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Medicina, Volume 53, Issue 2

2017 April - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,654 Views
8 Pages

Background and aim: Previous research has highlighted the role of self-rated health (SRH) as an important predictor of mortality. With substantial ethnic differences in SRH and mortality reported in Estonia, this study aims to examine the ethnic vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,924 Views
5 Pages

Infantile hemangioma: Predicting proliferation by infrared thermography

  • Arūnas Strumila,
  • Vytis Kazlauskas,
  • Gintas Pošiūnas,
  • Gilvydas Verkauskas and
  • Virgilijus Beiša

20 April 2017

Background and objective: Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are benign lesions found in infants. Predicting the cosmetic outcome of these lesions is very difficult. Therefore, in this prospec- tive study, we assessed whether using an infrared thermometer (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
2,174 Views
5 Pages

Maternal obesity and obstetric outcomes in a tertiary referral center

  • Gitana Ramonienė,
  • Laima Maleckienė,
  • Rūta Jolanta Nadišauskienė,
  • Eglė Bartusevičienė,
  • Dalia Regina Railaitė,
  • Regina Mačiulevičienė and
  • Almantas Maleckas

19 April 2017

Background and aim: Obese women are at an increased risk of various adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of obesity on maternal and neonatal outcomes in a tertiary referral center and to compare obstetric outcom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,485 Views
9 Pages

Interaction of ethidium and tetraphenylphosphonium cations with Salmonella enterica cells

  • Valeryia Mikalayeva,
  • Sandra Sakalauskaitė and
  • Rimantas Daugelavičius

17 April 2017

Background and objective: One of the main causes of bacterial resistance to antimicrobials is multidrug resistance induced by the increased efficiency of the efflux pumps. In this study we analyzed how the conditions of assay affect the efflux of ind...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
2,919 Views
12 Pages

Plasticity of vagal afferent signaling in the gut

  • Gintautas Grabauskas and
  • Chung Owyang

10 April 2017

Vagal sensory neurons mediate the vago-vagal reflex which, in turn, regulates a wide array of gastrointestinal functions including esophageal motility, gastric accommodation and pancreatic enzyme secretion. These neurons also transmit sensory informa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
1,954 Views
11 Pages

Hepcidin serum levels and resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in hemodialysis patients

  • Kristina Petrulienė,
  • Edita Žiginskienė,
  • Vytautas Kuzminskis,
  • Irena Nedzelskienė and
  • Inga Arūnė Bumblytė

31 March 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that are associated with the response to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and its association with hospitalization and mortality rates; to evaluate the serum hepcidin level and its a...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,231 Views
7 Pages

Pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine in a male master ultra-marathoner due to the combination of a vertebral hemangioma and osteopenia

  • Beat Knechtle,
  • Pantelis T. Nikolaidis,
  • Bruno Lutz,
  • Thomas Rosemann and
  • Christian B. Baerlocher

27 March 2017

Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common benign vertebral neoplasms and are generally asymptomatic. In the present study, we report the case of a 52-year-old male master ultra-marathoner suffering from a pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine due...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
2,103 Views
8 Pages

The comparison of knee osteoarthritis treatment with single-dose bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells vs. hyaluronic acid injections

  • Valdis Goncars,
  • Eriks Jakobsons,
  • Kristaps Blums,
  • Ieva Briede,
  • Liene Patetko,
  • Kristaps Erglis,
  • Martins Erglis,
  • Konstantins Kalnberzs,
  • Indrikis Muiznieks and
  • Andrejs Erglis

22 March 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare treatment methods of the knee joint degenerative osteoarthritis, using autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells and hyaluronic acid injections and observe prevalence of adverse effects in both g...

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