Kakar, Jagriti Sokolovska, Lība Dabuzinskiene, Anita Murovska, Modra Čēma, Ingrīda
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common mucocutaneous disorder affecting approximately 1–2% of the population, predominantly middle-aged women. This study aims to analyse the demographic and clinical characteristics of OLP patients treated at the Oral Medicine Centre of Institute of Stomatology, Rīga Stradiņš University. The cohort comprised adult pat...
Markevičs, Konstantīns Basina, Oļesja Pokrotnieks, Juris Lapiņa, Anita
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of therapeutic endoscopy in Rīga East University Hospital “Gaiļezers” and Oncology Centre of Latvia in oesophageal and gastric cancer patients who underwent radical oesophagectomy and gastrectomy. A group of 22 patients was selected, who underwent oesophagectomy and gastrectomy and had developed complic...
Derovs, Aleksejs Derova, Jeļena Pokrotnieks, Juris
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Slavinska, Andreta Šāberte, Laura Birzniece, Marika Daila Grigoroviča, Evita Edelmers, Edgars Palkova, Karina Pētersons, Aigars
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published the document “Charter: Health Worker Safety: a Priority for Patient Safety”, which emphasised the importance of enhancing health worker safety to improve patient safety. The significance of patient safety remains undiminished, as evidenced by the recent WHO document, “Patient Safety Rights Char...
Vašuka, Elīna Novika, Vita Laivacuma, Sniedze Krūmiņa, Angelika Zeltiņa, Indra
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Autoimmune hepatitis is an inflammatory disease of the liver of unknown aetiology that can progress to liver cirrhosis and end-stage liver failure. The clinical presentation is often acute hepatitis, but can be insidious or completely asymptomatic. It is characterised by an increase in serum transaminases and immunoglobulin G, an inflammatory liver...
Kondratiško, Jekaterina Kremņeva, Anna Trups-Kalne, Ingrīda Derovs, Aleksejs Briģis, Ģirts
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
The purpose of this review is to assess the worldwide clinical utilisation of Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) and New Five-factor Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI-5F) for various clinical and scientific objectives, as well as to validate its application in Latvia. Numerous articles indexed in the MedLine Library (Pubmed.gov) were examined, spanning f...
Šķilters, Jurģis Pokrotnieks, Juris Derovs, Aleksejs
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Our paper provides a critical overview of the advantages, disadvantages, uncertainties, and challenges regarding AI application in medicine. Without denying the importance of the AI in medical applications, we are arguing for a hybrid and complementary view of future medical systems where powerful AI resources are integrated in and with human decis...
Jevsjutina, Žanna Zeltiņa, Indra Šurpicka, Anda
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
This clinical case is about a 50-year old woman, a refugee from Ukraine, without known epidemiological risk factors, with newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) stage. Qesophageal candidiasis as an indicator disease of HIV in this case was the first diagnosis that promoted furt...
Jevdokimova, Natālija Jevdokimov, Denis Teterina, Irena Pokrotnieks, Juris Puíītis, Aldis Mokricka, Viktorija
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Intestinal ultrasound is a new non-invasive imaging method that can be used for diagnostics of inflammatory bowel disease, to evaluate the response to therapy, and monitor serious complications of the disease in time. A prospective study was performed in Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital. Thirty patients were enrolled in the study: 21 pat...
Aleksandrovs, Dmitrijs Ivanovs, Igors Plaudis, Haralds Fokins, Vladimirs Kaminskis, Aleksejs
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Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Two-step therapy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with papillotomy and stone evacuation from common bile duct (CBD), and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ERCP/LC) is standard treatment of choledocholithiasis and acute cholecystitis in our hospital, Rīga East University Hospital Gaiļezers. The one-step method, LC with intraoperative tran...
