BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA: RISK FACTORS, DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT, PREVENTION

Vaiva Cechanovičiūtė, Inga Cechanovičienė Santrauka Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a negative outcome of breast cancer or its treatment, which affects 1 of every 5 patients. Disruption of the lymph flow results in its accumulation in the tissues with resulting edema. Diagnosis is based on the presence of symptoms such as progressive upper extremity swelling,…

VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA DUE TO MULTIDRUGRESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII: INCIDENCE OF RISK FACTORS WITH IMPACT ON EARLY AND LATE MORTALITY

Aušra Čiginskienė, Asta Dambrauskienė, Indrė Zubavičiūtė, Greta Kasputytė, Vidas Pilvinis, Tomas Vanagas, Dalia Adukauskienė Santrauka Background. This analysis is aimed to determine the incidence of risk factors for VAP, drug resistance of A.baumannii strains, 7-day (early) and 28-day (late) mortality, and association of risk factors for VAP with early and late mortality in multidrug-resistant (MDR)…

PROBLEM OF ‘DRUG ABUSE’ IN AGING PEOPLE

Sergey Igumnov, Anna Nenastyeva, Ekaterina Grinevich Santrauka The article provides the review of the current approaches to the problem of drug abuse in people of advanced age (65 and more). Method of research. Content analysis of PubMed, Medline and PsycINFO resources, using search terms: “neuroleptics”, “antidepressants”, “anticonvulsive drugs”; “abuse”, “non-medical use”, “addiction”, individual drug classes,…