Medicina, Volume 45, Issue 5

Objective. We present our experience in diagnosing, gender assignment, and surgical management of sexual ambiguity in 46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis.

Material and methods. A retrospective study of five cases treated from 2003 to 2006 was performed. C...

The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence and risk factors that influenced it among inpatients treated in the departments of internal medicine.

Material and methods. A total of 151 inpatients were quest...

Objective. To estimate the associations between educational load and health, and elements of day’s routine among Lithuanian schoolchildren, attending classes of first stage of basic education curriculum.

Material and methods. During 14–28 November, 2...

Arterial hypertension (AH) is one of the most important risk factors for development of ischemic heart disease; thus, control of AH and effective treatment are of great importance. Since arterial hypertension is commonly referred as asymptomatic cond...

Objectives. To describe the cohort of Lithuanian medical radiation workers and to estimate the risk of cancer during 1978–2004.

Methods. Analysis of cancer risk evaluation was done using the retrospective cohort method, an indirect standardization. T...

Methadone is a long-acting synthetic opioid with high affinity for various opioid receptors, especially for μ-opioid receptors. Methadone has been used as a successful pharmacologic intervention for the treatment of heroin dependence and acute and ch...

The aim of our study was to determine if electroporation could improve the efficacy of photodynamic tumor therapy. A disadvantage of photodynamic therapy is a slow and in some cases insufficient accumulation of photosensitizer in tumor tissue, which...

Objective. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between thyroid pathology and visual acuity, including refraction disorders.

Material and methods. The data of visual acuity, refraction, and exophthalmos were analyzed, which were obtain...

The most important attention is paid to the search of natural antioxidants and their evaluation in medicinal and food raw materials of plant origin. A number of plants, their extracts, food products, and medicinal preparations appear to be the object...

Apical periodontitis is an inflammation of dental periapical tissues developed as a response to colonization of microorganisms in root canal system. Etiology of periapical pathology is associated with different species of microorganisms that are not...

Candidemia is becoming more actual because of better survival of even critically ill patients, wide use of antimicrobials, and increased numbers of invasive procedures and manipulations. Diagnosis of candidemia remains complicated, and costs of treat...