Dying in Sarajevo

Register of Oncological Diseases in Canton Sarajevo

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. SUMMARY The register of oncological diseases in Canton Sarajevo is important as it can be used to track and improve healthcare, especially in older age groups. The oncological registers are a way of recording data, suitable as a source of indicators. In the analyzed register, 1124 new cases of malignancy were recorded. There are slightly more malignant dise...

Application of EuroSCORE in "Heart center Sarajevo".

Our aim was to evaluate risk stratification model, European System for Cardiac Risk Evaluation (logistic EuroSCORE) for patients treated in clinical hospital. EuroSCORE is useful to separate patients into risk groups so that the mortality and morbidity risk can be compared. From 1st January 2006 to 31st July 2006 the total of 124 adults have been operated and were classified according to the Eu...

Sarajevo Roses and Commemorative Plaques

Dying

Professor Hinton is a psychiatrist who has made careful studies of the reactions of dying people, the awareness they have that they are dying, and the ways in which their doctors and nurses may help to bring them solace. His original work is deservedly much esteemed. It has lost nothing by presentation in this volume together with additional information on the circumstances, customs and attitud...

Dying young in traffic.

There were 469 unnatural deaths among the Sheffield child population between 1947 and 1979, 226 of which were caused by traffic accidents. The annual incidence of these fatal traffic accidents has risen steadily since the early 1960s with boys being consistently more vulnerable. Fatal accidents were disproportionately higher among socially deprived families and in poorer areas of the city. The ...