2007 June - 11 articles
Currently in Europe, approximately 30 million people suffer from rare diseases, and a major problem is that many patients do not have access to quality healthcare for their disorders. Moreover, there is also a lack of quality information and a networ...
Salidroside and rosavins (rosavin, rosarin, and rosin), biologically active compounds of Rhodiola rosea L., were analyzed in dried roots and rhizomes of the plants cultivated in Lithuania and naturally growing in Altai geographical region in Russian...
Ventricular tachycardia with underlying structural heart disease is a potential dangerous pathology in children. In most cases, ventricular tachycardia occurs after ventricular surgery for congenital anomalies. Ventricular tachycardia associated with...
The aim of the study was to evaluate the suitability of the SF-12 questionnaire for the evaluation of the quality of life in 25–84-year-old inhabitants of Kaunas city and to compare quality of life between men and women as well as between socially an...
The laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal disease represents one of the atypical manifestations of supraesophageal gastroesophageal reflux disease characterized by morphologic and functional changes in the larynx and pharynx with the associated...
Objective. To evaluate the ability of country ambulance services to provide first medical aid in trauma cases.
Material and methods. A survey of chiefs of emergency medicine service was performed in October–November 2005, in which 34 of the 59 instit...
Objective. The purpose of this article is to present two cases of penetrating gunshot injuries to the lumbar spine with migration of the bullets within the dural sac and to describe the method of removal of the bullet from the dural sac.
Material and...
Objective. According to the Department of Statistics at the beginning of 2003, 551 textile industry and garment enterprises operated in Lithuania. The purpose of the study was to evaluate morbidity among workers in textile industry enterprises in Kau...
Objective. To assess prospectively the first experience of subintimal angioplasty of superficial femoral artery occlusions.
Patients and methods. Within a period of 36 months, 45 patients with 45 chronic occlusions in superficial femoral artery were...
Adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of the ampulla, but in general, it is still rare. Therefore, these tumors are difficult to study, and most reports are of retrospective design. To evaluate immediate postoperative and long-term result...
Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the treatment results of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis over 10 years and to determine the relationship between them and clinical course of the disease.
Materials and methods. The patients with acute...
