Publications by authors named "Selma Avdagic"

An enormous increase in the application of wireless communication in recent decades has intensified research into consequent increase in human exposure to electromagnetic (EM) radiofrequency (RF) radiation fields and potential health effects, especially in school children and teenagers, and this paper gives a snap overview of current findings and recommendations of international expert bodies, with the emphasis on exposure from Wi-Fi technology indoor devices. Our analysis includes over 100 , animal, epidemiological, and exposure assessment studies (of which 37 and 30 covering Wi-Fi technologies). Only a small portion of published research papers refers to the "real" health impact of Wi-Fi technologies on children, because they are simply not available.

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The significance of serotonin (5HT) in mental health is underscored by the serotonergic action of many classes of psychiatric medication. 5HT is known to have a significant role in neurodevelopment, thus 5HT disruption during development may have a long term impact on brain structure and circuits. We previously generated a model of 5HT alteration throughout neurodevelopment by maternal administration of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine.

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Objective: To determine the incidence of systemic inflammatory response of the organism in surgical patients and its impact on the outcome of treatment.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 60 patients undergoing abdominal surgical procedures, between January 2014 and December 2015 in the Surgery Clinic at the University Clinical Center Tuzla. Two groups of thirty were formed by the method of consecutive sampling.

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Background: One of the complications aneurysms subarachnoid hemorrhage is the development of vasospasm, which is the leading cause of disability and death from ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

Aim: To evaluate the significance of previous comorbidities on early outcome of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by rupture of a cerebral aneurysm in the prevention of vasospasm.

Patients And Methods: The study had prospective character in which included 50 patients, whose diagnosed with SAH caused by the rupture of a brain aneurysm in the period from 2011to 2013.

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Surgery of the gallbladder has evolved tremendously over the last century. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for gallbladder removal and the most common laparoscopic procedure worldwide. In recent times, innovative techniques of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and transumbilical single-port (TUSP) or single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), have been applied in gallbladder removal as a step towards even more less-invasive procedures.

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The aim of this research is to determine: the influence of continuous opiate and intermittent non-opiate postoperative analgesia on thoracic surgical patients' acute phase response, based on acute phase response protein serum values (IL-6 and C-reactive protein) 24, 48 and 72 hours aftersurgery; to analyze the acute phase responses in those thoracic surgical patients in which the postoperative complications have developed and in those in which they haven't. The study itself has a prospective character involving 60 patients divided into two homogenous groups, 30 patients each, which are of the same age, sex, pathological substrate, and are the patients of the University Clinical Centre in Tuzla. The first group of patients were those to whom the non-opiate intermittent analgesia of methamisol natrium was applied, and the second group were the patients to whom the continuous tramadol chloride opiate analgesia was applied after the thoracic surgical procedure had been performed.

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As an important determinant of osteoporotic fracture risk, peak bone density tends to be higher in men than in women. The aim of this study was to see whether young men and women differed in the time and skeletal region of peak bone density. We also investigated the influence of diet and physical activity on bone mass.

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Metabolic parameters were determined in fasting blood serum, fasting first morning urine, and 24-hour urine of male patients with recurrent calcium oxalate stones (N = 26, age 39.1 +/- 6.2 years) as well as in male healthy controls (N = 18, age 35.

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