Correlation of Students‘ Acne Diagnostics, Cosmetic Procedures and Measures and Subjective Evaluation of Health

Jolita Kirvaitienė, Žaneta Maželienė, Vaiva Vaikšnorienė, Žaneta Mickienė, Albina Vaičiulevičienė Abstract Acne is a chronic condition having an effect on people’s life, causing psychological problems, damaging their life quality. There are a lot of ways to solve the problem starting with cosmetic means and finishing with laser. Chemical scouring means is one of ways to…

Perioperative Factors and Chest Tube Drainage in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Juozas Kapturauskas, Edmundas Širvinskas Abstract Bleeding remains a global problem in cardiac surgery. Patients have significant risk of bleeding after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The amount of blood loss after such operations is directly related to the increased need of blood transfusion, prolonged hospital stay, worse outcome. The aim: to identify factors which lead…

What impacts patient‘s with acute myocardial infarction 30 days survival rate after treatment?

Pranas Šerpytis, Agnė Andruškienė, Simona Pelanytė, Vilma Matelytė, Rasa Palšauskaitė, Robertas Katliorius Abstract Aim of study: to analyse influence of different factors on 30 days survival post-treatment rate for patients, suffering from acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation and non-ST-segment elevation during 2011. Materials and methods: retrospectively investigated 1445 case histories of patients, divided into…

What Factors Influence Major Bleedings in Patients Sick with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Cardiologic Intensive Care?

Pranas Šerpytis, Audronė Beržiūnaitė, Vilma Matelytė, Živilė Lileikienė, Agnė Andruškienė Abstract Aim of study: to investigate the frequency of bleeding events by age, sex, location, accompanying diseases, drug combinations, and distribution of deaths among bleeding patients by gender for patients with acute myocardial infarct hospitalized to Vilnius university hospital Santariškių klinikos Cardiologic intensive care unit…

Does the more expensive acute respiratory infection treatment shorten the duration of ailment?

Kazys Simanauskas, Rima Gaidamovič, Vytautas Kasiulevičius, Aušra Deksnytė, Ramūnas Aranauskas, Karolina Palinauskaitė Abstract Incidence of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) ranges from 30 to 50 percent of total adult sick time. Object. The main object is to establish if more expensive ARI therapy shortens the duration of the ailment. Tasks. To establish the number of…

Assessment and Analysis of Health Care Institutions Service Accessibility and Acceptability

Kęstutis Štaras, Tomas Vedlūga, Neringa Kalvelytė Abstract Quality of health care, management and customization is becoming one of the most important health care priorities in Lithuania and in other European countries and worldwide. Objektive. To summarizes the improvement measures of health care service access and acceptability and estimate and analyze the Vilnius patients opinion about…

Obesity and Pregnancy

Jolanta Rimkienė, Kornelija Mačiulienė Abstract Purpose: the study is aimed to assess the peculiarity of pregnancy and delivery of the obese women. There are no approved studies regarding the nursing and examination of the obese pregnant women in Lithuania. This study indicates, that we can give useful recomendations. Matherials and methods: we have analised 3384…

Sleep Problems in the Elderly: Comparative Analysis

Viktorija Piščalkienė, Rima Januškevičiūtė, Regina Balčiūnienė, Dalė Smaidžiūnienė Abstract In Lithuania, like in many other European countries, one of demographic development features is the aging of inhabitants. This aging process causes various body transformations, changes of personality, habits and abilities to do certain things. Sleeping disorders are one of the most common health problems in…

Student‘s Practical Teaching Experience in the Project „Healthy Aging from the Physical and Psychosocial Point of View“

Milda Gintilienė, Evelina Lamsodienė, Vaida Šidlauskaitė Abstract The paper discuss the occupational therapy and physiotherapy students’ (Kaunas kolegija Faculty of Medicine) practical skills experience – reflections to the providing services to older age groups in the learning process, in conjunction with the social partnership and dissemination. The study was performed in one elderly day care…