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Folia Medica Cracoviensia | 2021 | Vol. 61 | No 3

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Background: The cause of the increased risk of hypertension in children born prematurely is still unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze the results of blood pressure monitoring and the levels of variety of kidney function markers at the 40–42 weeks postmenstrual age in children born prematurely and to compare them with the values obtained from full-term newborns. The analysis of the differences in the observed parameters could be used to assess the risk of developing hypertension in preterm infants in the following years of life.
Methodology: Prospective cohort study included 37 children born prematurely (<35 weeks of gesta-tion) and 20 full-term newborns. The 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement, serum cystatin C and thrombomodulin levels, urine Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) concentration, renal ultrasound and bioelectrical impedance were performed.
Results: Analysis of the blood pressure monitoring reveled lower values of diastolic (DBP) and mean blood pressure (MAP) in the preterm group (DBP: 47.69 ± 4.79 vs. 53.96 ± 5.3 mmHg; p <0.01; MAP 64 ± 6.7 vs. 68 ± 6 mmHg; p = 0.02), however the preterm children were significantly smaller at the time of evaluation. Moreover, the pulse pressure was significantly higher in the preterm group (44 ± 7.8 vs. 39.4 ± 5.7 mmHg; p = 0.017). In the preterm group serum cystatin C level was lower (1.397 ± 0.22 vs. 1.617 ± 0.22 mg/l; p <0.01) and NGAL urine concentration was higher (57 ± 84 vs. 15 ± 21 ng/ml; p = 0.04). There was substantial difference in body composition between groups - the total body water was lower in the preterm group (75.6 ± 13 vs. 82 ± 8%; p = 0.015).
Conclusion: At the predicted date of birth, preterm newborns show significant differences in blood pressure profile, body weight composition, and levels of cystatin C and NGAL compared to full-term babies.
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Authors and Affiliations

Maja Gilarska
1
Dagmara Wolińska
2
Przemko Kwinta
1

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Department of Pediatrics, University Children Hospital, Kraków, Poland
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Objectives: Accidental exposure to non-fire related carbon monoxide (CO) in young people is largely unquantified. Our aim was to estimate the possibility of exposure to CO and the awareness of intoxication in the population of students living in Kraków, one of the largest academic cities in Poland.
Methods: Anonymous questionnaires about CO poisoning were distributed among medical and non- medical students living in Kraków.
Results: 1081 questionnaires were collected — 16% of study participants knew a person who had been poisoned with carbon monoxide, 51.2% of students using a bathroom water heater believed that they had no risk of CO poisoning. Medical students gained significantly higher scores in the CO-poisoning knowl-edge test than non-medical ones.
Conclusions: There is still unsatisfactory awareness of CO poisoning among non-medical students in Kraków.
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Iwona Popiołek
1 2
Lech Popiołek
3
Jakub Marchewka
4 5
Grzegorz Dębski
6
Justyna Bolech-Gruca
1
Małgorzata Szumińska
7
Piotr Hydzik
1 2

  1. University Hospital in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
  2. Department of Toxicology and Environmental Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  3. Private practice, Kraków, Poland
  4. Department of Physiotherapy, University of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland
  5. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, 5th Military Hospital, Kraków, Poland
  6. Radiology Department, 5th Military Hospital, Kraków, Poland
  7. Department of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Memory trace is an effect of temporary arousal (perception, experience, action) that causes a specific change in the nervous system. Memory allows to record and recall various information, thus enabling to learn new things. It is an extremely active and dynamic process. The influence of emotions on memory is obvious, largely determined by the close cooperation of the amygdala (responsible for emo-tions) and the hippocampus (memory processes).
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Authors and Affiliations

Paulina Fałek
1
Artur Fałek
1
Monika Kager
2
Richard Kager
3
Piotr Walkowicz
2
Marcin Kubiak
2
Elżbieta Starosławska
2
Franciszek Burdan
2 4

  1. Independent Public Healthcare, Puławy, Poland
  2. St. John’s Cancer Center, Lublin, Poland
  3. Public Independent Clinical Hospital Number 4, Lublin, Poland
  4. Human Anatomy Department, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death globally. Hypercholester-olemia is the most important factor responsible for atherosclerotic plaque formation and increasing cardiovascular risk. Reduction of LDL-C level is the most relevant goal for reduction of cardiovascular risk.
Aims: Real life adherence to guidelines concerning statin therapy in one center study population. Methods: We analyzed data collected in the Department of Internal Diseases from September 2019 to February 2020, obtained from 238 patients hospitalized in this time period. We assessed application of the new 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias in daily clinical practice and compared effectiveness of LLT according to 2016 and 2019 guidelines.
Results: Only 1 in 5 patients with dyslipideamia achieve the 2019 ESC/EAS guideline-recommended levels of LDL-C with relation to their TCVR. We noticed that 20 of patients who did not achieve proper 2019 LDL level, meet the therapy targets established in year 2016. We observed that higher patient TCVR resulted in better compliance with guidelines and ordination of proper LLT. Most patients were on monotherapy with statins.
Conclusions: It could be beneficial to start treatment with double or even triple therapy especially in group with the highest LDL-C levels.
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Patrycja Cecha
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Anna Chromik
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Ilona Piotrowska
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Michał Zabojszcz
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Magdalena Dolecka-Ślusarczyk
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Zbigniew Siudak
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  1. Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
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White adipose tissue plays an important role in the catabolism of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Two initial regulatory steps in BCAAs catabolism are catalyzed by branched chain aminotrans-ferase (BCAT) and branched chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase complex (BCKDH complex), respectively. It has been demonstrated that synthetic ligands for PPARγ receptors increased mRNA levels for enzymes involved in BCAAs catabolism. We hypothesized that feeding rats with diet rich in linoleic acid (LA), a natural PPARγ agonist modifies mRNA levels for enzymes catalyzing BCAAs degradation in adipose tissue. The current pilot study was aimed at the investigation of the effect of diet rich in LA on mRNA levels for BCATm, branched chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase (E1 component of the BCKDH), and mRNA levels for the regulatory enzymes of BCKDH complex, a specific kinase (BDK) and a specific phosphatase (PPM1K) in epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT). Wistar male rats were fed with high unsaturated fat diet containing mainly linoleic acid (study group) or with the high saturated fat diet (control group). The relative mRNA levels were quantified by reverse transcription PCR. We have found that in rats fed diet rich in LA mRNA level for BCATm decreased, while mRNA amount for BDK increased. There was no difference between mRNA levels for BCKDH E1 and PPM1K. It is con-ceivable that changes in mRNA levels for enzymes involved in BCAAs metabolism in eWAT may lead to modification of BCAAs catabolic rate. Further studies are required to fully elucidate this issue.
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Małgorzata Knapik-Czajka
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Justyna Bieleń
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Monika Zajonz
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Anna Gawędzka
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Jagoda Drąg
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Małgorzata Belczyk
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  1. Department of Biochemical Analytics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Background: To assess and compare mid-term outcomes and the quality of life (QoL) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) and moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR), treated with either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; group I) or CABG + mitral annulo-plasty (CABG+MA; group II) in 12-months follow-up after surgery.
Methods: We prospectively analyzed 74 patients (50.7% female, 66 [67–72] years) with at least moderate IMR, 3–24 weeks after myocardial infarction (MI). The effective regurgitation orifice (ERO) was used for a quantitative IMR assessment. To evaluate QoL we used a Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire.
Results: Patients in group II spent more time in the hospital, expired more infection complications and received more often in-hospital complications requiring use amines and intra-aortic balloon pump as compared to those in group I. Analysis of SF-36 showed that all patients treated surgically notable improved their QoL during 12 months of follow-up.
Conclusions: We observed a significant improvement in QoL among patients with MVD in 12 months follow-up after surgery irrespective of treatment type.
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Radosław Piątkowski
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Jakub Kucharz
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Monika Gawałko
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Monika Budnik
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Katarzyna Wołosiewicz
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Barbara Kozub
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Janusz Kochanowski
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Marcin Grabowski
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Grzegorz Opolski
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  1. 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Uro-Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  4. Institute of Pharmacology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  5. 1st Department of Pediatrics, Bielanski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
  6. Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
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There are only very few studies on the anatomy of the deep brachial artery — DBA (arteria profunda brachii), both regarding its course, branching pattern and contribution to the cubital rete. Most of the textbooks are based on data which remain unchanged for years. The aim of this article was to summarize the current knowledge on this vessel, based on the anatomical and clinical studies and other sources available including also own cadaveric study. We tried to present also some controversies regarded to the nomenclature of the branches of the DBA.
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Wojciech Przybycień
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Michał Zarzecki
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Agata Musiał
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Paweł Depukat
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Bartłomiej Kruszyna
1
Agata Mazurek
1
Julia Jaszczyńska
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Kinga Glądys
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Ewa Walocha
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Ewa Mizia
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Grzegorz Wysiadecki
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Jerzy Walocha
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  1. Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Obstetrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  3. Department of Normal and Clinical Anatomy, Chair of Anatomy and Histology, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
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Microvascular angina (MVA) is a condition characterized by the presence of angina-like chest pain, a positive response to exercise stress tests, and no significant stenosis of coronary arteries in coronary angiography, with absence of any other specific cardiac diseases. The etiology of this syndrome is still not known and it is probably multifactorial. Coronary microvascular dysfunction is proposed as the main pathophysiological mechanism in the development of MVA. Altered somatic and visceral pain perception and autonomic imbalance, in addition to myocardial ischemia, has been observed in subjects with MVA, involving dynamic variations in the vasomotor tone of coronary microcirculation with consequent tran-sient ischemic episodes. Other theories suggest that MVA may be a result of a chronic inflammatory state in the body that can negatively influence the endothelium or a local imbalance of factors regulating its function. This article presents the latest information about the epidemiology, diagnostics, etiopathogen-esis, prognosis, and treatment of patients with MVA.
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Jarosław Jarczewski
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Aleksandra Jarczewska
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Andrzej Boryczko
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Adrian Poniatowski
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Agata Furgała
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Andrzej Surdacki
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Krzysztof Gil
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  1. Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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With the steady increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women, treatment that includes not only tumor removal but also breast reconstruction is becoming a more relevant issue for oncologic and plastic surgeons. Mastectomy recently evolved as a form of primary prevention of hereditary breast cancer, commonly performed in combination with simultaneous reconstruction. A case of 44-year-old woman who underwent right mastectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy is presented. Due to the patient’s positivity for BRCA1 mutation and her wishes, a risk-reducing mastectomy with nipple-areola complex preservation and bilateral deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap reconstruction were performed in one-stage. In selected cases this method appears to be the best possible procedure for simultaneous preventative and reconstructive management in patients with genetically determined breast cancer who have undergone mastectomy with radiotherapy.
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Łukasz Ulatowski
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Piotr Gierej
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Maria Molska
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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Professor W. Orlowski Memorial Hospital, 231st Czerniakowska Street, 00-416 Warsaw, Poland
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Pellagra is a rare disease caused by niacin deficiency or a disruption of its metabolism. Its manifestations are dermatitis with pronounced photosensitivity, gastrointestinal symptoms, and neuropsychiatric ailments. Currently pellagra is developed in people who chronically abuse alcohol or are treated with medications from specific pharmacological groups (immunosuppressive and anti-tuberculosis drugs).
Although the root cause of the disease was established in the mid-twentieth century, a detailed explanation of the processes leading to the development of symptoms has not yet been proposed. They include complex abnormalities at the molecular, metabolic, and immunological levels. Diagnostics is based primarily on the clinical presentation of the disease, while auxiliary tests play secondary role. The low prevalence of the disease, meaning that physicians are unfamiliar with its re-cognition, often leads to delays in diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The therapy is causal and based on administering niacinamide. Failure to implement treatment in the early stages of the disease leads to the patient’s death.
The aim of this literature review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on the pathomechanisms of pellagra, highlighting the clinical implications, and key elements of diagnostic and therapeutic manage-ment that are important in the treatment of pellagra patients.
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Przemysław Hałubiec
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ORCID: ORCID
Monika Leończyk
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Filip Staszewski
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Monika Łazarczyk
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Andrzej Kazimierz Jaworek
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Anna Wojas-Pelc
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  1. Department of Dermatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

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