INTRODUCTION Modern pediatric cardiology mainly deals with congenital heart defects (CHD), as the most common congenital anomalies. In most cases CHD requires surgical or interventional treatment. GOAL The goal of the research was to evaluate CHD treatment at Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Center (UCC) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). UCC Sarajevo is the only institution in B&H ...

BACKGROUND Polypharmacy in psychiatry is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Using more drugs at same time usually occurs where single drugs are considered insufficiently effective. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The sample consisted of 216 patients: 85 from Sarajevo, and 44 and 87 respectively from Mostar and Tuzla. All schizophrenic patients who were hospitalised in three University Centers ...

Introduction Osteoarthritis of the joints (osteoarthritis or arthritis) represents the largest group of rheumatic diseases. Within rheumatic diseases 50% are degenerative rheumatic diseases, 10% inflammatory and 40% extra-articular. Goal To determine the modalities of physical therapy for elderly with degenerative diseases. Material and methods The study is retrospective-prospective and des...

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AIM To make a survey of children's health and psychosocial needs after the 1992-1995 war in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS Representative samples of school-age children (n=310) from 6 public schools in the Sarajevo Canton, their parents (n=280), and teachers (n=156) were surveyed by means of self-administered questionnaires and standardized psychometric scale (Ryan-Wengers Schoolag...

INTRODUCTION Developmental hip dysplasia represents the most common deformation of locomotor system in children. Developmental modulation of the hip is expressed during first year of life which is important for early diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, in the practice, it is very important to set a diagnosis early with application of simple and convenient methods (ultrasound) in order to achiev...

The 1990s marked the end of Yugoslavia and height conflict urban destruction (Dubrovnik, Mostar, Sarajevo later Belgrade). Bogdanovic (1993), an architect former mayor Belgrade, coined neologism ‘urbicide’ to designate enterprise which goes beyond simple strategic objective physical city, but that annihilation memories, identities, cultures associated with city in question its urbanity, is say,...

This paper discusses language acquisition in children aged two and three. The analysis was carried out on a corpus of child compiled during research conducted at kindergarten Sarajevo among three who acquire their native the area Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. Qualitative quantitative methods were applied analysis. development production measured by Mean Length Utterance, based number words per ...