Study of 52 Pediatric Patients Who Required 78 Hospital Admissions for Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis from 2013 to 2020 Using Data from the Polish National Health Fund Registry.

BACKGROUND Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in children is a rare disease with a complex, multifactorial etiopathogenesis. The Polish National Health Fund (NHF) Registry [Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia (NFZ)], contains health insurance data from all 16 national provinces, or voivodeships. This study used data from the Polish NHF Registry to evaluate 52 pediatric patients who required 78 hospital admissions for CVST from 2013 to 2020.

Analysis of 622 paediatric hospitalisations due to arterial ischaemic stroke in Poland - National Health Fund registry-based study from 2011 to 2020.

Introduction: The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS) in Polish children, as well as to analyse the parameters related to AIS hospitalisation, including age, gender, region, month and season of the year at admission, duration, and costs, based on data from National Health Fund (NHF) registry in 2011-2020.

Material And Methods: Data from the NHF were analysed statistically. The disease was identified according to the codes I63 and I64 of the International Classification of Diseases, 10 Revision (ICD-10), and patients included only individuals up to 18 years of age.

Knowledge and Practice of Antibiotic Management and Prudent Prescribing among Polish Medical Doctors.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent public health issue. The role of medical doctors in proper antibiotic use is crucial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Polish doctors of antimicrobial prescribing and antibiotic resistance.

The Genetic Variants of NOTCH3 (6746T>C) and PSMA6 (-8C>G) as Possible Risk Factors of Psoriasis Development.

Advances in genotypic technologies enable identification of possible associations between genetic variants of certain genes and increased risk of developing plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis. The aim of the study was to analyze the (6746T>C) (rs1044009) and (-8C>G) (rs1048990) polymorphisms and their role in genetic susceptibility to psoriasis. The study included 158 psoriatic patients and 100 healthy controls.

Osteopontin Serum Concentration and Metabolic Syndrome in Male Psoriatic Patients.

Psoriasis (Ps) is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease that is widely associated with the clinical features of metabolic syndrome (MetS), including hypertension, abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Osteopontin (OPN), a multifunctional protein involved in the modulation of inflammatory processes, may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and MetS. Therefore, the aim of the study was the assessment of the correlation between OPN concentration in the peripheral blood and the presence of MetS as well as its particular components in the Ps patients.

Cardiac arrest caused by tension pneumomediastinum in a Boerhaave syndrome patient.

This report presents a 23-year-old man with esophageal perforation, tension pneumomediastinum, and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial resuscitation by cervical and subxiphoid mediastinotomy was ineffective. Bedside decompression of the posterior mediastinum through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm resulted in immediate return of a normal sinus rhythm and noncompromised mechanical ventilation.