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Medicina, Volume 51, Issue 5

2015 October - 9 articles

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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
888 Views
8 Pages

19 November 2015

Background and objective: In Lithuania, hospitalization was planned to be reduced with the approval of the national healthcare restructuring program. The aim of this study was to describe regional inequalities of hospitalization and hospital morbidit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
1,445 Views
5 Pages

Spinal posture in different DanceSport dance styles compared with track and field athletes

  • Helena Kruusamäe,
  • Katre Maasalu,
  • Matthew Wyon,
  • Toivo Jürimäe,
  • Jarek Mäestu,
  • Martin Mooses and
  • Jaak Jürimäe

11 November 2015

Background and objective: In DanceSport, athletes train for many years to develop a very specific posture. Presently there are few data as to whether these adaptations are habitual or cause permanent anatomical changes to the spine. The aim of the cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,120 Views
5 Pages

Evaluation of low-dose proton beam radiation efficiency in MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cell line vitality and H2AX formation

  • Aušra Liubavičiūtė,
  • Jan Aleksander Kraśko,
  • Agata Mlynska,
  • Jelena Lagzdina,
  • Kęstutis Sužiedėlis and
  • Vita Pašukonienė

6 November 2015

Background and objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of proton beam irradiation in pancreatic cancer cell line MIA PaCa-2 and its role in the cell cycle, apoptosis, and formation of histone gH2AX in different reparation time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,002 Views
5 Pages

28 October 2015

Background and objective: Rates of sentinel node (SN) identification and metastasis-positive SNs were compared between the group with highly selective indications for sentinel node biopsy (SNB) and the group with merely no contraindications for SNB (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,093 Views
6 Pages

Treatment procedures and referral patterns of general dentists in Lithuania

  • Vilija Berlin,
  • Alina Pūrienė,
  • Vytautė Pečiulienė and
  • Jolanta Aleksejūnienė

24 October 2015

Background and objective: The requirement for dental specialties and the number of specialists in each country depends on the content and execution of undergraduate dental education, the complex oral health care needs of the society and other factors...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,221 Views
5 Pages

Correlation between throat-related symptoms and histological examination in adults with chronic tonsillitis

  • Rūta Pribuišienė,
  • Valdas Šarauskas,
  • Alina Kuzminienė and
  • Virgilijus Uloza

23 October 2015

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate correlations between throat-related symptoms and histological findings in adults with chronic tonsillitis. Materials and methods: A prospective cohort study was carried out. Throat-related symptoms (co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
1,367 Views
9 Pages

Distribution of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in tumor islets and stroma from patients with non-small cell lung cancer in association with COPD and smoking

  • Jurgita Jackutė,
  • Marius Žemaitis,
  • Darius Pranys,
  • Brigita Šitkauskienė,
  • Skaidrius Miliauskas,
  • Vytis Bajoriūnas and
  • Raimundas Sakalauskas

21 September 2015

Background and objective: The immune system plays an important role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the infiltration patterns of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in NS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
1,403 Views
6 Pages

Cesarean section rates in Lithuania using Robson Ten Group Classification System

  • Eglė Barčaitė,
  • Gintarė Kemeklienė,
  • Dalia Regina Railaitė,
  • Arnoldas Bartusevičius,
  • Laima Maleckienė and
  • Rūta Nadišauskienė

14 September 2015

Background and objective: The aim of this study was to analyze cesarean section (CS) rates using Robson Ten Group Classification System (TGCS) and to identify the main contributors to the overall CS rate in Lithuania. Materials and methods: A prospe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,090 Views
8 Pages

Factors associated with bone mineral density loss in patients with spondyloarthropathies: A 4-year follow-up study

  • Lina Vencevičienė,
  • Irena Butrimienė,
  • Rimantas Vencevičius,
  • Eglė Sadauskienė,
  • Vytautas Kasiulevičius and
  • Virginijus Šapoka

9 September 2015

Objective: To explore the relationship between laboratory, functional, disease activity markers and bone mineral density (BMD) loss in patients with spondyloarthropathies (SpAs). Methods: A cohort of 41 SpA patients were followed up for 4 years. Dis...

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