72 articles in this issue
Marcin Drab,Agnieszka Szymczyk,Waldemar Tomczak,Elzbieta Drab-Urbanek,Katarzyna Lapacz,Marek Hus,Monika Podhorecka
Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare blood cell proliferative disease characterized by the accumulation and proliferation of monoclonal plasmocytes. Clinical picture of MM includes bone pain, underlying osteolytic lesions, osteopenia or osteoporo... see more
Witold Pawlowski,Dorota Lasota,Krzysztof Goniewicz,Mariusz Goniewicz,Patrycja Misztal-Okonska
In recent years, rapid changes taking place in the system of medical emergency services, as well as in emergency nursing, have contributed to changes of binding legislation.Amendment of the regulation of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare on postgr... see more
Jakub Husejko,Monika Prylinska,Natalia Skierkowska,Daria Bieniek,Piotr Walkowski,Dorota Szewczak,Alicja Wycech,Karolina Matulewicz,Malgorzata Gajos,Weronika Topka,Agnieszka Kujawska,Kornelia Kedziora-Kornatowska
Introduction: Alzheimer's disease is currently one of the key challenges of medicine, due to the growing number of cases every year, especially in developed countries. It is characterized by disorders of episodic memory and specific neuropathological chan... see more
Beata Szczepanoska-Wolowiec,Paulina Sztandera
Introduction and purpose of the work, The human foot it is a very complex structure of the body, as it contains 26 bones, 19 muscles and 33 joints. Because of the cooperation all of those elements, the foot could fulfillthree basic functions such as load,... see more
Witold Pawlowski,Krzysztof Goniewicz,Mariusz Goniewicz,Dorota Lasota
The phenomenon of child abuse is a very important social issue, not only globally, but also in Poland. There is a silent consent in the Polish society for violence against children.The research presents the issues of the children abuse issue and forms. Th... see more
An apoplectic stroke is one of the main causes of diseases and mortalities in the world. Mainly, it concerns elderly people, more often men than women. Worldwide it is the second biggest killer, third in developed countries, as a result of the cardiovascu... see more
Anna Rozensztrauch,Natalia Swiatoniowska,Kinga Tomaszewska,Aleksandra Koltuniuk
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the group of conditions observed in children who happened to be exposed to the effects of alcohol in their prenatal development. Some very characteristic symptoms, belonging to three groups, such as: craniofacial abnormalit... see more
Paula Jankowska,Krzysztof Jankowski,Ewa Rudnicka-Drozak
IntroductionThe number of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus is growing globally. It is expected to observe 253.4 million sufferers in geriatric population in 2045. In this time, also 131.5 million of people is going to have dementia and other cogn... see more
Paula Jankowska,Krzysztof Jankowski,Ewa Rudnicka-Drozak,Grzegorz Mizerski
IntroductionThe number of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus is growing globally. Diabetes is a disease requiring cooperation from the patient. Numerous cases of behavior not satisfying doctor are interpreted as lack of subordination and willingnes... see more
Dominik Olejniczak,Joanna Skonieczna,Wioleta Kitowska
Night eating syndrome (NES) is a relatively recent problem and despite the increase in the number of publications over the last years, it is still often underdiagnosed and its methods of treatment are still being developed. Over the past years, various de... see more
Magdalena Kabala,Jacek Wilczynski,Katarzyna Grzanka
SummaryIntroduction: The electrical bioimpedance method allows a non-invasive and precise assessment of the content of fat tissue, muscle mass or the amount of fluid in the body depending on the state of health or lifestyle. Changes in anthropometric feat... see more
Monika Joanna Stecko,Agata Wawryków,Katarzyna Topczewska,Anna Stangret,Agnieszka Kordek,Katarzyna Weber-Nowakowska,Katarzyna Korabiusz
Early Prechtl’s diagnostics applied before implementation of NDT Bobath therapy was described in this article. Prechtl’s diagnostics allows therapist to determine whether child development will be disturbed at psychomotor level and whether rehabilitation ... see more
Rafal Czyz,Marcin Leskiewicz,Izabela Czyz
Capnometry is an increasingly used element of patient monitoring in emergency medicine, also in pre-hospital area. The increasing availability of compact devices for measuring the end-expiratory concentration of carbon dioxide (EtCO2) offers great opportu... see more
Barbara Nieradko-Iwanicka,Jolanta Materna
Smooth skin is an attribute of beauty. Hair is a skin appendage. Hirsutism affects 5-10% of the women. There are different methods of excessive hair removal: with creams or foams, shaving, depilation, epilation, waxing, laser treatment or with use of tw... see more
Miroslaw Mrozkowiak
Introduction. The issue of sexual and environmental dimorphism within the scope of somatic characteristics is discussed in numerous publications. Sexual dimorphism is obvious, well-described and undisputed. There are relatively few publications concerning... see more
Renata Husarz,Anna Jurek,Janusz Jaroszynski,Marzena Furtak-Niczyporuk,Aneta Mela
The main purpose of the paper is to discuss the definition of medical error. Moreover, the statistical analysis was aimed at demonstrating at what level is the legal knowledge of the professional group of doctors, in relation to the performed profession.T... see more
Ewelina Bak,Anna Waszut
Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumours affecting women. The treatment often involves the surgical removal of the neoplastic lesion or even the resection of the whole breast. The disease affects virtually every sphere of a ... see more
Ewelina Bak,Iga Wójtowicz,Zofia Nowak-Kapusta
Introduction: Back pain is one of the most common causes of deterioration of the psychophysical condition in people. The pain becomes a source of stress for patients and that is why they activate strategies to cope with it. These are the behaviours that ... see more
Agnieszka Radzka,Krystian Ciechanski,Jedrzej Tkaczyk,Klaudia Brozyna,Halina Piecewicz-Szczesna
Cigarettes are composed of toxic substances that result in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular diseases. Smoking is also a risk factor of many cancers. Among the billions of smokers in the world, many of them... see more
Agnieszka Budny,Cezary Grochowski
Retinoblastoma is a tumor originating from the nuclear layer of the primary retinal photoreceptor cells, genetically determined. It develops due to a mutation in chromosome 13 in the q14 band. It is the most common, originally malignant intraocular change... see more
Ewelina Stefania Pankanin,Paulina Mietkowska
Balance is one of the basic motor skills of a man. It is essential for the proper functioning of a human being, and every deviation from the norm strictly affects the quality of life. For the maintenance of the vertical position of the body it is a respon... see more
Paulina Smyk,Ewa Barczykowska,Aneta Zreda-Pikies,Agata Ulenberg,Andrzej Kurylak
West syndrome is classified as an epileptic encephalopathy. This syndrome is diagnosed in children aged 4-6 months. Its unsuccessful prognosis and complicated aetiology affects the delay of psychomotor development and cognitive functions of children. Repe... see more
Magdalena Urbanczuk,Marcin Urbanczuk,Tomasz Tuzim,Katarzyna Schab,Kamila Bak,Marcin Lewicki
Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant tumour of the endocrine system. It accounts for ca. 2% of all malignant tumours in the world, ranking it 16th in the overall classification. Its most common histology type is the papillary carcinoma originating ... see more
Ewelina Stefania Pankanin
Body balance is one of the basic human motor skills. The efficient functioning of the balance system depends on the proper functioning of the balance organ, the deep sense and vision organ. Any dysfunctions in operation, any of the above systems interfere... see more
Grzegorz Ulenberg,Lukasz Czapiewski,Agata Ulenberg,Marzena Humanska
Permanent venous access in patients in intensive care plays a key role in the healing process. A routine branches to assume a central venous catheter to the patient is called a vascular access to the central venous line using a venous or long time. An alt... see more
The physiological and correct posture of a human body is a vertical attitude. A small support surface and relatively high body height cause a small but continuous balance. Maintaining a stable posture requires efficient operation of the balance system. Ho... see more
Ross Armstrong
Objectives: Hypermobility has been associated with injury and performance and a new hypermobility framework has been introduced. This study aimed to report the prevalence of localised joint hypermobility, generalised joint hypermobility (GJH), peripheral ... see more
Erick Burhaein,S Sumaryanti,Diajeng Tyas Pinru Phytanza
Reliability in psychometric instruments is essential in the development of instru-ments. The purpose of this research is to develop and validate the instruments of Friendship Activity Observational Test (FAOT) and Adjec-tive Observational Test (AOT). The ... see more
Agnieszka Radzka,Anna Mroczek,Urszula Falkowska,Marta Pawlicka,Kamil Balabuszek,Halina Piecewicz-Szczesna
Obesity and overweight are among the most common diseases in the world. Last data from 2016 showed that 650 million people were obese and since 1960 the number of obese people has increased three times, which is associated with "fast" lifestyle of the maj... see more
Body balance is the determinant of efficient human functioning in daily activities. The equilibrium system is a complex system that draws information about the position of the body in space and the relative position of the body parts relative to one anoth... see more
Weronika Sandra Topyla,Tomasz Krzysztof Bak,Beata Krasuska,Wioletta Anna Bal,Agnieszka Zofia Staciwa,Michal Trojnar
A sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could be associated with numerous acute complications, including rib fractures, sternal fractures, bleeding in the anterior mediastinum. Some of late complications are associated with m... see more
Robert Chudzik,Katarzyna Jarosz-Chudzik,Maria Golebiowska,Marcin Kulczynski,Malgorzata Puculek
Esophageal atresia is a congenital medical condition associated with the disorder of the alimentary tract. It is usually associated with one or more fistulas to the trachea. Esophageal atresia is often associated with other congenital defects. The most fr... see more
Grzegorz Zielinski,Aleksandra Bys,Michal Baszczowski,Michal Ginszt,Marta Suwala,Piotr Majcher
Introduction: Depression, as one of the most common psychological disorders, which is characterized by anxiety problems, lack of energy, feeling of worthlessness or self-esteem problems affects from 5 to 17% of the population. Despite the fact that it is ... see more
Martyna Kaminska,Sylwia Krzeminska
Introduction: A sudden cardiac arrest is a condition, which directly threatens life, and there is a cessation of cardiac mechanical activity. This Life-threatening condition occurs when one ceases to function properly with the systems responsible for main... see more
Marcin Kulczynski,Michal Marciniec,Klaudia Sapko,Ewa Papuc,Konrad Rejdak
The airplane headache is an incident of severe, clinically stereotypical pain during ascent or descent of an airplane. The entity is considered rare; however, growing numer of passengers in air transport results in better recognition of the problem. The a... see more
Anna Golus,Marta Bielejewska,Dominika Ciecierska,Karolina Kuzba,Kamil Potyra,Wiktoria Sniegowska,Pawel Wojtczak,Anna Ziólkowska,Bartlomiej Wrzesinski,Edyta Piechocka
Obesity according to the WHO is an epidemic of modern times, because it affects a large number of people in all age groups around the world. This disease itself makes it difficult for the patients suffering from it to function, but above all carries a lot... see more
Wiktoria Sniegowska,Anna Ziólkowska,Pawel Wojtczak,Dominika Ciecierska,Bartlomiej Wrzesinski,Edyta Piechocka
Physiotherapy of patients after mastectomy is a complex process. It includes not only physical exercises, but also other physiotherapy treatments, such as hydrotherapy, physical therapy, massage, kinesiotaping and psychological therapy. The best results b... see more
Adrian Dominiak,Bartlomiej Wrzesinski,Edyta Piechocka,Pawel Wojtczak,Anna Ziólkowska,Wiktoria Sniegowska,Dominika Ciecierska,Marta Bielejewska
Injuries of the knee joint are amongst the most common diseases that affect the human body. It is estimated that they affect about 15-30% of all body injuries. Beside the lateral ligaments the most the structure exposed for the any kind of damage is ACL. ... see more
Irena Puszkarz,Edyta Guty,Iwona Stefaniak,Aleksandra Bonarek
Background: Over 300 million people around the world have thyroid problems.Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common reason for hypothyroidism among peopleaged 45 to 65, mostly women. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a mysterious immune-mediateddisease and its... see more
Maria Golebiowska,Beata Golebiowska,Ewa Zienkiewicz
BackgroundElectroencephalography is a study that records the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex. This record of neuronal communication supports clinical diagnosis of epilepsy and status epilepticus and monitoring of its future courses. That is why... see more
Patrycja Janowska,Marta Wojdat,Emilia Bugajska,Magdalena Paradowska,Beata Wolska,Marek Adam,Robert Stepniak
Aim: Comparison of the level of aggression between the women practicing judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu against the average aggression level among Polish women. Materials and methods: A group of 30 women practicing judo and a group of 27 women practicing jiu... see more
Anna Ziólkowska,Pawel Wojtczak,Wiktoria Sniegowska,Dominika Ciecierska,Edyta Piechocka,Bartlomiej Wrzesinski,Maciej Dzierzanowski,Urszula Kazimierczak
Background: Daily physical training is safe and brings many benefits to pregnant woman. When there are no contraindications, regular exercise of gymnastics has a positive effect on the overall physical fitness, well-being of the woman. In addition it redu... see more
The overtraining syndrome is a state of lowering the efficiency of the body resulting from the overlapping of many stressors and an inadequate rest period. This phenomenon is commonly observed among athletes. Unfortunately, there are no appropriate tools ... see more
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease that has been observed for a long time. It appeared under various names, often associated with the theory of the etiology of CFS - chronic fatigue syndrome. Despite many studies, the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome... see more
Bartlomiej Wrzesinski,Edyta Piechocka,Pawel Wojtczak,Anna Ziólkowska,Angelika Szustka,Kamila Balcerska,Marta Bielejewska,Patrycja Lopatka
Background of Inflammatory diseases of the intestines affect more and more people, this is caused not only by genetic determinants but also by environmental conditions and lifestyle. Lack of physical activity may affect the symptoms of the disease and inc... see more
A. V. Kaminsky
The mental state of patients and, to a greater extent, their psychological and psychoemotional features, have a great influence on fertility and, accordingly, on the result of infertility treatment by assisted reproductive technologies (ART). The aim of t... see more
A. O. Patskov
More and more often clinical cases of severe cervical lesions and cervical cancer are observed against the background of physiological ectopy at a young age. In most of them, Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are detected at the examination, with severe intra... see more
E. A. Yakimenko,B. V. Panov,V. L. Mikhaylenko,M. U. Gavrilenko
The health of the population is one of the greatest values of mankind and a necessary condition for the social and economic development of each country. To realize the potential of each person throughout life, it is necessary to create optimal conditions ... see more
O. M. Nosenko,Kamel Bakary
The article analyzes clinical and anamnestic and biochemical markers of undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTDs), the course of pregnancy and childbirth in 56 women with ischemic-cervical insufficiency (ICI) and 30 healthy pregnancies without I... see more
IntroductionInsomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders affecting a very large percentage of the general population. This can be visualized by reporting insomnia by up to 50% of patients attending a family doctor. In the elderly population the prev... see more
IntroductionDisability is becoming progressively more common. It is defined as a limitation in the ability to carry out basic functional activities. A functional ability is determined by many convergent factors. The main cause is physical disability, resu... see more
Monika Pierzak,Kamila Bozena Fortunka
Malignant tumors are diseases occurring in any population in the world, characterized by a high mortality [1]. In the developed countries are the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. Among the risk factors for many cancers, distinguished t... see more
Marcin Kulczynski,Robert Chudzik,Mateusz Tomaszewski,Michal Marciniec,Ewa Papuc,Konrad Rejdak
Introduction: Cavernous hemangioma is a bening blood vessel malformation that can be located in the central nervous system. Although most patients who are found to have a CNS hemangioma are asymptomatic, the entity can cause a wide spectrum of symptoms in... see more
Marcin Kulczynski,Michal Marciniec,Mateusz Tomaszewski,Karolina Widlak,Ewa Papuc,Konrad Rejdak
Introduction: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a reversible episode of neurologic deficit, that symptomatically can be similar to stroke, but lasts shorter than 24 hours and does not cause any radiological changes in brain images. TIA is a major risk fa... see more
Jakub Litak,Joanna Litak,Cezary Grochowski,Paulina Miziak,Agnieszka Budny
Low back pain is a widespread medical problem, fortunately most episodes are self limiting and resolve within 6 weeks. Many patients may be treated initially with conservative methods. Persistent sciatic pain or developing neurological deficits correspon... see more
O. V. Tkachuk,S. S. Tkachuk,V. F. Myslytskyi,V. P. Gavaleshko,O. V. Yasinska,M. A. Povar,S. V. Boshtan,T. P. Savchuk
Introduction. Acute disorders of cerebral circulation similar to diabetes mellitus (DM) cause long-term multiple organ effects, although pathogenesis of internal organs injury in association with DM and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion has not been investiga... see more
Hubert Opalinski,Natalia Pietrzyk,Pawel Obierzynski,Gabriela Kuroska,Piotr Piech,Joanna Dryka,Kamil Przybyslawski,Szymon Bieda,Wojciech Wokurka,Maciej Koziol,Grzegorz Staskiewicz
Introduction and objectiveCongenital coronary arteries anomalies (CAA) are one of the most common causes of a sudden cardiac death (SCD) among young athletes. CAA are serious diagnostic and clinical issue because in many patients there are no characterist... see more
Robert Chudzik,Katarzyna Jarosz-Chudzik,Maria Golebiowska,Beata Golebiowska,Marcin Kulczynski
Pectus Excavatum is one of the most frequent deformations of the chest wall, diagnose and surgical treatment mainly in pediatric patients (1:300 - 1:1000 live births). More often in men than in women, the etiology of this disease is not entirely clear, pr... see more
Joanna Lebdowicz,Aleksandra Rajewska,Dorota Torbé,Andrzej Torbé
Objectives: Calculation and analysis of CRP plasma concentration among women during labour and in the second day of puerperium in various clinical situationsMaterial and methods: 317 participants about estimated due date (EDD) were included to the study a... see more
O. Yablon,N. Rusak
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acute and potentially fatal disease characterized by inflammation and necrosis in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Due to the obscure multifactorial etiology, early diagnosis and effective treatment of NEC is limited... see more
Anna Gronek,Monika Hada,Marta Mrozek
The aim of this paper is to present the level of knowledge of Tarnobrzeg Cardiology Clinic patients of the risk factors of coronary heart disease. The data required to support the paper’s statement was collected from 100 patients. Diagnostic survey was us... see more
V. G. Marichereda,S. G. Cherniyevskaya,T. Ya. Moskalenko,I. M. Shevchenko,N. V. Shevchenko
Implementation of anti -D prophylaxis significantly reduced the degree of allogenic immunization (AI), while this method of prevention is not universal. According to the data of different authors, about 0.3% of Rh (D) - negative women still become Rh (D) ... see more
B. V. Syrota,L. P. Sydorchuk
Objective: to investigate the effect of 1267 A?G gene polymorphism of heat shock proteins (HSP) family 70-2 (HSP70-2) and C-592A gene polymorphism of interleukin 10 (IL-10) on the level IL-1ß, TNF-? and IL-10 in the blood of patients with colienteritis. M... see more
Tomasz Losien,Anna Medrak,Pawel Plaskacz,Izabela Bajerska,Magdalena Reut,Emilia Dragon,Martyna Polko,Aleksandra Cebula,Damian Kuzma
Introduction: Nowadays sociocultural changes that happen in highly developed countries increased the awareness of physical activity and healthy lifestyle. The social media have a significant influence on promoting the healthy lifestyle and motivating peop... see more
Karolina Chrominska,Tomasz Krzysztof Bak,Jolanta Wojciechowicz,Anna Gaweda,Tomasz Tomaszewski
Introduction: Injuries caused by a foreign bodies in the craniofacial region constitute a significant percentage of accidents during the work. The most serious problem is to determine the exact location and extent ... see more
Grzegorz Wróbel
In the case of small tumors, the kidneys usually do not show the oncological importance and are characterized by slow growth, however, the presence of any changes that occur within these tumors should be monitored. A 66-year-old man underwent computed tom... see more
Magnetic resonance tomography (MR) is a valuable source in the diagnosis of oral cancer due to: obtaining images in any planes and cross-sections, high tissue resolution and not subjecting the patient to ionizing radiation. In this case, presented a 66-ye... see more
E. R. Ismagilov,A. F. Karas,G. A. Karas
Introduction. To conduct reconstructive surgical interventions at pathological processes of skull base bone, defects of the temporal bone and dura mater, is especially complicated with the appearance of liquorrhea. This necessitates the improvement of ope... see more
A. I. Gozhenko,L. A. Kovalevska,O. V. Telyatnikov
Recent studies have shown significantly increasing importance of new risk factors such as high levels of homocysteine and C-reactive protein, the presence of thrombophilia markers in the development of stroke. However, information of their relationship in... see more
Vitalii Kashuba,Nataliia Goncharova
Introduction of innovative technologies to the system of primary education has made it possible to consider new mechanisms for the implementation of health-forming activities in the process of physical education, which greatly expands the arsenal of tools... see more
L. G. Rosha
The aim is to research the value of the PAS's survey of domestic consumer services (DCS) regarding the promisingness of the project within the framework of PAS decentralization - the creation of a regional pathoanatomical center (RPC).Materials and method... see more
O. I. Iatsyna,R. S. Vastyanov,I. M. Savytska,S. V. Vernygorodskyi
An experimental study was conducted, which resulted in the development of a hyperactive urinary bladder model. Animals of the main group administered once daily for 14 days i.p. 0.3 ml of the hombiotensin, containing 0.45 mg of reserpine. This model devel... see more