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Dr, Department of Anesthesiology, Lithuanian university of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Biography

Dr. Aiste Urbonaite is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Internal Health, Stanford University, California, USA. 
His study interests major on anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Research in Anesthesiology. In recent years, he has studied several studies including Advances in Anesthesia, Research in Anesthesiology, and aesthetic Technology. Currently, Dr. Aiste Urbonaite is the author/editor/reviewer in several international journals.  He published 10 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
 

Publications

• Case Report   
  Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 2 after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Report
  Author(s): Aiste Urbonaite*, Liuda Brogiene, Andrius Macas and Gintare Zemgulyte
  
  Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a rare condition following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) via trans-radial (TR) approach. The pathophysiology of CRPS is still poorly understood, and it is often misdiagnosed and poorly treated in its initial phases leading to severely compromised quality of life. Here we present a rare case of a patient, who was diagnosed with CRPS type 2 after PCI via TR approach. CRPS presented with a classical triad of sensory, autonomic and motor dysfunction and signs of nerve lesion on electromyography (EMG). Patient received multimodal treatment with ketamine in addition which resulted in favorable outcome in less than six months. Ketamine is a promising agent in CRPS treatment, but more studies are needed... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.20.11.945

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