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Medicina, Volume 51, Issue 3

2015 June - 9 articles

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Articles (9)

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,044 Views
13 Pages

Molecular alterations in signal pathways of melanoma and new personalized treatment strategies: Targeting of Notch

  • Julija Mozūraitienė,
  • Kristina Bielskienė,
  • Vydmantas Atkočius and
  • Danutė Labeikytė

15 July 2015

Despite modern achievements in therapy of malignant melanomas new treatment strategies are welcomed in clinics for survival of patients. Now it is supposed that personalized molecular therapies for each patient are needed concerning a specificity of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,109 Views
6 Pages

Long-term follow-up of children with typical hemolytic uremic syndrome

  • Birutė Pundzienė,
  • Diana Dobilienė,
  • Rimantė Čerkauskienė,
  • Renata Mitkienė,
  • Aina Medzevičienė,
  • Elena Darškuvienė and
  • Augustina Jankauskienė

5 July 2015

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the associations of the acute period course with late-emerging sequelae in children with typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

Materials and methods: The data of 62 children with typical HUS during...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,144 Views
7 Pages

5 July 2015

Background and objective: Osteoporosis is a condition that affects body composition, physical activity, and psychological state. We aimed to examine the differences between osteoporotic and osteopenic postmenopausal women with respect to body composi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,222 Views
8 Pages

Increased innate and adaptive immune responses in induced sputum of young smokers

  • Agnese Kislina,
  • Liga Balode,
  • Normunds Jurka,
  • Zane Sinkevica,
  • Sergejs Isajevs,
  • Darja Isajeva,
  • Valentina Gordjusina,
  • Maris Bukovskis,
  • Immanuels Taivans and
  • Gunta Strazda

2 July 2015

Background and objectives: It is known that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development process is imperceptible and can be asymptomatic for 20 or more years. It is of great importance to diagnose early inflammatory changes that can lead...

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

Impact of etiology on course and outcomes of severe acute pancreatitis

  • Giedrius Barauskas,
  • Povilas Ignatavičius,
  • Astra Vitkauskienė,
  • Juozas Pundzius and
  • Žilvinas Dambrauskas

2 July 2015

Background and objective: Since the influence of etiological factors on the course and outcomes of acute pancreatitis (AP) is not fully understood yet, the aim of the study was to compare the outcomes of alcoholic and biliary severe acute pancreatiti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,170 Views
6 Pages

Cardiovascular changes during the performance by nonathletes of Bosco repeated jumps anaerobic test

  • Jonas Poderys,
  • Albinas Grūnovas,
  • Kristina Poderienė,
  • Alfonsas Buliuolis,
  • Viktoras Šilinskas and
  • Eugenijus Trinkūnas

2 July 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the characteristics of cardiovascular changes when performing Bosco repeated jumps anaerobic test depending on the duration of jumping in a nonathletes cohort.

Materials and methods: Changes in arteria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
1,081 Views
7 Pages

Association of cardio-ankle vascular index with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events in metabolic syndrome patients

  • Aleksandras Laucevičius,
  • Ligita Ryliškytė,
  • Jūratė Balsytė,
  • Jolita Badarienė,
  • Roma Puronaitė,
  • Rokas Navickas and
  • Svetlana Solovjova

16 June 2015

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between arterial stiffness assessed as cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and CV events in the middle-aged metabolic syndrome (MS) patients.

Materials and method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,156 Views
7 Pages

Healthcare-associated infections in Northern Russia: Results of ten point-prevalence surveys in 2006–2010

  • Ekaterina A. Krieger,
  • Andrej M. Grjibovski,
  • Olga V. Samodova and
  • Hanne M. Eriksen

16 June 2015

Background and objective: Statistics on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Russia is scarce and has been considered to suffer from underreporting. We assessed the prevalence and changes in the prevalence of HAIs over 5 years and identified fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,195 Views
7 Pages

An evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of midazolam in children undergoing dental surgery

  • Lina Kalibatienė,
  • Vytenis Kalibatas,
  • Andrius Macas and
  • Darius Trepenaitis

12 May 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of oral midazolam in children undergoing dental surgery.

Materials and methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness and sa...

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