Virginija Žilinskaitė, Veslava Žukovskaja, Danutė Petraitienė Abstract Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic state was infrequently diagnosed till recently. Now its being diagnosed with increased frequency in obese children with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The syndrome is characterized by severe hyperglycemia, a marked increase in serum osmolality and dehydration without ketoacidosis. Significant ketogenesis is restrained by the ability…
Eitautė Jakutienė, Žaneta Drižienė Abstract Cardiac contusion is usually caused by blunt chest trauma and therefore is frequently suspected in patients involved in car or motorcycle accidents. The diagnosis of a myocardial contusion is difficult because of non-specific symptoms and the lack of an ideal test to detect myocardial damage. Cardiac contusion can cause life…
Vytautas Bilius, Otilija Kutanovaitė, Darius Dasevičius, Albertas Puzinas, Augustina Jankauskienė, Gilvydas Verkauskas Abstract Objectives. To compare the risk of infertility in boys operated for cryptorchidism at different ages. Patients and methods. Thirty patients with unilateral undescended testis underwent orchidopexy and were subjected to ipsilateral testicular biopsy from 2010 to 2012 in department of Pediatric Urology,…
Virgilijus Sakalinskas, Rimantas Jankauskas, Marija Sakalinskaitė Abstract The purpose of the present paper is to evaluate incidence of destructive otitis media and nose obstructive pathology in Lithuanian populations of the past (diachronically). Visual and with special optical aparates investigated 1603 skulls dated from Neolithic to 17-18 c.c. A.D. 53 cases of destructive otitis media were…
Jolanta Labanauskienė, Jonas Vencius Abstract Bone fractures in the area of elbow-joint are the most common fractures among children. During diagnostics of bone fractures in the area of elbow-joint, it is essential to make a complex evaluation of all possible symptoms: overstrain of the elbow-joint, position of bones in respect of each other, focuses of…
Vytautas Bilius, Kristina Steponėnaitė-Janovičienė, Vytis Kazlauskas, Augustina Jankauskienė Abstract Objective. To assess early surgical complications after renal transplantation in children treated in Pediatric Department of Children’s Hospital, the Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos after renal transplantation and determine their time of origin, symptoms and to compare the result with global literature data. Materials…
Vaidotas Urbonas, Irena Ališauskienė, Rimantė Venclovienė, Regina Firantienė, Regina Ėmužytė Abstract Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes the clinical syndrome commonly known as infectious mononucleosis (IM). Gastrointestinal manifestations are frequently present. These include abdominal pain, mild elevations of alanine (ALAT) and aspartate (ASAT) aminotransferases and hepatosplenomegaly. Less commonly hepatitis may occur. Severe hepatitis and liver failure have…
Inga Julija Sruogienė, Violeta Vaivockaitė Abstract The aim of the study was to obtain and compare psychoacoustic audiological quantitative parameters in normal trained hearing and normal no-trained hearing persons. Study purposes were: to obtain and compare the statistical values of the air conduction hearing thresholds at the conventional frequencies (250-8000 Hz) and HF (9000-16000 Hz)…
Aušrinė Misevičė, Jolanta Bendorienė, Salomėja Ignotienė Abstract The aim of the work was to establish predisposing factors leading to microbial contact lens-related keratitis in children, demographics of patients, clinical and microbiological features, clinical outcomes at a tertiary eye care center in Lithuania. Methods. A retrospective analysis was performed of case histories of all patients who…
Aurelija Meškaitė, Rūta Dadelienė, Ireneusz M. Kowalski, Sigita Burokienė, Judita Doveikienė, Alvydas Juocevičius, Juozas Raistenskis Abstract Many studies in different countries show the tendency of decrease of teenagers physical activity and grow of number of health problems, diseases and physically weak pupils. The aim of research work: to examine physical activity and physical fitness for…
Natalija Jegorova-Marčenkienė, Armyda Jasonaitė, Laima Mikulėnaitė, Sigita Lesinskienė, Jovita Petrulytė Abstract Introduction. Parents raising a handicapped child go through stress and strong emotions, which are described as grief or sorrow. It is noticed, that stages of coping with handicap are similar to coping with loss stages and they cause a family crisis. Early rehabilitation (ER)…
Jovita Petrulytė, Laima Mikulėnaitė, Skaistė Akinytė-Žalienė, Eglė Audronytė, Juozas Raistenskis, Alvydas Juocevičius Abstract Feeding is one of most the important aspects of parenting, which often affects the quality of life of the family. For the succesful care of child and family in rehabilitation setting it is very important to know how parents perceive and deal…
