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Medicina, Volume 53, Issue 5

2017 October - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,525 Views
6 Pages

14 December 2017

Background and objective: This study sought to evaluate anterior capsulorhexis opening (ACO) reductions after surgery for a subluxated lens. Significant reduction of an ACO supports direct zonular involvement (capsular factors excluded by use of caps...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,357 Views
7 Pages

Rat spinal ganglia in assessment of protective action of antioxidants: A morphological study

  • Liudmyla M. Sokurenko,
  • Mariya O. Savchyna,
  • Viktor I. Litus,
  • Rostyslav F. Kaminsky and
  • Yurii B. Ehaikovsky

29 November 2017

Background and objective: Mercury pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems. Therefore, the impact of mercury on human body, the nervous system in particular, remains topical. The aim of the study was to identify the morphological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,285 Views
8 Pages

Gender differences in residual effect of prior drop jumps on oxygen uptake during heavy cycling exercise

  • Neringa Baranauskienė,
  • Sandra Kilikevičienė,
  • Loreta Stasiulė,
  • Genuvaitė Civinskienė and
  • Arvydas Stasiulis

1 November 2017

Background and objective: Unaccustomed eccentric or eccentric–concentric exercise leaves us stiff and sore the next day and can cause muscle damage. The data about the residual effect of prior eccentric–concentric exercises on oxygen uptake (VO2) dur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,863 Views
9 Pages

Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania

  • Laima Bulotaitė,
  • Dovilė Šorytė,
  • Sigita Vičaitė,
  • Rasa Šidagytė,
  • Svetlana Lakiša,
  • Ivars Vanadziņš,
  • Lāsma Kozlova,
  • Maija Eglīte,
  • Leila Hopsu and
  • Jaana Lerssi-Uskelin
  • + 1 author

31 October 2017

Background and objective: Health care workers (HCWs) have a great background to promote their health – not only their professional knowledge on health but often also special equipment in their work environment. However, it is unclear if HCWs can use...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
1,876 Views
8 Pages

21 September 2017

Endocardial endothelium (EE) is essential in the embryonic development of the heart, the optimal contractility and rhythm as well as the remodeling of the heart. Endocardial endothelium affect the contractility of cardiomyocytes through paracrine sig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
1,430 Views
8 Pages

21 September 2017

Background and objective: The relationship between income and health in late life is well established, but the link between subjective financial wellbeing (SFW) and self-rated health (SRH) has been relatively ignored, especially among elderly in Euro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,511 Views
9 Pages

Evaluation of clinical teaching quality in competency-based residency training in Lithuania

  • Eglė Vaižgėlienė,
  • Žilvinas Padaiga,
  • Daiva Rastenytė,
  • Algimantas Tamelis,
  • Kęstutis Petrikonis and
  • Cornelia Fluit

7 September 2017

Background and aim: In 2013, all residency programs at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences were renewed into the competency-based medical education curriculum (CBME). In 2015, we implemented the validated EFFECT questionnaire together with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,349 Views
7 Pages

3 August 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate feasibility and safety of stereotactic aspiration with fibrinolysis of deep-seated intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH).

Materials and methods: From March 1995 until December 2016, 58 adult patients (34 men...

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