Heart Morbidity After Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Left Breast Cancer

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Aista Plieskienė Abstract Radiation-assotiated heart disease has been associated with dose and increasing volume of irradiation. Acute and late radiation-induced heart disease are pericarditis, pancarditis, cardiomiopathy, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure. Individual cardiovascular risk increases with personal or familial history of cardiac disease, age, smoking, hypertension, abnormality in the lipidic profile, diabetes.Current concepts of…

Health Care Analysis of Corporate Entrepreneurship Through Human Resource Management

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Rimantas Mačiulaitis Abstract According to Lithuanian and foreign scientists work, of theoretical analysis the concept of human resources, management process, policy, strategy and the concept of entrepreneurship. Discussing the health institutions, human resources supply and demand aspects of planning, emphasis on their impact on the provision of health care services, and entrepreneurship. The investigation, found…

Adverse Events in Health Care: the Attitudes of Medics on Adverse Events Reporting and Registration in Multiprofile Hospitals

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Vinsas Janusonis, Gaivilė Kasap Abstract The aim of the study – to estimate medics’ attitude on adverse events reporting and registration in multiprofile hospitals of Lithuania. Material and methods. From August to October 2011, the survey was performed in three multiprofile hospital of Lithuania. The study included 200 medics (79 doctors and 121 nurses). Information…

Experimental Substantiation of the Choice of Surgical Treatment Method of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and Particular Characteristics of Treatment of the Patients After the Repeated Functional Middle Ear Reconstruction Surgeries

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Oleg Borysenko, Viktoras Pivrikas Abstract The article analyses the results of experimental substantiation of the choice of the surgical method of treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media followed by discussion of factors influencing the passing of sound into the middle ear. There was carried an acoustic experiment on five isolated blocks of human temporal bones.…

Unusual Complication of Osteochondroma

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Giedrius Kviecinskas, Džeraldas Sivickis, Jonas Baltrūnas, Kęstutis Saniukas, Marijus Gutauskas, Gintaras Žukauskas Abstract Osteochondroma is one of the most often observed bone tumors. During it‘s developement, osteochondroma can be the cause of vascular compression . Possible options of vascular injury can be aneurisms, as well venous or /and arterial thrombosis. Most common position of vascular…

The Use of Uterine Artery Embolisation in the Management of Fibroids. Clinical Recommendations

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Algimantas Šimkaitis Abstract Arterial embolisation has been used as a method of treating haemorrhage in a variety of clinical situations, including postpartum haemorrhage, bleeding after caesarean section and bleeding following gynaecological surgery. These recommendations aims to provide guidelines for clinicians involved in care of patients undergoing uterine artery embolisation (UAE) for fibroids. Summary of recommendations:…

Drug Induced Agranulocytosis: a Case Report

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Tomas Janušonis, Armantas Gintautas, Ričardas Slavinskas, Audrius Sveikata Abstract Agranulocytosis may cause life-threatening infection and death, therefore prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment are crucial. We report the case of severe agranulocytosis which occurred in 20 years woman who used tiamazol. The clinical manifestation of agranulocytosis was febrile neutropenia and systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome with multiple…

Art Therapy as a Treatment Method Individuals with Special Needs

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Žana Dubodelova, Rimantas Mačiulaitis Abstract Persons suffering from mental illness and artistic skills beyond just intuition and feelings, but also the expression of intelligence. The different branches of art develops different types of intelligence: musical, spatial, motion, or other communication, in addition to artistic activities developed understanding (analysis, comparison, generalization, evaluation), critical thinking, problem solving…

The Physical Activity and Health of Specialists Working with Computers

Volume 22, Number 4(83) (2012)

Birute Strukcinskiene, Sigitas Griskonis, Juozas Raistenskis Abstract The survey on physical activity and health of specialists working with computers was accomplished in Lithuania in 2011. In the survey participated 204 specialists working with computers at the offices, at small and medium sized business companies. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p ≤0.05 was…