Influence of inhaler technique on asthma and COPD control: a multicenter experience

…, I Kopitovic, I Cekerevac, V Cupurdija… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background The successful management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) mostly depends on adherence to inhalation drug therapy, the usage of which is …

[HTML][HTML] Community-acquired pneumonia: economics of inpatient medical care vis-à-vis clinical severity

V Cupurdija, Z Lazic, M Petrovic, S Mojsilovic… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To assess the direct and indirect costs of diagnosing and treating community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP), correlating those costs with CAP severity at diagnosis and …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine producing ability of peripheral blood cells from COVID-19 patients after unspecific in vitro stimulation

S Zivancevic-Simonovic, D Jovanovic, V Cupurdija… - Inflammation …, 2022 - Springer
Objective and design Perturbations of peripheral T cell homeostasis and dysregulation of the
immune response to SARS-CoV-2, especially in severely ill patients, were observed. The …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) in COVID-19 patients: relation to platelets and association with the disease outcome

S Zivancevic-Simonovic, R Minic, V Cupurdija… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2023 - Springer
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a ubiquitously distributed cytokine known to
contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous pathological processes. The aim of this study was to …

DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes of severely ill COVID-19 patients in relation to inflammatory markers and parameters of hemostasis

…, S Zivancevic-Simonovic, V Cupurdija… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bearing in the mind that a variety of agents can contribute to genome instability, including
viral infections, the aim of this study was to analyze DNA damage in hospitalized COVID-19 …

Characteristics of COPD phenotypes in Serbia

…, S Hromis, S Jankovic, V Cupurdija - … journal of chronic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Establishing a regional/national/international registry of patients suffering from
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is essential for both research and healthcare, …

[HTML][HTML] Admission Predictors of Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients—A Serbian Cohort Study

…, V Zdravković, I Čekerevac, V Ćupurdija… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Early prediction of COVID-19 patients’ mortality risk may be beneficial in adequate
triage and risk assessment. Therefore, we aimed to single out the independent morality …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on severe asthma care in Europe: will care change for good?

…, I Čekerevac, S Hromiš, V Ćupurdija… - ERJ open …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put pressure on
healthcare services, forcing the reorganisation of traditional care pathways. We investigated how …

Cost of illness of community-acquired pneumonia. Review of the literature and possible strategies in the Serbian health care setting

M Jakovljevic, V Cupurdija… - …, 2012 - journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) represents a potentially severe illness with high
incidence and significant economic impact. The estimated incidence varies from 1.6 to 13.4 …

RETRO-POPE: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Real-World Study of All-Cause Mortality in COPD

…, V Zindr, M Ilic, J Jankovic, V Cupurdija… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The Phenotypes of COPD in Central and Eastern Europe (POPE) study assessed
the prevalence and clinical characteristics of four clinical COPD phenotypes, but not mortality. …