Behavioral aspects of executive functions in young adults with well-controlled epilepsy.

Executive function (EF) skills involve higher-level cognitive functions, such as planning, goal formation, goal-directed behavior, and effective performance. Previous research has shown that these aspects of EF are essential for successful functioning in everyday life. This study aimed to examine differences in the behavioral aspects of EF between young adults with epilepsy and healthy controls.

A pilot study in Serbia by European Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Network.

Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile infections (CDIs) are among the most frequent healthcare-associated infections in Serbia. In 2013, Serbia participated in the European Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Network (ECDIS-Net) who launched a pilot study to enhance laboratory capacity and standardize surveillance for CDI. Two clinics of Clinical Center of Serbia [Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (CITD) and Clinic of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (COT)] from Belgrade and one general hospital from another metropolitan area of Serbia, Užice, participated.

Trichinella britovi outbreak: Epidemiological, clinical, and biological features.

Objectives: We aimed to describe the first cases of human trichinellosis due to Trichinella britovi in Serbia. A large trichinellosis outbreak due to the consumption of wild boar meat products took place during the 2015-2016 winter.

Patients And Methods: In January 2016, the Department of Infectious Diseases in Uzice examined 111 individuals with clinical and biological signs of trichinellosis, of whom 19 were hospitalized.

[Influence of depression on the quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C].

Introduction: Chronic hepatitis C reduces the quality of life in patients causing fatigue, loss of self-confidence, reduced working capacity, development of depression, emotional problems, and cognitive dysfunction.

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify the presence of depression in patients with chronic hepatitis C, predicting factors for its expression, and the impact of depression on the quality of life in these patients.

Methods: During the prospective study, we used the Hamilton depression scale to investigate the presence of depression, generic 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Chronic Liver Diseases Questionnaire (CLDQ) to examine the quality of life in 100 patients with chronic hepatitis C, 30 patients with chronic hepatitis B, 30 patients with chronic liver disease nonviral aetiology and 50 healthy persons.

[Quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C].

Introduction: Hepatitis C virus often causes chronic liver disease reducing physical, mental and social functions in these patients.

Objective: The aim of this investigation was analysis of the quality of life in chronic hepatitis C patients compared to patients with other chronic liver diseases and healthy population, as well as investigation of the influence of socio-demographic factors on the quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Methods: A generic Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire and Chronic Liver Diseases Questionnaire (CLDQ) were used in this prospective study for the investigation of the quality of life in 160 patients (100 patients with chronic hepatitis C, 30 patients with chronic hepatitis B, 30 patients with non-viral chronic liver diseases) and 50 healthy controls.

Reduced quality of life in patients with chronic viral liver disease as assessed by SF12 questionnaire.

Background & Aim: Quality of life may be reduced in patients with chronic liver diseases. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of chronic viral liver disease on health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Patients And Methods: Quality of life was prospectively investigated in 227 patients with chronic viral liver disease and 75 controls.

Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Serbia and Montenegro: the prevalence and clinical significance.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Serbia and Montenegro and their influence on some clinical characteristics in patients with chronic HCV infection.

Methods: A total of 164 patients was investigated. Complete history, route of infection, assessment of alcohol consumption, an abdominal ultrasound, standard biochemical tests and liver biopsy were done.

[The role of lamivudine in the treatment of HBe antigen negative liver cirrhosis].

Introduction: Lamivudine is effective in suppressing hepatitis B virus replication and hepatic necroinflammatory activity. Patients with HBV-related chronic liver disease often present with hepatic decompensation and are not eligible for interferon therapy. The effectiveness of antiviral therapy in preventing disease progression in patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis is unknown.

[The importance of aminotransferases and platelets count in non-invasive evaluation stages of chronic hepatitis C].

143 patients with chronic hepatitis C were investigated. The following two parameters were determined: the asparate to alanine aminotransferase ratio and the asparate aminotransferase to platelets count index. A liver biopsy was performed for every patient and stages of liver fibrosis were evaluated.

[Autoantibodies characteristic for autoimmune hepatitis found in chronic hepatitis C].

In the patients with chronic hepatitis C (HHC) there have been found different autoantibodies, some typical for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) type 1, like: antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in 15-60%, anti-smooth muscle antibodies (ASMA) in 34-60%, or AIH type 2: anti liver/kidney microsomes 1 autoantibodies (LKM 1) in 0-6%. Also, antimitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA), which defines PBC, is discovered in 0.7-1.

Frequency of portal and systemic bacteremia in acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common condition requiring an emergency abdominal operation in childhood. In the present study, we analyzed the frequency of portal and systemic bacteremia in 42 patients with acute appendicitis and determined the microbial agents responsible for an acute appendicitis and for portal and systemic bacteremia.

Methods: Appendectomies were performed on 50 young patients (5-18 years of age), as well as clinical and bacteriological tests.

Hygienic conditions in elementary and secondary schools in the county of Split-Dalmatia.

This paper gives an assessment of hygienic conditions found in 22 primary and 12 secondary schools in the city of Split during the school year 1990/91. The data were compared with the results of a similar investigation carried out in eight primary schools in the neighbouring Sinj area. The assessment consisted of the examination of the facilities, questionnaires, and microbiological analysis of numerous samples.

[Thyroid function and menopausal status in benign and malignant breast diseases].

Thyroid function was evaluated in premenopausal (healthy controls n = 7, benign breast disease n = 59, primary breast cancer n = 7) and postmenopausal (healthy controls n = 8, benign breast disease n = 51, primary breast cancer n = 10) groups of female subjects. The following parameters were measured: T3, T4, FT3I, FT3I, T3U and TSH. Except significantly higher concentration of T3 in postmenopausal healthy controls (179.

[Changes in prolactin plasma levels in relation to menopausal status in primary breast carcinoma].

Prolactin plasma level was measured in healthy controls, 110 benign breast lesions and 17 primary breast cancers, and results were correlated in regard to pre and postmenopausal groups of female subjects. Prolactin concentration in healthy controls and benign breast lesions was higher postmenopausally, and in breast cancer premenopausally, with the absence of statistically significant difference. At the same time menopausal cases of primary breast cancer had a significantly higher prolactin level than the same subgroup of healthy controls (222.

[Stewart-Treves syndrome of the edematous arm following breast cancer operation].

In 1948, Stewart and Treves (158) described a lymphangiosarcoma on the edematous arm for the first time with reference to six cases involving arm edema after breast cancer operation. Since their publication, a further 313 cases have become known. In 1982, with communication of one case we published a statistical compilation comprising of 248 cases (Zeitschrift für Lymphologie VI, 1982, 51-66).

[Staging in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas].

In the period from 1970 to 1986, 46 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were laparotomized and splenectomized at the Surgery Division, University of Göttingen. The operation was frequently carried out in advanced or generalized stages with a therapeutic indication and served for purely diagnostic purposes in only a proportion of the cases. The Kiel classification was chosen for the histology.

[Prolactin--significance in benign and malignant breast diseases].

At present, the role of prolactin has not yet been precisely determined both in the development and in the progression of benign and malignant diseases of the breast. Experimental investigations and data of the human receptor assay have clearly indicated the initial and promoting activity of prolactin in the genesis of breast tumors. However, the data published so far, which is in some cases highly contradictory, does not allow a positive appraisal on the correlation of the prolactin level and breast diseases in clinical research and experimental studies.

[The thyroid gland and the breast].

The results of experimental clinical and epidemiological studies published so far from 1896 until today on the connection between thyroid and breast diseases doubtless require critical examination, since these results are highly contradictory. Without being able to go into details of the sources of methodological errors and the highly heterogenous investigation material, two pathophysiological mechanisms can be discussed in the investigation of the interrelationship between the thyroid and the breast: 1. A low level of thyroid hormone might make the breast hypersensitive to prolactin, which might induce dysplasia or neoplasia of the mammary epithelium.