Medicina, Volume 44, Issue 9

Objective. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic value of reticulocyte hemoglobin content for diagnosis of iron deficiency in 6–24-month-old children.

Material and methods. Children aged 6 to 24 months were consulted for suspected iron...

The role of postoperative supplementary enteral nutrition after gastrointestinal surgery is controversial. Therefore, a randomized clinical trial with attempts to address the question of plenitude of routine application of postoperative enteral feedi...

The aim of the present study was to establish the influence of muscle heating and cooling on knee flexors and extensors during fatiguing exercise. The participants of the study were 10 healthy males aged 19–23 years. The participants of the study wer...

Majority of interventional procedures are made at the porta hepatis, which has a different location on the visceral surface of the liver.

Objective. To describe the location of the porta hepatis in respect of the borders of the visceral surface and s...

Objective. The present study was intended to evaluate the antioxidant properties of aqueous extract of the Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton.

Material and methods. The antioxidant properties of Perilla frutescens were analyzed employing neutrophil leuk...

Objective. To present changes in life expectancy of males and females by the level of educational achievement and describe different aspects of inequalities in life expectancy over the decade of socioeconomic transition in Lithuania.

Material and met...

In clinical use for over 50 years, heparin is an important and widely used anticoagulant for the prophylaxis or treatment of thromboembolic disease as well as other numerous clinical situations. Ordinarily, heparin prevents clotting and does not affe...

Objective. Direct-current electrical cardioversion is the main method for the conversion of atrial fibrillation. Its success depends on many factors. In several studies, biphasic shock waveforms have been demonstrated to be superior to monophasic sho...

The aim of this study was to investigate antiradical activity of aqueous and ethanolic hawthorn fruit extracts, their flavonoids, and flavonoid combinations.

Material and methods. Total amount of phenolic compounds and the constituents of flavonoids...

The purpose of this review article is to prove the damage that alcohol causes to the respiratory system. We will make a brief review of alcohols history in the course of the centuries till nowadays. The problem of addiction to alcohol (alcoholism) wi...