Publications by authors named "Sasa Peric"
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- Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammation of the colon that can lead to increased risks of blood clots due to platelet activation.
- A study with 94 newly diagnosed UC patients explored how different treatments (infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab, and azathioprine) affect platelet aggregation.
- Results showed all treatments reduced platelet aggregation, with infliximab being the most effective, suggesting that managing UC could also lower cardiovascular risks by decreasing blood clot formation.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS is increasingly recognized in the pediatric population, and it is usually diagnosed around 15 years of age. The exact etiology of MS is still not known, although autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors play important roles in its development, making it a multifactorial disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aim: In the current literature, data on impact of intrahospital changes in patients’ nutritional status on the treatment outcome are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nutritional status deterioration and the treatment outcome among hospitalized gastroenterological patients.
Methods: In 650 adult gastroenterological patients nutritional status on admission and at discharge was evaluated using the 6 nutritional status assessment parameters: body mass index, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-upper arm muscle circumference, serum albumin concentration, lymphocyte count and unintentional weight loss.
Background/aim: Risk factors for the intrahospital nutritional status worsening (NSW) have not been precisely defined in the literature. The objective was defining thoese factors among gastroenterological patients and defining the risk patients requiring a preventive nutritional therapy.
Methods: In 650 gastroenterological patients, NSW was evaluated on the basis of reducing of the six parameters: body weight, body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), mid-upper arm muscle circumference (MAMC), serum albumin level (ALB), and lymphocyte count (LYM).
Background/aim: There are no recommendations for the optimal nutritional status assessment parameters (NSAPs) in the current literature. The aim of this study was to define the optimal NSAPs for nutritional status assessing in gastroenterological patients on hospital admission.
Methods: Nutritional status of 612 gastroenterological patients was evaluated at the admission using 6 NSAPs: unintentional weight loss (WL), body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), mid-upper arm muscle circumference (MAMC), serum albumin concentration (ALB), and lymphocyte counts (LYM).