Publications by authors named "B M Kisiel"
Unlabelled: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to disability, reduced quality of life, and severe depressive symptoms. Theoretical models and research emphasize the importance of cognitive factors such as illness-related beliefs and cognitive appraisals in the process of adapting to life with a chronic disease.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the role of age, disease duration, and cognitive factors in the level of acceptance of life with rheumatoid arthritis and determine the factors responsible for short-term (one week) changes without the use of interventions.
Article Synopsis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can sometimes cause heart problems even if a person feels fine, and these heart issues can be very serious.* -
- A study looked at young RA patients who had no known heart disease to see if they had any heart problems using special heart imaging called cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).* -
- They found that about 39% of these patients showed signs of heart swelling, but no signs of long-term heart damage, and this swelling was linked to bone damage seen in X-rays and longer wait times for diagnosis.*
Unlabelled: Still disease is a rare systemic connective tissue disease of unknown etiology, which due to nonspecific symptoms, requires thorough diagnostics. Steroids are the basis treatment, while other immunosuppressive drugs should be applied for patients who are resistant to standard therapy.
A Case Report: A 36-year-old woman was admitted to the Department of Rheumatology due to a month history of persisting fever, arthralgia, cervical lymphadenopathy, soar throat, cutaneous lesions, liver transaminases elevation, hyperferritinemia and elevated inflamatory markers.
Background: The genetic backgrounds of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have not been fully elucidated.
Aim: To examine the individual and cumulative effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with DKD on the risk for ESKD of diabetic etiology and to determine if any associations observed were specific for DKD.
Methods: Fourteen SNPs were genotyped in hemodialyzed 136 patients with diabetic ESKD (DKD group) and 121 patients with non-diabetic ESKD (NDKD group).
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of different factors, including treatment, on the risk of ILD in the course of RA.
Methods: A total of 109 RA patients were included in the analysis. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of chest was obtained in each patient.