Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Milena Šantrić-Milićević, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Social Medicine, Serbia

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Goran Tulić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

Assistant Editors
Prof. Predrag Đurđević, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic for Hematology; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Serbia
Prof. Milena Todorović Balint, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Hematology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Bojan Zarić, MD, PhD, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for Thoracic Oncology, Serbia
Res. Prof. Saša Radovanović, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Aleksandra Ilić, MD, PhD, Univerzitet u Prištini – Kosovska Mitrovica, Medicinski fakultet, Centar za biostatistiku i informacione tehnologije, Srbija
Asst. Prof. Mlađan Golubović, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center Niš, Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery Clinic; University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

Technical Editor
Prof. Zoran Bukumirić, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Serbia

Secretary
TA Aleksandra Radovanović-Spurnić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

Lector, Serbian and English Language Editor
Biljana Vukčević Lacković, English language and literature teacher
Danka Sinadinović, English language and literature teacher
Danijela Bulatović, English language and literature teacher

PUBLISHER’S ADVISORY BOARD

President
TA Danilo Jeremić, MD, President of the Regional Medical Chamber of Belgrade, Serbia

Members
Miodrag Stanić, MD, Director of the Serbian Medical Chamber, Serbia
Milan Dinić, MD, Advisor to the Director of the Serbian Medical Chamber, Serbia
Prof. Boris Đinđić, MD, PhD, President of the Regional Medical Chamber for South-Eastern Serbia, Serbia
Prof. Dejan Sakač, MD, PhD, President of the Regional Medical Chamber of Vojvodina, Serbia
Slađana Ilić, MD, MSc, President of the Regional Medical Chamber for Central and Western Serbia, Serbia
Ksenija Turković, MD, president of the Regional Medical Chamber of Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia

EDITORIAL BOARD

President
Academician Prof. Bela Balint, MD, PhD, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Medical Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

Members
Academician Prof. Vladimir Kostić, MD, PhD, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Medical Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Academician Prof. Nebojša Lalić, MD, PhD, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Medical Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Academician Prof. Predrag Peško, MD, PhD, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Medical Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Milena Šantrić-Milićević, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Social Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Ivan Paunović, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Zoran Baščarević, MD, PhD, Institute for Orthopedic Surgery ”Banjica”; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Eleonora Gvozdenović, MD, PhD, General Hospital MediGroup, Serbia
Prof. Goran Tulić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Dejan Nešić, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology, Serbia
Prof. Mirjana Šumarac-Dumanović, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine; University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Serbia
Prof. Milena Todorović Balint, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Hematology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Nemanja Slavković, MD, PhD, Institute for Orthopedic Surgery ”Banjica”; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Aleksandar Pavlović, MD, PhD, University of Pristina – Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Milica Mijović, MD, PhD, University of Pristina – Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathology, Serbia
Prof. Dobrila Stanković-Đorđević, MD, PhD, University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Serbia
Prof. Predrag Đurđević, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic for Hematology; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Serbia
Prof. Svetlana Radević, MD, PhD, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Serbia
Prof. Slobodanka Mitrović, MD, PhD, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology, Serbia
Prof. Zoran Bukumirić, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Serbia
Res. Prof. Saša Radovanović, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Aleksandra Ilić, MD, PhD, Univerzitet u Prištini – Kosovska Mitrovica, Medicinski fakultet, Centar za biostatistiku i informacione tehnologije, Srbija
Asst. Prof. Mlađan Golubović, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center Niš, Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery Clinic; University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Marija Zdravković, MD, PhD, University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Marija Milić, MD, PhD, University of Pristina – Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Vojin Kovačević, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Center for Neurosurgery; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Dejana Ružić Zečević, MD, PhD, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Darko Laketić, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Jelena Milenković, MD, PhD, University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology, Serbia
Asst. Prof. Jagoš Golubović, MD, PhD, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Clinic of Neurosurgery; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
Res. Assoc. Irina Maslovarić, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, Serbia
TA Aleksandra Radovanović-Spurnić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
TA Kristina Davidović, MD, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Center for Radiology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
TA Igor Spurnić, MD, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
TA Mihailo Stjepanović, MD, PhD, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic for Pulmonology; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia
TA Tomi Kovačević, MD, PhD, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
TA Andrej Preveden, MD, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Serbia

International members
Prof. Marija Vavlukis, MD, PhD, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, North Macedonia
Prof. Oleg Lozan, MD, MPH, PhD, School of Public Health Management, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Prof. Natalya Glushkova, MD, PhD, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Epidemiology, Evidence Based Medicine and Biostatistics Department, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Prof. Marius Ungureanu, MD, PhD, MHA, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Prof. Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic, MD, PhD, MAE, Hosei University Tokyo, Japan; UNESCO-TWAS; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Global Health Economics and Policy, Serbia
Prof. Kalina Grivcheva Stardelova, MD, PhD, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Faculty of Medicine, University Clinic of Gastroenterohepatology, Skopje, North Macedonia
Prof. Artem N. Kuzovlev, MD, PhD, Moscow State medical-dental University, Anesthesiology department; Federal research and clinical center of intensive care medicine and rehabilitology, Russia
Prof. Zoran Ivanovic, MD, PhD, French Blood Institute, Nouvelle Aquitaine Branch, Bordeaux, France
Asst. Prof. Srdjan Masic, MBI, MPH, PhD, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care and Public Health, Foca, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Jelicic, MD, PhD, Odense University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Odense, Denmark; Vejle Hospital, Department of Hematology, Vejle, Denmark
Univ. Ass. Sasa Rajsic, MD, PhD, International member of the Editorial Board, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria