Goda Aldakauskaitė, Barbora Stankevičiūtė, Monika Kropaitytė, Neringa Balčiūnienė, Tomas Tamošuitis Abstract Background. Around 10% of patients in developed countries are readmitted to the Intensive care unit during the same hospitalisation each year [1,2]. Readmission is associated with increased length of stay, risk of morbidity and mortality and higher hospital costs [1,3]. Finding out the factors…
Žilvinas Dambrauskas, Lina Pankratjevaitė, Vaidotas Bogusevičius, Antanas Mickevičius Abstract Background and objective. Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common general surgery procedures. Laparoscopic repair is technically more demanding, though it has been shown to be superior in terms of pain and discomfort, however, there is no apparent difference in recurrence between laparoscopic and…
Jekaterina Byčkova, Eglė Gradauskienė, Eugenijus Lesinskas, Violeta Mikštienė, Algirdas Utkus Abstract The present study aims are to clarify causes of congenital hearing loss in children who received cochlear implant (CI) and to evaluate the early outcomes after cochlear implantation. 46 children with congenital deafness who underwent cochlear implantation were assessed prior to and 12 months…
Gintautas Gumbrevičius Abstract Summary Objective. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability both globally and in Lithuania, however it is a preventable and treatable disease. Our aim was to analyze stroke care in terms of emergency medical services (EMS), diagnostic and pharmacotherapy possibilities in everyday clinical practice and adherence to national…
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…
