'I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.'- incorporating high-fidelity medical simulation into the undergraduate nephrology course.

Background: Medical simulation is a teaching method, which enables the development of clinical skills by implementing a simulation scenario in a true-to-life environment, but without exposing patients to any risk. So far, there has been no information on the use of high-fidelity simulation in undergraduate clinical nephrology teaching. Aim of this study was to analyze students' opinions and reactions to the simulation module in nephrology.

Effect of Short-Term Cold Exposure on Central Aortic Blood Pressure in Patients with CKD.

Objectives: Study determined effects of arterial hypertension and impaired kidney function on acute cold exposure induced changes in peripheral and central aortic blood pressure (BP).

Methods: Five-six subjects were divided into 3 groups including 20 hypertensive patients with normal kidney function (AH-non-CKD), 20 patients with hypertension and CKD (AH-CKD) stage 3b-4 and 16 healthy normotensive subjects (C). Baseline BP, central BP, and central pulse pressure, unadjusted augmentation index (AI) and central augmented pressure were assessed by applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor) before entering the room with constant temperature -10°C (°C), after 10 min in the cold room and in same conditions in room temperature.

Burnout syndrome among nephrologists - a burning issue - results of the countrywide survey by the Polish Society of Nephrology.

Background: Burnout syndrome in physicians is associated with adverse patient safety events, poorer quality of care and reduced patients' satisfaction. There has been scarce information on the risk factors of burnout affecting professionals working in the renal care settings. As yet the phenomenon has not been studied in the population of Polish nephrologists therefore a nationwide cross-sectional study was established by the Polish Society of Nephrology to assess the prevalence of the syndrome.

[The evaluation of hunters and foresters' knowledge of the possible ways of preventing infections].

Background: This study is aimed at evaluating the awareness among hunters and foresters concerning the activities undertaken for the prevention of infections.

Material And Methods: The study group included 236 hunters from Poland and 339 foresters from Ukraine. The study was based on an original questionnaire including questions which concerned the applied methods of removing ticks attached to the skin, the kind of preventive measures undertaken to avoid tick bites, the evaluation of knowledge concerning the prevention of tick-borne diseases, as well as the participants' willingness to be educated on this issue.

Effects of a Structured Physical Activity Program on Serum Adipokines and Markers of Inflammation and Volume Overload in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

BACKGROUND Kidney transplantation (KTx) reverses most abnormalities related to chronic kidney disease (CKD), but sedentary lifestyle persists in most kidney graft recipients. Physical inactivity has been associated with altered adipokine profile and inflammation in CKD. We postulated that increased physical activity achieved through an individually-tailored program can reverse these changes.

Sharing stories about medical education in difficult circumstances: Conceptualizing issues, strategies, and solutions.

Background: Global economic forces, political decisions, and natural disasters are only some of the factors that affect contemporary healthcare education. Given the centrality of health in all settings, the future of healthcare education depends on how we overcome these difficult circumstances.

Methods: Through a series of collaborative activities involving healthcare educators from around the world and their attempts to overcome these difficulties, the authors have developed a conceptual model centered around the people involved, the impact of culture, and organizations and systems.

Clinical characteristics, therapy response, and outcome of 51 adult patients with hematological malignancy-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a single institution experience.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an underdiagnosed but life-threatening syndrome of hyperinflammation often occurring in adults with hematological malignancies (hM-HLH). The aim of the study was to describe clinical characteristics, therapy response, and outcome of adults with hM-HLH. The study included 51 adults with hM-HLH aged 23-84 years.

Editorial: Medical Education in Difficult Circumstances.

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Ferritinemia and serum inflammatory cytokines in Swedish adults with Gaucher disease type 1.

Background: The storage of glucosylceramide in macrophages produces an inflammatory response in Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1) resulting in iron metabolism dysregulation and cytokine release.

Patients And Methods: The study included 16 adults with GD1 aged 20-86years. All but one patient carried at least one allele with the c.

Effect of the Prophylactic Use of Proton-Pump Inhibitors on the Pattern of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients Late After Kidney Transplant.

Objectives: Although immunosuppressive drugs have been recognized as leading causes of gastrointestinal symptoms after kidney transplant, other widely used medications such as proton-pump inhibitors recently have been implicated. Our aim was to study the effects of chronic proton-pump inhibitor therapy on gastrointestinal symptoms in clinically stable patients late after kidney transplant.

Materials And Methods: The study comprised 100 kidney transplant recipients (66 men and 34 women, mean age of 49 ± 12 y, mean time after transplant of 56 ± 46 mo).