Medicina
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To determine indications for emergency (immediate and urgent) thoracotomies in cases of penetrating and blunt chest traumas. ⋯ The effectiveness of surgical treatment of chest traumas depends on logical determination of indications for immediate or urgent thoracotomies. They should be undertaken in cases of severe damage of chest wall and/or internal organs and dangerous pathological syndromes.
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Comparative Study
[Possibilities of group psychological correction of depressiveness among adolescents].
The aim of the study was to assess the possibility of psychological correction in groups to decrease depressiveness among senior schoolchildren. Data of 87 (53 girls and 34 boys) depressive schoolchildren, who participated in the sessions for developing communication skills were analyzed. Depressiveness was assessed by the Depression scale of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents. ⋯ Depressiveness decreased better among girls irrespective of their involvement in the sessions, and among actively involved boys. Self-awareness among boys and girls increased better among adolescents, who attended most sessions. Self-awareness increased better among girls irrespective of their involvement in the sessions, and among actively involved boys.
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S. aureus causative agent is relatively pathogenic to humans and is found on the skin and mucosa of up to 40% of all population. Burn injuries are infected with S. aureus in 30% of cases; however, in many cases the injuries heal without the antibiotic therapy, solely by applying dressing with antiseptic solutions, early removal of necrotic masses and covering the injury with a skin graft. ⋯ The study included 100 patients who had S. aureus grown in the samples of their injuries. The article compares the severity of the trauma and the results of treatment in groups of patients with methicillin-resistant S. aureus and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.
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Comparative Study
Morbidity and mortality from the major cardiovascular diseases in Kaunas population from 1983 to 2002.
THE AIM of the present study was to evaluate the trends in morbidity and mortality from ischemic heart disease and stroke in Kaunas population aged 25-64 years from 1983 to 2002. ⋯ The morbidity of acute myocardial infarction and stroke remained without significant changes among Kaunas men aged 25-64 years, while it increased statistically significantly among women of the same age during the last two decades. Among both men and women the mortality rates from both ischemic heart disease and stroke decreased significantly from 1983 to 2002.
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Doctors prescribing some medications together are often using unreasonable drug combinations. The rationality of prescribing the medications by means of case-records and computerized data base of the state sicknes fund was investigated. The article addresses the most common cases of unreasonable use of medications, which could be divided into five subgroups: 1) Prescribing drug combinations, that increase the possibility of side-effects; 2) Prescribing some medications, that may suppress the effects of each other together; 3) Using medications, that belong to the same group together; 4) Prescribing the medications either without indication or out of indication; 5) Other cases of the unreasonable medication use. This article discusses the risk of using most common drug combinations and provides recommendations that could help to prevent unreasonable medication use.