Glucocorticoids influence on rat hematological parameters and catalase activity.

In this study, the impact of glucocorticoid, betamethasone dipropionate on enzyme activity and its effects on hematological parameters was investigated. The immobilized catalase, crucial for cell oxidative stress response via hydrogen peroxide reduction, exhibited a robust electrocatalytic response, maintaining its biological activity. The inhibition kinetics of catalase, as determined by electrocatalytic methods and expressed using Lineweaver-Burke diagrams, revealed an uncompetitive type of inhibition with altered Imax and Km in the presence of a range of betamethasone dipropionate concentrations.

Hematological Parameters of Patients Positive for Coronavirus With and Without Comorbidities.

Background: The causative agent of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a virus from the SARS-CoV-2 group of viruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome. The aim of the study was to examine the differences in hematological analyses of patients suffering from COVID-19 with and without comorbidities, to determine the degree of the clinical picture based on the MEWS scale and to examine the persistence of inflammatory parameters with the severity of the clinical picture.

Methods: The research is a cross-sectional retrospective study, conducted in the laboratory diagnostics service of Tesanj General Hospital.

Biochemical and Hematological Profile of Covid-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilation.

Unlabelled: Beakground: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in COVID-19 patients, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which are the most common comorbid conditions in COVID-19 patients, is considered a risk factor for premature mortality in the population. The aim of the study is to compare the standard biochemical and hematological markers of COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation and those who have recovered, and to identify differences by gender and comorbidities, as well as the dominant marker in comorbidities that frequently shows statistical significance, in order to investigate its prognostic value in further research.

Methods: The study is a retrospective study of patients with RT-PCR confirmed presence of the Sars-CoV-2 virus who were hospitalized at the Zenica Cantonal Hospital.

Correlation of pre-existing comorbidities with disease severity in individuals infected with SARS-COV-2 virus.

Shortly after the first publication on the new disease called Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), studies on the causal consequences of this disease began to emerge, initially focusing only on transmission methods, and later on its consequences analyzed in terms of gender, age, and the presence of comorbidities. The aim of our research is to determine which comorbidities have the greatest negative impact on the worsening of the disease, namely which comorbidities indicate a predisposition to severe Covid-19, and to understand the gender and age representation of participants and comorbidities. The results of our study show that the dominant gender is male at 54.

Correlation Between Inflammatory and Biochemical Parameters in Patients with Diabetes and Urinary Tract Infection.

Background: Hyperglycemia, polyuria, and glycosuria are all risk factors for the frequency of urinary tract infections in patients with diabetes.

Objective: The aim of this study is to establish correlation between inflammatory and biochemical parameters in patients with diabetes and urinary tract infection.

Methods: Total number 116 patients were monitored, at the ages between 18-95 years, with diabetes and urinary tract infection, of which 59.

Peritoneal Transport Characteristics at the Beginning and in Long Term Peritoneal Dialysis: a Single Center Experience.

Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established treatment for patients with end-srage kidney disease. The method was developed as an alternative to hemodialysis (HD) presenting a patient survival rate equivalent to HD and better preservation of residual renal function. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients have different peritoneal membrane permeability (transport) characteristics.

Relations between some exogenous factors and anthropometric factors of growth and development of male children and youngsters in the Tuzla region, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dynamics of growth of male children and youths from the Region of Tuzla influenced by some exogenous factors was researched by a corresponding analysis of the sample which included 751 tested individuals, aged from 11 to 17 years. The analysis performed is primarily based on the scientific elaboration of the registered state in two time-points (1996 and 1999) in the tested part of broader population. This research involved the period of four-year aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking into consideration the fact that the tested persons spent one period of their growth and development in extremely bad wartime living conditions.