Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/PRAMED1901033T
S. Trpković, A. Pavlovic, N. Videnovic, O. Marinković, Ana D. Sekulic
{"title":"Principles of oxygen administration and ventiltory support in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease","authors":"S. Trpković, A. Pavlovic, N. Videnovic, O. Marinković, Ana D. Sekulic","doi":"10.5937/PRAMED1901033T","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/PRAMED1901033T","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) significantly reduces quality of life and is one of the main causes of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide. Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is a life-threatening condition that causes rapid deterioration of respiratory symptoms (worsening of dyspnea, cough and/or abundant sputum production) requiring urgent treatment. This review article examines the evidence underlying supplemental oxygen therapy and ventilator support during exacerbations of COPD. In the introduction, we discuss the epidemiology and pathophysiology of hypercapnic respiratory failure, and then we explain that the key to achieving appropriate levels of oxygenation is using controlled low-flow oxygen therapy. In patients with risk of hypercapnia a target oxygen saturation (SaO2) range of 88%-92% is now generally accepted unless hypercapnia is disproved by gas analysis of arterial blood. However, if the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2) is normal, oxygen therapy may target the usual saturation range of 94%-98%. Many COPD patients may have a lower stable SaO2, such that chasing this target (94%-98%) is not usually necessary unless the patient is unwell. Further, we review current recommendations for ventilatory support in patients with AEHOBP. Noninvasive ventilation has assumed an important role in managing patients with acute respiratory failure. The use of invasive ventilation is the last remaining option, associated with a poor outcome.","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/PRAMED1901025K
L. Kulić, J. Jovanović, M. Galjak, Vesna Krstović-Spremo, Slađana Đurić, M. Mirković, J. Milosevic
{"title":"The impact of occupational stress on work ability of electricians","authors":"L. Kulić, J. Jovanović, M. Galjak, Vesna Krstović-Spremo, Slađana Đurić, M. Mirković, J. Milosevic","doi":"10.5937/PRAMED1901025K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/PRAMED1901025K","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/PRAMED1901001I
A. Ilić, D. Denovic
{"title":"Clinical-morphological characteristics of pathological changes in the prostate","authors":"A. Ilić, D. Denovic","doi":"10.5937/PRAMED1901001I","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/PRAMED1901001I","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/PRAMED1901019S
Aleksandar Stojanov, J. Stojanov
{"title":"Oxidative stress parameters in patients with Meniere disease","authors":"Aleksandar Stojanov, J. Stojanov","doi":"10.5937/PRAMED1901019S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/PRAMED1901019S","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/pramed1902039f
Snežana Filipović-Danić, V. Mitrović, B. Biševac, N. Milosevic, Jelena Dančetović
{"title":"Vestibular nerve schwannoma, treated with gamma knife and diagnosed after transitory ischemic attack in posterior cerebral vascularisation","authors":"Snežana Filipović-Danić, V. Mitrović, B. Biševac, N. Milosevic, Jelena Dančetović","doi":"10.5937/pramed1902039f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed1902039f","url":null,"abstract":"A case of a patient is shown, who was admitted for neurological exploration, with clinical manifestations of the cerebrovascular accident in the posterior circulation (TIA V-B vascularisation). In accordance with diagnostic protocol, an endocranial CT was performed. The results of the brain CT indicated an existence of an alteration in the right pontocerebellar angle area, which was subsequently diagnosed as a n. vestibularis schwannoma in an NMR examination. After a neurosurgical deliberation, the patient was treated with a gamma knife. After this surgery, which was done in a local anesthesia, the patient's condition was well and he was discharged. Control examinations have shown minor difficulties during the stimulation of the left ear auditive structures. Control examinations involving NMR showed no signs of recidivate focal findings.","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/pramed1904005m
N. Mitić, L. Popović
{"title":"Assessment of the risk status of diseases associated with overweight in students of the University of Pristina - Kosovska Mitrovica","authors":"N. Mitić, L. Popović","doi":"10.5937/pramed1904005m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed1904005m","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Obesity is one of the seven leading risk factors for the occurrence of the most common non infectious diseases. An epidemic model of the obesity prevalence increase is also present in the student population. To identify an overweight person, who has an increased relative risk status and who did not develope clinically manifested cardiometabolic disorders is a critical moment for the effective obesity prevention and treatment program.","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/pramed1902047v
N. Videnovic, Bojan Stojićević, Ranko Zdravković, J. Mladenović
{"title":"Rare malposition of central venous catheter","authors":"N. Videnovic, Bojan Stojićević, Ranko Zdravković, J. Mladenović","doi":"10.5937/pramed1902047v","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed1902047v","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/PRAMED1901009V
Zorica Vujnović-Živković, Snezana R Markovic-Jovanovic, J. Zivkovic, M. Čukalović, T. Novaković, D. Stamatović, J. Krdžić, Jadranka Mitić, R. Ljubomir Ristic, A. Ilić, P. Živković
{"title":"Serum Vitamin D analysis in acute viral bronchiolitis","authors":"Zorica Vujnović-Živković, Snezana R Markovic-Jovanovic, J. Zivkovic, M. Čukalović, T. Novaković, D. Stamatović, J. Krdžić, Jadranka Mitić, R. Ljubomir Ristic, A. Ilić, P. Živković","doi":"10.5937/PRAMED1901009V","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/PRAMED1901009V","url":null,"abstract":"1 1 1 1 1 Vujnović Živković Zorica , Marković Jovanović Snežana , Živković Jovan , Čukalović Mirjana , Novaković Tatjana , 2 1 1 1 3 4 Stamatović Dragana , Krdzić Jelena , Mitić Jadranka , Ristić Radica , Ilić Aleksandra , Živković Predrag 1 Medicinski Fakultet Priština, sa sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici, Srbija 2 Pedijatrijska ordinacija “Primum Vivere”, Kruševac, Srbija 3 Medicinski Fakultet Priština, sa sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici, Srbija 4 Fakultet Tehničkih Nauka Priština, sa sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici, Srbija","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praxis MedicaPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5937/pramed1902025k
L. Kulić, M. Vujovic
{"title":"Examination of the impact of characteristics of the health issues, length of time since themyocardial infarction and comorbidity to the quality of life of diseased of myocardial infarction","authors":"L. Kulić, M. Vujovic","doi":"10.5937/pramed1902025k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed1902025k","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31688,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Medica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71028640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}