Ieva Norkienė, Tomas Jovaiša, Mindaugas Šerpytis Abstract Ensuring patients safety and comfort is an important part of treatment applied in intensive care. Critical illness is associated with pain, agitation and often predispose development of intensive care unit delirium. Moreover, critical conditions and life threatening diseases often require aggressive organ system support and long term immobilization.…
Rasa Kučinskaitė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Gastrointestinal endoscopy (GIE) has a great diagnostic and therapeutic value. However, patients experience unpleasant sensations such as irritation of reflexogenous zones, nausea, cough, abdominal distension and pain during these procedures. Therefore, lengthy and traumatic procedures are recommended to be performed under medium or deep sedation. Optimal medications and combinations of…
Lina Kalibatienė, Andrius Macas, Darius Trepenaitis, Ričardas Kubilius Abstract The most common problem in children anaesthesiology is preoperative anxiety resulting in poor co-operation with medical staff in the operating room and postoperative behaviour disorders. Midazolam has become the most frequently used premedication in children, but not all forms of the administration are equally acceptable by…
Dalia Bieliauskaitė, Diana Bilskienė, Milda Juškė, Kamilė Paulauskaitė, Darius Trepenaitis, Andrius Macas Abstract Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) is a very important and useful tool, which has diagnostic or therapeutic indications. Overall, it is a very safe procedure with low complication rates reported. There are several published guidelines to provide general guidance on the conduct of…
