Objectives: To assess the self-perceived need and preferred format for educational intervention among Latvian medical students in fostering the increasing demanding of management-related competences for healthcare professionals. Methods: A cross sectional study design was used to assess student-perceived deficiencies and the need for knowledge and skills in 10 different domains of activity. All...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies in children with intestinal failure as they transitioned from parenteral nutrition (PN) to enteral nutrition (EN). STUDY DESIGN We reviewed medical records of all patients with severe intestinal failure treated from 1999 to 2008 at a multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program who had undergone micronutrient biochemic...

Dietary factors have a major role in the maintenance of healthy coat and skin, and are significant in the etiology and therapy of certain skin diseases. Nutritional deficiencies are now uncommon as a result of the widespread feeding of complete and balanced pet foods. Deficiencies of (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids, zinc and vitamins, however, do arise in certain animal- or product-related in...

OBJECTIVES To identify and describe the main sources of dissatisfaction with medical services among the population in Lithuania. DESIGN Analysis of written responses to an open-ended question as a part of a questionnaire survey. PARTICIPANTS A randomly selected group of 25--64-year-old men and women from the Utena and the Kaisiadorys regions of Lithuania. Of the 1395 survey respondents, 357...

Dietary factors have a major role in the maintenance of healthy coat and skin, and are significant in the etiology and therapy of certain skin diseases. Nutritional deficiencies are now uncommon as a result of the widespread feeding of complete and balanced pet foods. Deficiencies of (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids, zinc and vitamins, however, do arise in certain animalor product-related inst...

Design Collaboration is an activity that requires participation of project team members for organizing design tasks and sharing experience and information. Currently, in this process the project team members are yet to fully utilize computer technologies while communicating in non-collocated design collaboration. Correspondingly, many still prefer to communicate face-to-face. However, miscommun...