Andrius Macas Abstract Summary Myotonia is an abnormal delay in the relaxation of muscles after contraction. It is a key symptom in a number of muscle diseases called myotonic disorders [1, 19, 20, 24, 26]. Myotoniacongenita is an inherited disorder of skeletal muscle excitability. It is caused by mutations in the muscle chloride channel gene.…
Inga Vaitkevičienė Abstract Summary Teeth hypersensitivity is a common problem in patients with chronic periodontitis. The reasons why teeth hypersensitivity occurs in some periodontally diseased teeth are still unknown. It is possible that teeth hypersensitivity may related to changes of intradental nerve fibres. Although, the changes in the regional sensitivity of the affected teeth might…
Marija Rachlevičiūtė Abstract Summary Hormone contraception is among the most common methods to prevent pregnancy, yet there is not enough research on its influence on subsequent fertility after its withdrawal. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a hormone contraception used before pregnancy has a negative effect on fertility. Methods of work: using…
Tomas Poškus Abstract Summary There has been an increase in adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and gastric cardia recently. These types of cancer might be difficult to stage preoperatively because of their specific location and involvement of various lymph nodes. The preoperative staging of gastric cancer has to be very precise because it influences the…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary The work aims to investigate the time needed to provide help to STEMI patients and does the time spent correspond to the “Golden Hour” rule. Material and methods:357 cases of acute myocardial infarction were selected from the VU hospital SK sickness archive to perform the retrospective analysis in order to confirm…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary A retrospective analysis of last 300 inputs of IABP was done. The study included 99 women (33.0%) and 201 men (67.0%). Average age – 69.5±10.4 years, the survivors – 68.3 year, survivors are 4.2 years younger (p = 0.002). The average hospitalization stay was 17.3±14.9 days, while the average IABP insertion…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary Despite modern treatment and diagnostics methods, patients suffering from acute decompensated heart failure 60 day mortality rate remains at 9,6%, furthermore, the hospitalization of patients with such diagnosis remains one of the most expensive. Nesiritide (recombinant human B-type natriuretic peptide) is a comparatively new drug for intravenous infusions, indicated for patients…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary Myocarditis is inflammation of heart muscle that manifests itself and progresses in different ways. The diagnosis of this disease is one of the hardest to give in cardiology. The clinical symptoms vary from non-specific (fever, muscle aches, dyspnoea) to immediate haemodynamic violation – cardiogenic shock and sudden death. Most often used…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary Summary: Data about patients diagnosed with IE, surgically treated in Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių clinics during the period of 2007 – 2009 years is analised in this article. A diagnosis of IE was based on Duke criterias in all the cases [1]. Epidemiological, etiological, clinical, microbiological, laboratory data are discussed in…
Daiva Aškinytė Abstract Summary The aim of the present study was to describe last-year dental students’ learning in Vilnius University (VU), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LUHS), Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH) and Qassim University (QU) approach to equal gender rights in Dentistry and to compare it. A self-administered anonymous survey was…
Vilma Žydžiūnaitė Abstract Summary The article is focused on possible fears, demands, needs and factors that are reflected by PLHIV concerning educational sector in Lithuanian context. For research chosen qualitative research strategy, which is based on two knowledge positions such as socially constructed knowledge and participant knowledge. For data collection was applied in – depth…
Asta Daunaravičienė Abstract Summary The variations of volumetric activity of artificial radionuclides 137Cs, 90Sr and natural radionuclide 40K in the near-shore waters of the Baltic Sea in 2004–2009 are analyzed. The dose rate from 137Cs, 90Sr and 40K for person beeing in water immersion on the basis of real measurements were made. The level of…
