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Medicina, Volume 47, Issue 5

2011 May - 8 articles

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Causes of Refraining From Buying Prescribed Medications Among the Elderly in Kaunas, Lithuania

  • Aurima Stankūnienė,
  • Raimondas Radžiūnas,
  • Mindaugas Stankūnas,
  • Joaquim F. J. Soares,
  • Algirdas Baranauskas,
  • Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou,
  • Henrique Barros,
  • Giovanni Lamura,
  • Jutta Lindert and
  • Francisco Torres-Gonzales
Medicina2011, 47(5), 41;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050041

31 May 2011

Background and Objective. Accessibility to medications among the elderly is a source of concern in Lithuania and beyond. However, there are no studies carried out on this topic in Lithuania. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the causes...

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Research on the Quality of Abdominal Surgical Nursing Care: A Scoping Review

  • Natalja Istomina,
  • Tarja Suominen,
  • Artūras Razbadauskas and
  • Helena Leino-Kilpi
Medicina2011, 47(5), 35;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050035

23 May 2011

Various health care measures have been identified over the years as indicators of health care quality. However, studies evaluating the quality of nursing care among different patient groups are scarce. Patients undergoing abdominal surgery may be a g...

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Diagnostic Value of Conventional Visual Evoked Potentials Applied to Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

  • Renata Balnytė,
  • Ingrida Ulozienė,
  • Daiva Rastenytė,
  • Antanas Vaitkus,
  • Lina Malcienė and
  • Kristina Laučkaitė
Medicina2011, 47(5), 37;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050037

23 May 2011

Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of this classical technique employed at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences for the patients with multiple sclerosis and to assess its possible cor...

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Changes in Antibiotic Resistance Level of Nosocomial Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates in the Largest University Hospital of Lithuania

  • Dalia Adukauskienė,
  • Agnė Vitkauskaitė,
  • Erika Skrodenienė,
  • Asta Dambrauskienė and
  • Astra Vitkauskienė
Medicina2011, 47(5), 39;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050039

23 May 2011

The aim was to estimate changes in the resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) strains isolated from patients treated in intensive care units of the largest university hospital.

Materials and Methods. Isolates were identified with...

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Genetic Variation of the Human ACE and ACTN3 Genes and Their Association With Functional Muscle Properties in Lithuanian Elite Athletes

  • Valentina Ginevičienė,
  • Aidas Pranculis,
  • Audronė Jakaitienė,
  • Kazys Milašius and
  • Vaidutis Kučinskas
Medicina2011, 47(5), 40;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050040

23 May 2011

Background and Objective. Based on the results of many studies, the angiotensinconverting enzyme (ACE) and the α-actinin-3 (ACTN3) genes are considered strong candidate genes associated with human physical performance. On the other hand, the data reg...

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Galvos smegenų insulto ir mirties rizika po vidinės miego arterijos endarterektomijos

  • Auksė Meškauskienė,
  • Egidijus Barkauskas,
  • Virginija Gaigalaitė,
  • Kęstutis Laurikėnas,
  • Ilona Bičkuvienė and
  • Artūras Mackevičius
Medicina2011, 47(5), 42;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050042

23 May 2011

Tyrimo tikslas. Įvertinti galvos smegenų insulto ir mirties dažnį po vidinės miego arterijos endarterektomijos bei rizikos veiksnių ir kraujagyslių chirurgo įgūdžių reikšmę šių komplikacijų atsiradimui.

Tyrimo medžiaga ir metodai. Vilniaus greitosios...

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Use of Combined Oral Contraceptives and Headaches

  • Diana Šimonienė,
  • Virginija Vanagienė,
  • Birutė Žilaitienė and
  • Tadas Vanagas
Medicina2011, 47(5), 36;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050036

21 May 2011

Objective. The study was designed to examine the certain patterns of combined oral contraceptive use in women of childbearing potential and evaluate the relationship between the use of combined oral contraceptives and headaches, bad habits, type of w...

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The Impact of Medical Conditions on the Quality of Life of Survivors at Discharge From Intensive Care Unit

  • Andrius Klimašauskas,
  • Ieva Sereikė,
  • Aušra Klimašauskienė,
  • Gintautas Kėkštas and
  • Juozas Ivaškevičius
Medicina2011, 47(5), 38;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47050038

11 May 2011

Background and Objective. Impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is one of the possible outcomes after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU). Evaluation of patient health status on discharge from the ICU would help identify factors inf...

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