution, admission time (month, week, admission moment, day in a week, time of the day) and the lunar cycle.

Results: Out f the total of 234 treated children, 55 (23,5%) were infants, 101 (43,1%) were under six years of age and 78 (33,3%) were of school age. The most common type of seizures were convulsions, 123 (42,6%).

[Humoral immunity in children with immunodeficiency and immunosuppression].

The objective of the study was to determine the immunological characteristics of immunodeficiency and immunosuppression in children and to estimate the type of disorder within the immunological system. In the prospective study with 90 patients included, all were separated into three groups (30 patients per group) of which the first group was formed of patients with immunodeficiency; the second group of patients who were receiving the immunosuppressive therapy for autoimmune diseases for more than 6 months; and the third group being the control group formed of patients with uncomplicated bacterial infections. The follow-up parameters were gathered using questionnaire on personal and family anamnesis of patients with immunological parameters: humoral unspecific immunities (CRP, C3, C4, IL1 and IL2), humoral specific immunities (IgG, IgM, IgA and IgE) and cellular specific immunity.

[Brucellosis spondilitis in a ten year boy].

Introduction: Brucellosis is acute infectious disease classified as zoonosis, which can leave humans with chronic damages and disability. It can appear as sporadic cases or a smaller epidemic anywhere in the world but it is more common in some areas and there it presents significant public health issue. Clinical picture is very variegated.

[Characteristics of broncho-obstruction in childhood].

Introduction: The prevalence of broncho-obstruction in children is in permanent increase at any age and in global. According to many studies, about 50% of children have at least one episode of broncho-obstruction in the first six years of life. Risk factors for broncho-obstruction in children include not only intrinsic, but a lot of extrinsic factors which could accelerate beginning of early symptoms.