March 2009 - 11 articles
Original English questionnaires – Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient Global Score, and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index – are designed to evaluate health, physical and psychical state o...
The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term survival in patients undergoing surgical treatment for chronic aortic aneurysms with aortic regurgitation. Material and methods. We analyzed survival data of 188 patients during follow-up period of...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the short-term results of surgical treatment in patients with acute aortic dissection. Patients and methods. A retrospective analysis of 38 patients with acute type A aortic dissection who were surgically...
Objective. The aim of the study was to identify the most important risk factors for nosocomial infections, evaluate the incidence rates and risk changes after the multimodal intervention, and to assess mortality attributable to nosocomial infections....
The objective of this work was to study circadian rhythms of the indicators of the spectral analysis of the heart rate variability in case of depression. Materials and methods. A total of 37 patients, with a mean age of 46.7±10.3 years, were examine...
Thermography is a relatively new contact-free method used in experimental and clinical studies and in cardiovascular surgery to investigate the myocardium and coronary artery function. Objects of complex study included mongrel dogs and patients with...
The aim of the study was to assess the inpatients’ opinion on the quality of hospital care based on the factor analysis and to identify the problem-oriented fields in quality of care. Material and methods. A multistage stratified probability samplin...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and activities of Kaunas primary health care center professionals in promoting breast-feeding. Material and methods. A total of 84 general practitioners and 52 nurses participated in the surv...
The aim of the study was to evaluate early postoperative results of different surgical techniques of aortic root surgery. Material and methods. Between January 2004 and November 2007, a cohort of 83 patients underwent aortic root surgery in the Hear...
Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) has been used in the treatment of various congenital and acquired hemostatic disorders for more than 10 years. Hemostasis is initiated by the FVIIa bound to tissue factor (TF), which constitutes only approxim...
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