Preoperative considerations for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a risk factor for development of intraoperative and postoperative pulmonary complications. Regarding the type and the extent of surgical procedure, patients with COPD are at risk of aggravation of pulmonary function which leads to complicated perioperative course. In order to reduce perioperative complications, preoperative evaluation and preoperative patient preparation are of great importance.

[Evaluation of pulmonary and metabolic function in classic and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with ASA I and ASA II scores].

This is a prospective study of patients treated at the Center for Urgent Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia. The patients were divided into two groups; i.e.

Occupational risk of tuberculosis among health care workers at the Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Serbia.

Setting: The Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Serbia, which specialises in diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases in a region with approximately 550-600 TB admissions per year.

Objective: To assess the occupational risk of tuberculosis (TB) among health care workers (HCWs) employed at this institution.

Design: Retrospective analysis of morbidity of TB among HCWs over a 12-year period (1986-1997).

[Mycobacteriosis].

Classification of atypical mycobacteria, problems related to their identification, epidemiological, clinical, radiological and pathohistological presentation of mycobacteriosis are given. Up-to-date alternatives for treatment of these patients are also given. Finally, three cases treated at the VII Clinical Ward of the Institute of Pulmonary Diseases and TBC in the course of 1990 are presented.