31 articles in this issue
Predrag Dašic, Jovan Dašic, Bojan Crvenkovic (Author)
BACKGROUND: Patient safety in hospitals is of equal importance as providing treatments and urgent healthcare. With the development of Cloud technologies and Big Data analytics, it is possible to employ VSaaS technology virtually anywhere, for any given se... see more
Tatjana Makarovska-Bojadzjieva, Emilija Velkova, Milenka Blagoevska (Author)
BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization is still an actual problem in our transfusion practice. In 2011, in addition to the regular ABO/D blood group typing, phenotyping for Rh (C, c, E, e) and Kell antigens was introduced for blood donors and p... see more
Francis Faduyile, Festus Emiogun, Sunday Soyemi, Olugbenga Oyewole, Uche Okeke, Oluseun Williams (Author)
BACKGROUND: Deaths from motorcycle accident injuries have remained a major public health issue in Nigeria over the years.AIM: The study is to determine the age and gender distribution of the victims and to identify the cause of death and the anatomical pa... see more
Nurfida Khairina Arrasyid, Monica Nadya Sinambela, Zaimah Z. Tala, Dewi Masyithah Darlan, Syah Mirsya Warli (Author)
BACKGROUND: The latest estimates indicate that more than 2 billion people worldwide are infected by Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH). The burden of STH infection is mainly attributed to the chronic effect on health and quality of life of those infected. I... see more
Emina Ramku, Refik Ramku, Dugagjin Spanca, Valbona Zhjeqi (Author)
BACKGROUND: As previously various studies have suggested application of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may be considered as a promising future therapy for hearing deficits, in particular for the improvement of cochlear neurone loss during cochle... see more
Imad R. Musa, Gasim I. Gasim, Sajjad Khan, Ibrahim A. Ibrahim, Hamdi Abo-alazm, Ishag Adam (Author)
AIM: The aim was to investigate serum vitamin D (25-OH) level among females with hypothyroidism.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A case-control study (58 in each arm) was conducted in Arar Central Hospital, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. The cases were females with hypothyr... see more
Soha M. Abd El Dayem, Mona Abd El Kader, Soheir Ibrahim, Enas Mokhtar, Eman Abd El Megeed (Author)
AIM: To evaluate leptin and lipid profile in overweight patients with type 1 diabetes.PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 50 overweight patients with type 1 diabetes and 50 age and sex matched healthy controls. Blood samples were taken for evaluation... see more
Gontar Siregar, Dina Sari, Taufik Sungkar (Author)
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genes are associated with higher virulence. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) is one important marker for neo-angiogenesis.AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between VEG... see more
Dewi Masyithah Darlan, Zaimah Z. Tala, Cellya Amanta, Syah Mirsya Warli, Nurfida Khairina Arrasyid (Author)
BACKGROUND: Soil Transmitted Helminth infection is one of most prevalent health problems worldwide, especially in environments with poor sanitation. Based on World Health Organisation (WHO) data, more than 2 billion people, or 24% of the world's populatio... see more
Ahmed Abdel-Hady, Ali El-Hindawi, Olfat Hammam, Heba Khalil, Sara Diab, Soulafa Abd El-Aziz, Mohamed Badawy, Ahmed Ismail, Noha Helmy, Nora Kamel, Shady Anis, Amr El Kholy, Khalid Al Osili, Afaf Abdel-Hady, Hani Nour, Maha Akl (Author)
AIM: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancers in men worldwide. Its incidence can be influenced by several risk factors including genetic susceptibility. Therefore the search for the expression of a certain gene (ERG) and its rearrangement ... see more
Koni Ivanova, Julian Ananiev, Elina Aleksandrova, Maria Magdalena Ignatova, Maya Gulubova (Author)
BACKGROUND: The aberrant activation of Wnt signalling pathway may be a common denominator for the development of thyroid tumorigenesis. It was announced that the loss of E-cadherin rather than ß-catenin mutation represents a crucial event in determining t... see more
Olfat Hammam, Tarek Aboushousha, Ali El-Hindawi, Hosni Khairy, Heba Khalil, Amira Kamel, Maha Akl, Ahmed Abdel-Hady, Mona Magdy, Mohamed Badawy, Amr El Kholy, Khalid Al Osili, Nora Kamel, Shady Anis, Tarek El Leithy (Author)
BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer represents the fifth most common malignancy worldwide and a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and death. Incidence and mortality rates have remained relatively constant over the past four decades. Urothelial bladder cancer... see more
Fahredin Veselaj, Suzana Manxhuka-Kerliu, Arber Neziri, Labinot Shahini, Shefki Xharra, Liridon Selmani, Lloreta Kerliu, Floren Kavaja (Author)
BACKGROUND: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) is the most predominant renal tumour with unpredictable tumour behaviour. The aim of the study is to investigate the prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) expression in CCRCC ... see more
Firoozeh Aghasadeghi, Mostafa Saadat (Author)
AIM: Preeclampsia (PE) is a major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is a genetic component in the development of PE with estimated heritability around 0.47. Several studies have investigated the association between maternal ABO... see more
Ibrahim Abdulrazag AL-Homood, Iman Sheshah, Abdel Gaffar A. Mohammed, Gasim I. Gasim (Author)
AIM: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of osteoporosis [lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (FN)] among patients with type 2 diabetes at King Salman Hospital.MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred seventy patients with type 2 dia... see more
Ameinah Omar Al Tabbal, Seham Sulaiman Al Humedi (Author)
BACKGROUND: During the last decades, medical recordings has increased dramatically leading to more awareness of the diseases commonly affecting paediatric age groups opening a wide entrance to the prevention of possible complications and decrease its inci... see more
Soha M. Abd El Dayem, Abo El Magd El Bohy, Mona Hamed, Solaf Ahmed (Author)
AIM: To evaluate intrarenal resistivity index (RI) and different biomarkers of diabetic nephropathy (DN) with clinical signs of DN and its progression over time as early detection of DN.PATIENTS AND METHODS: This longitudinal study included 48 type 1 diab... see more
Ramush Bejiqi, Ragip Retkoceri, Hana Bejiqi (Author)
BACKGROUND: Cardiac rhabdomyoma (CRs) are the most common primary tumour of the heart in infants and children. Usually are multiple and, basing on the location can cause a haemodynamic disturbance, dysrhythmias or heart failure during the fetal and early ... see more
Ahmet Nalbant, Mehmet Bulent Vatan, Perihan Varim, Ceyhun Varim, Tezcan Kaya, Ali Tamer (Author)
AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the cardiac autonomic dysfunction and the cardiac arrhythmia risk using heart rate variability parameters in subjects with vitamin D deficiency and low cardiovascular risk.MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred five consecutiv... see more
Danche Vasileva, Nikolai Izov, Ivan Maznev, Daniela Lubenova, Marija Mihova, Velo Markovski, Carmen Nistor Cseppento (Author)
AIM: The aim of the study is to evaluate the changes of the kinetic parameters of gait in patients with supratentorial unilateral stroke in the chronic period (SUSChP).MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted with 67 patients with SUSChP (56 patients... see more
Mohieldin M. Ahmed, Douaa M. Mosalem, Aziz K. Alfeeli, Ayyoub B. Baqer, Doaa Youssry Soliman (Author)
BACKGROUND: Gait disorders or postural instability has been done before. However, lack of reviews has addressed the relation between gait and postural stability in Parkinson's disease (PD).AIM: The aim was to evaluate the relation between gait parameters ... see more
Dafina Kuzmanovska, Aleksandar Risteski, Margarita Kambovska, Tase Trpcevski, Emilija Sahpazova, Mile Petrovski (Author)
BACKGROUND: Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is an important association of paediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) found in 30-50% of all children presenting with first UTI. Contrast-enhanced voiding ultrasonography (ceVUS) has become an important radiation-... see more
Fatina Fadel, Hafez M. Bazraa, Safaa M. Abdelrahman, Mohamed Gamal Shouman, Marwa Khaled Sayed, Doaa Mohamed Salah, Aliaa Ahmed Wahby, Heba F. Elgebaly (Author)
BACKGROUND: Renal transplantation (RTx) is the treatment of choice for paediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD). A major cause of morbidity and mortality after RTx is cardiovascular disease. Independent predictors of cardiovascular events were shown to c... see more
Montserrat Pérez Pinar, Regina Pastor Toledo, Luis Broseta Viana, Julián Solís García del Pozo (Author)
AIM: We report an unusual case of a male weightlifter with upper extremity venous thrombosis.CASE PRESENTATION: Thrombosis affecting subclavian-axillo-humeral venous trunk produced by the compression of these veins by the trained muscles of the shoulder g... see more
Lidija Petkovska, Andon Chibishev, Aleksandra Stevcevska, Ivica Smokovski, Dusan Petkovski, Emilija Antova (Author)
BACKGROUND: Use and abuse of cocaine are associated with numerous adverse effects, independent of the route of administration. More severe conditions of poisoning, however, are observed after cocaine intravenous administration.AIM: We present a case of se... see more
Gema Regina Guadarrama Santín, Angel Visoso Salgado, Norma Margarita Montiel Bastida, Isaías de la Rosa Gómez, Jonnathan Guadalupe Santillán Benítez, Hugo Mendieta Zerón (Author)
BACKGROUND: Immunoglobulins mediate the host’s humoral immune response are expressed in saliva.AIM: To quantify the FcaR, Fc?RIIB, and FcaµR gene expression in the saliva of Mexican patients with caries in mixed and permanent dentition.SUBJECTS AND METHOD... see more
Mohamed I. El-Anwar, Eman A. El-Taftazany, Hamdy A. Hamed, Mohamed A. Abd ElHay (Author)
AIM: This study aimed to compare the stresses generated by using two or four root form dental implants supporting mandibular overdentures that were retained with ball and locator attachments.METHODS: Under ANSYS environment, four 3D finite element models ... see more
Ubong Bassey Akpan, Thomas Udagor Agan, Emmanuel Monjok, Chinedu Okpara, Saturday Etuk (Author)
BACKGROUND: Routine iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnancy have been proved to be effective in reducing the prevalence and morbidities of anaemia. However, there is limited data regarding the prescription habits of physician obstetric care giver... see more
Hasime Qorraj Bytyqi, Rexhep Hoxha, Elton Bahtiri, Valon Krasniqi, Shaip Krasniqi (Author)
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in paediatrics. In most cases, antibiotics are started on an empirical basis, without proof of a bacterial infection, either before the start of therapy or afterwards.AIM: The main objec... see more
Yasminur G. Turdybekova, Irina L. Kopobayeva, Berikbay Zh Kultanov (Author)
AIM: We examined 435 women of Aktobe region and 328 women of South Kazakhstan region, living in areas bordering the Aral Sea region during the study and comparative assessment of the impact of climatic and anthropogenic factors of Aral region on the repro... see more
Anthony Thaniyan, Foad F. A. Ayman, Hyder O. Mirghani, Badr A. Al-Sayed, Tarig H. Merghani (Author)
BACKGROUND: Methotrexate (MTX) is the most commonly used disease-modifying drug in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, it causes many side effects, including pulmonary lesions. In this review, we characterised the histopathological featur... see more