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Medicina, Volume 53, Issue 4

2017 August - 9 articles

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Functional and biochemical adaptations of elite level futsal players from Brazil along a training season

  • Rômulo Pillon Barcelos,
  • Guilherme Lopes Tocchetto,
  • Frederico Diniz Lima,
  • Sílvio Terra Stefanello,
  • Harrison Fabricio Muzzy Rodrigues,
  • Manuela Borges Sangoi,
  • Rafael Noal Moresco,
  • Luiz Fernando Freire Royes,
  • Félix Alexandre Antunes Soares and
  • Guilherme Bresciani
Medicina2017, 53(4), 285-293;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.08.001

26 August 2017

Background and objective: Although hard training is mandatory in elite level futsal training, few studies have proposed a biochemical follow up in futsal players during a whole season. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare functional and bi...

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Psychological and physical well-being of Lithuanian youth: Relation to emotional intelligence

  • Dalia Antinienė and
  • Rosita Lekavičienė
Medicina2017, 53(4), 277-284;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.05.008

5 August 2017

Objective: The objective of this article is to unveil the ways in which the emotional intelli- gence (EI) of a young person is linked with subjective assessment of physical state, depressiveness, anxiety, and psychological well-being, as well as to d...

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Influences of red blood cell and platelet counts on the distribution and elimination of crystalloid fluid

  • Robert G. Hahn
Medicina2017, 53(4), 233-241;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.07.005

3 August 2017

Background and objective: A high number of blood cells increases the viscosity of the blood. The present study explored whether variations in blood cell counts are relevant to the distribution and elimination of infused crystalloid fluid.

Materials an...

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Utilization of cardiovascular medicines and cardiovascular mortality in Lithuania, Sweden and Norway in 2003–2012

  • Ingrida Lisauskienė,
  • Kristina Garuolienė and
  • Jolanta Gulbinovič
Medicina2017, 53(4), 259-267;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.07.004

31 July 2017

Objective: The aim of this ecological study was to evaluate whether any changes in cardio-vascular (CV) medicine utilization, population, socioeconomic and health system factors were associated with CV mortality in Lithuania, Sweden and Norway in 200...

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Factors influencing renal graft survival: 7-Year experience of a single center

  • Rūta Auglienė,
  • Eglė Dalinkevičienė,
  • Vytautas Kuzminskis,
  • Mindaugas Jievaltas,
  • Laima Peleckaitė,
  • Agnė Gryguc,
  • Edgaras Stankevičius and
  • Inga Arūnė Bumblytė
Medicina2017, 53(4), 224-232;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.07.003

29 July 2017

Background and objective: The demand for kidney transplants exceeds the existing supply. This leads to a recently growing interest of research in the area of factors that could prolong graft long-term outcomes and survival. In Lithuania, approximatel...

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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Tallinn, Estonia

  • Margit Kaldmäe,
  • Galina Zemtsovskaja,
  • Jelena Abina,
  • Tiit Land and
  • Margus Viigimaa
Medicina2017, 53(4), 268-276;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.07.002

25 July 2017

Background and objective: Cardiovascular diseases are still a major public health concern in Estonia despite the decline in the mortality rate during the past decade. For better preventive strategies we aimed to investigate the prevalence of cardiova...

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Morphometric parameters of the optic disc in normal and glaucomatous eyes based on time-domain optical coherence tomography image analysis

  • Dovilė Buteikienė,
  • Asta Kybartaitė-Žilienė,
  • Loresa Kriaučiūnienė,
  • Valerijus Barzdžiukas,
  • Ingrida Janulevičienė and
  • Alvydas Paunksnis
Medicina2017, 53(4), 242-252;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.05.007

18 July 2017

Background and objective: Assessment of optic disc morphology is essential in diagnosis and management of visual impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between optic disc morphometric parameters, i.e., size and shape, and age,...

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Mortality prediction in patients with acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery

  • Inga Skarupskienė,
  • Dalia Adukauskienė,
  • Jurgita Kuzminskienė,
  • Laima Rimkutė,
  • Vilma Balčiuvienė,
  • Edita Žiginskienė,
  • Vytautas Kuzminskis,
  • Agnė Adukauskaitė,
  • Daiva Pentiokinienė and
  • Inga Arūnė Bumblytė
Medicina2017, 53(4), 217-223;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.06.003

14 July 2017

Background and objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and potentially serious postoperative complication after cardiac surgery, and it remains a cause of major morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to assess the prognostic illne...

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Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study

  • Eglė Bendoraitienė,
  • Jūratė Zūbienė,
  • Ingrida Vasiliauskienė,
  • Kristina Saldūnaitė,
  • Vilija Andruškevičienė,
  • Nomeda Basevičienė and
  • Eglė Slabšinskienė
Medicina2017, 53(4), 253-258;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.06.002

23 June 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents.

Materials and methods: Cross-sectional data were collected by a multistage sampling approach that was used to draw a rep...

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