POLCOVID: a multicenter multiclass chest X-ray database (Poland, 2020-2021).

The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has put healthcare systems worldwide to their limits, resulting in increased waiting time for diagnosis and required medical assistance. With chest radiographs (CXR) being one of the most common COVID-19 diagnosis methods, many artificial intelligence tools for image-based COVID-19 detection have been developed, often trained on a small number of images from COVID-19-positive patients. Thus, the need for high-quality and well-annotated CXR image databases increased.

Low-Dose Radiotherapy for Patients with Pneumonia Due to COVID-19: A Single-Institution Prospective Study.

Purpose: Results of the low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) in patients with pneumonia due to COVID-19 has been presented.

Methods: Fifteen patients received a single-fraction radiation dose of 1 Gy to the bilateral lungs due to pre-ARDS pneumonia in the course of COVID-19. Follow-up was performed on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 after LDRT.

Significant Decrease in the Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression after Hepatitis C Eradication.

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is an ongoing epidemiological problem. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) may infect brain tissue, worsening mental health outcomes. The new era of highly effective oral Direct-Acting Agents (DAA) has brought a chance to eradicate the infection by 2030, however, screening campaigns are urgently needed as the majority of the infected are still undiagnosed.

Symptom-based early-stage differentiation between SARS-CoV-2 versus other respiratory tract infections-Upper Silesia pilot study.

In the DECODE project, data were collected from 3,114 surveys filled by symptomatic patients RT-qPCR tested for SARS-CoV-2 in a single university centre in March-September 2020. The population demonstrated balanced sex and age with 759 SARS-CoV-2( +) patients. The most discriminative symptoms in SARS-CoV-2( +) patients at early infection stage were loss of taste/smell (OR = 3.

Clinical significance of asymptomatic [i]Clostridium difficile[/i] colonisation in patients undergoing antibiotic treatment.

Background: [i]Clostridium difficile[/i] infections become a serious problem in terms of nosocomial infections, as well as a consequence of common use of antibiotics.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate [i]Clostridium difficile[/i] carriage in patients admitted to the Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology without acute or chronic diarrhea and to assess the impact of antibiotic treatment on the development of enteritis in hospital. Other factors that may affect the risk of infection were also analyzed.

Lymphocyte-To-Monocyte Ratio as the Best Simple Predictor of Bacterial Infection in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.

: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of new morphology-related indices and Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores during hospitalization in predicting the onset of bacterial infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. : A total of 171 patients (56.9% males; median age 59 years; total number of hospitalizations 209) with liver cirrhosis were included in this observational study.

Predictive power of Model for End-Stage Liver Disease and Child-Turcotte-Pugh score for mortality in cirrhotic patients.

Aim Of The Study: To assess the performance of Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores' kinetics during hospitalization in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Material And Methods: One hundred and seventy-four cases of hospitalized liver cirrhosis patients were selected. The diagnosis of cirrhosis was made based on clinical, biochemical, ultrasonic, histological, and endoscopic findings and results.

Bacterial infections and hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis-prophylaxis and treatment.

Infections are common among patients with liver cirrhosis. They occur more often in cirrhotic patient groups than in the general population and result in higher mortality. One reason for this phenomenon is bacterial translocation from the intestinal lumen that occurs as a consequence of intestinal bacterial overgrowth, increased permeability and decreased motility.

Insulin resistance and its consequences in chronic hepatitis C.

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is generally a slowly progressive disease, but some factors associated with rapid progression have been identified. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may contribute to a broad spectrum of metabolic disturbances - namely, steatosis, insulin resistance (IR), increased prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), lipid metabolism abnormalities and atherosclerosis. HCV can directly or indirectly cause both IR and steatosis, but it is still not resolved whether this viral impact bears the same prognostic value as the metabolic counterparts.

The epidemiological and clinical analysis of Clostridium difficile infections in patients hospitalized due to the infection at the Department of Infectious Diseases in Bytom.

Unlabelled: Clostridium difficile infections are becoming a more serious problem as hospital-acquired infections and the consequence of common antibiotic therapy, also on an out-patient basis.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of the study was the epidemiological and clinical analysis of patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) at the Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Bytom in 2014.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of the medical documentation of patients with the diagnosis of CDAD was performed.