Serum cardiac troponin T and effective blood flow in stable extracorporeal dialysis patients.

Purpose: We examined the association between extracorporeal dialysis (ED)-related effective blood flow (eQB) and serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) as a possible indicator of silent myocardial damage in stable ED patients.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, cTnT was determined in 247 ED patients dialyzed using stable eQB and dialysate flow (QD). In a prospective study, 91 patients were switched from low-flux (LF) to high-flux (HF) hemodialysis (HD), and subsequently, the eQB increased, and the QD decreased; 65 patients continued LF-HD with stable eQB and QD.

Antibodies to core antigen of hepatitis B virus in patients on renal replacement therapy: association with demographic, clinical and laboratory data.

Background: Total antibodies to core antigen of hepatitis B virus (anti-HBc) are a marker for previous or current infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). Our aim was to examine the prevalence and incidence of anti-HBc in relation to demographic, clinical and laboratory data of patients treated with intermittent hemodialysis (IHD).

Methods: Predictors for anti-HBc positivity were evaluated in prevalence IHD patients with negative testing for surface antigen of HBV (HBsAg, n = 1,105) using the stepwise backward regression analysis.

Consumption of some selected trace elements (Fe, Zn and Cu) and reproductive health of women from the Podkarpackie province.

The objective of the present research study was to estimate the average daily consumption of some selected trace elements (Fe, Zn and Cu) by women of reproductive age and connect it to some aspects of health-oriented behaviour in the Podkarpackie province. We noticed that patients under 30 years of age consumed more examined trace elements (Fe, Zn i Cu) in their daily food rations than patients over 30 years of age.

Comparison of the levels of copper, zinc and iron in cervical mucus and in blood serum of women of childbearing age.

The objective of this research study was a preliminary comparison of some chosen trace elements concentrations in cervical mucus and blood serum of women of childbearing age. The levels of iron (Fe), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) were determined in cervical mucus and serum of 10 patients. The obtained results do not point to any association between the levels of the examined trace elements in cervical mucus or any correlation between their contents in mucus and blood serum.