Acute Psychosis (Delirium) in Intensive Care Unit

Pranas Šerpytis, Aušra Deksnytė, Ramūnas Aranauskas, Ingrida Kazlauskaitė, Vida Žvironaitė, Egidijus Berūkštis Abstract Objective. The intensive care patients are at high risk for the development of delirium therefore this condition is formerly known as ICU psychosis. Studies demonstrate, that cardiac surgery increases the risk of delirium, but its relation with interventional procedures is still unknown.…

How fast is the help provided to the patient suffering from acute myocardial infarction and does it corresponds to the “golden hour” rule

Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary The work aims to investigate the time needed to provide help to STEMI patients and does the time spent correspond to the “Golden Hour” rule. Material and methods:357 cases of acute myocardial infarction were selected from the VU hospital SK sickness archive to perform the retrospective analysis in order to confirm…