Different levels of mucus inflammatory mediators in nasal polyposis with and without aeroallergen sensitivity.

Objectives: Biomarker levels in nasal secretions can reflect the inflammatory status of nasal mucosa and evolution of sinus disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between local inflammatory mediator production and clinical characteristics of patients with nasal polyposis (NP).

Methods: Thirty-one nonaeroallergen sensitized patients with NP (NANP), 29 aeroallergen sensitized patients with NP (ANP), and 30 subjects without inflammation of nasal mucosa as controls (C) entered this prospective, cross-sectional study.

Is otitis media with effusion associated with Samter's triad a new nosological entity? A preliminary report on inflammatory mediator production.

Purpose: Otitis media with effusion (OME) associated with Samter's triad (ST) is a difficult entity to treat. The aim of study was an investigation of the middle ear and nasal production of inflammatory mediators (IM) in patients with ST and analysing differences between them and controls.

Methods: Prospective case-control study.

Surgical Treatment of Rhinogenic Contact Point Headache: An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction Even in the absence of inflammatory disease, facial pain often results from pressure of two opposing nasal mucosa surfaces. Objectives The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of surgical treatment of contact point headache. Methods Our study enrolled patients with unilateral facial pain and without nasal/paranasal sinus disease.

Adaptation and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-30 into Serbian.

Objectives: To evaluate the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and clinical validity of the Serbian version of the self-administered Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-30.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: The English version of VHI-30 was translated into Serbian and then back-translated into English.

Anatomical variations and relations of large blood vessels to the tympanic cavity.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the protrusion of the upper bulb of the internal jugular vein (UBJV) and the internal carotid artery (ICA) into the cavum tympani, the thickness and the structure of the bone wall that separates these blood vessels from the middle ear cavity, as well as the bone wall absence between these blood vessels and the cavum tympani.

Methods: The study included a total of 150 samples of temporal bones of elderly people, both sexes. The methods used in the study were anatomic and histologic, while analyses were done by a surgical microscope.

Association between somatic diseases and symptoms of depression and anxiety among Belgrade University students.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between somatic health problems and comorbid condition of anxiety and depression.

Methods: The cross-sectional study in a population of 2,000 students of the Belgrade University (four schools: Medicine, Geography, Economics, Electrical Engineering) during the period April - June 2010 was conducted. The students were randomly selected.