Comparison of the Effectiveness of Body Surface Area Estimation Formulas in Predicting the Risk of Death in Patients with Heart Failure.

: Body surface area is one of the most important anthropometric parameters in medicine. The study's primary objective is to compare the consistency of the BSA estimation results through applying available formulas. Other objectives include determining the ability of these formulas to discriminate between death and survival in patients, comparing the formulas' diagnostic features, and investigating whether the risk associated with a low BSA is independent of BMI.

The Factors Influencing the Concentration of Histamine in Jarred Baby Foods Containing Fish, Considering Evaluation of Daily Histamine Intake.

Histamine is one of the biogenic amines produced naturally in the human body, but also in foods, especially those rich in protein. Exogenous and endogenous histamine is subject to degradation in vivo, but in the case of sensitive groups, including children, these degradation processes may be less intense, resulting in adverse health effects from histamine excess. The aim of the study was to determine the histamine content in jarred baby foods containing fish, taking into account the selected product characteristics and storage conditions.

Spot Urinary Creatinine Concentration in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Identifies a Distinct Muscle-Wasting Phenotype with a Strikingly Different Risk of Mortality.

Background: There is a raising awareness that heart failure (HF) is a highly heterogeneous, multiorgan syndrome with an increasing global prevalence and still poor prognosis. The comorbidities of HF are one of the key reasons for presence of various phenotypes with different clinical profile and outcome. Heterogeneity of skeletal muscles (SMs) quantity and function may have an impact on patient's phenotype.

Prognostic Value of Spot Urinary Creatinine Concentration and Its Relationship with Body Composition Parameters in HF Patients.

Background: Low 24-h urinary excretion of creatinine in patients with heart failure (HF) is believed to reflect muscle wasting and is associated with a poor prognosis. Recently, spot urinary creatinine concentration (SUCR) has been suggested as a useful prognostic factor in selected HF cohorts. This more practical and cheaper approach has never been tested in an unselected HF population.

Long-term prognostic scores may underestimate the risk of death in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in whom red cell distribution width is elevated.

Introduction: Risk prediction in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is one of the key challenges for clinicians. Novel biomarkers aggregating several important pathophysiological pathways may modify the diagnostic discrimination of validated scores. The red cell distribution width (RDW) is a cheap and easily available measure of anisocytosis, and was shown to have a strong independent prognostic power in short- and medium‑term prognosis in HFrEF.

The attitude of Polish consumers toward food irradiation as one of the methods of food preservation.

Background: Food irradiation is one of the methods of food preservation. Unfortunately, despite many opinions from national and international organizations that confirm the safety of the irradiation technique, the irradiated food market is slowly developing, which is particularly noticeable in European countries, including Poland.

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine the attitude of Polish consumers toward irradiated food and to find out whether familiarizing the respondents with educational materials on the irradiation technique would change their attitudes.

I Am the 1 in 10-What Should I Eat? A Research Review of Nutrition in Endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a chronic, painful, estrogen-related inflammatory disease that affects approximately 10% of the female population. Endometriosis has a significant negative impact on quality of life. Nutrition may be involved in the development and severity of endometriosis.

Calcium and vitamin D content in the menus offered to elderly people during spa treatment in Krynica-Zdrój resort.

Background: Calcium and Vitamin D are key nutrients in the diet of elderly people due to osteoporosis. One of the places where seniors, through observation, can gain knowledge on how to compose a meal to make it wholesome is a sanatorium that combines spa treatment and rehabilitation with diet therapy.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the menus in terms of the content of calcium and vitamin D in the meals consumed by the elderly people during spa treatment in the health resort and to compare the results with the Polish Dietary Reference Values.

Binge eating disorder and stress level among patients attending nutrition counseling.

Introduction: binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by eating much more than what most people would eat under similar circumstances. Inability to cope with stress and emotions may be the reason for BED episodes. Objective: to assess the level of stress and BED severity based on the number of episodes of compulsive overeating among patients attending nutrition counseling.

Higher Serum Phosphorus Is Not an Independent Risk Factor of Mortality in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.

Higher serum phosphorus has detrimental health effects. Even high-normal rage sP is associated with worse outcomes. The relationship of serum phosphorus with prognostic markers in heart failure remains unclear.

Nutritional and Non-Nutritional Predictors of Low Spot Urinary Creatinine Concentration in Patients with Heart Failure.

Low spot urinary creatinine concentration (SUCR) is a marker of muscle wasting and clinical outcome. The risk factors for low SUCR in heart failure (HF) remain poorly understood. We explored the risk factors for low SUCR related to poor outcomes.

Relationship between chronotype and consumption of stimulants.

Consumption of some stimulants may lead to health problems. The aim of the study was to identify a potential correlation between extreme chronotypes and the tendency to use various stimulants. The preferred time of consumption was also checked, both on working and nonworking days.

Assessment of calcium and vitamin D content in meals served for preschool children attending to kindergartens in some Silesian cities.

Background: Adequate nutrition is one of the most important factors for influencing growth and development of children. Providing adequate amounts of minerals is extremely important in the developmental age, especially in periods of intensive growth. Calcium and vitamin D deficiency may have a negative impact on the health of children, both in the short and long term.

[Do the requirements included in the regulation on health and safety at school effectively prevent children from carrying too heavy schoolbags?].

Background: Excessive spinal load caused by a schoolbag has a major impact on the child's body posture. The National Sanitary Inspector recommends the limit of schoolbag weight as corresponding to 10-15% of the student's weight. The aim of the study was to assess the spinal load of children aged 6-9 years, caused by schoolbags, and to check if it meets the requirements expressed as a percentage of the child's weight.

The Association between Serum Levels of 25[OH]D, Body Weight Changes and Body Composition Indices in Patients with Heart Failure.

We try to determine the association between weight changes (WC), both loss or gain, body composition indices (BCI) and serum levels of 25[OH]D during heart failure (HF). WC was determined in 412 patients (14.3% female, aged: 53.

Comparison of Oxidative Stress Parameters in Heart Failure Patients Depending on Ischaemic or Nonischaemic Aetiology.

Background: Abnormalities in the oxidative and antioxidant states causing oxidative stress were both found in heart failure (HF) of various aetiologies and atherosclerosis.

Aim Of Study: The goals of the study were as follows: comparison of oxidative stress parameters (OSP) in ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) ( = 479) and nonischaemic cardiomyopathy (nICM) ( = 295) patients; assessment of the relationships of OSP with functional capacity (NYHA class), maximal oxygen consumption (max.O2), left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), and NT-proBNP concentration; and determination of the mutual relations of OSP in subgroups of patients with ICM and n-ICM.

Health inequalities among students of lower secondary schools in Bytom, Poland.

Introduction And Objective: Poverty and low level of education pose the biggest threats to public health. Moreover, they generate inequalities in public healthThe aim of the study was to check if there are any inequalities in health among teenagers living in Bytom, Poland.

Material And Methods: In 2011 and 2012, an epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,099 students from lower secondary schools from Bytom.

Exposure to impulse noise at an explosives company: a case study.

Impulse noise encountered in workplaces is a threat to hearing. The aim of this study was to assess the occupational exposure to impulse noise produced by detonation of dynamite on the premises of an explosives company. Test points were located on the blast test area (inside and outside the bunker) and in work buildings across the site.

[Ultraviolet exposure from indoor tanning devices as a potential source of health risks: Basic knowledge of the proper use of these devices for practical users, physicians and solarium staff].

Bearing in mind the adverse health effects of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in solarium, especially the risk of carcinogenesis, there is a need to adopt legal regulations by relevant Polish authorities. They should set out the principles for indoor tanning studios operation, supervision and service of the technical parameters of tanning devices and training programs to provide the staff with professional knowledge and other aspects of safety in these facilities. The mechanism of the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation on the human body, scale of overexposure, resulting from excessive sunbathing are described.

Impairment in Pain Perception in Adult Rats Lesioned as Neonates with 5.7-Dihydroxytryptamine.

Background: Whereas some studies have demonstrated the essential role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in tramadol and acetaminophen analgesia, other research has presented conflicting results. To dispel doubts, some aspects of the involvement of 5-HT in the antinociceptive properties of these drugs remain to be clarified.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether the serotoninergic system dysfunction produced by neonatal 5-HT lesion in rats may affect the antinociceptive effects of tramadol and acetaminophen administered in adulthood.

Perinatal manganese exposure and hydroxyl radical formation in rat brain.

The present study was designed to investigate the role of pre- and postnatal manganese (Mn) exposure on hydroxyl radical (HO(•)) formation in the brains of dopamine (DA) partially denervated rats (Parkinsonian rats). Wistar rats were given tap water containing 10,000 ppm manganese chloride during the duration of pregnancy and until the time of weaning. Control rat dams consumed tap water without added Mn.

Association between chemotherapy and plasma adipokines in patients with colorectal cancer.

Background: A link between chemotherapy, the serum level of selected adipokines and clinical outcome in colorectal patients was investigated.

Methods: Leptin, adiponectin, resistin, visfatin and insulin were measured by ELISA in colorectal cancer patients before and 3 months after the administration of cancer therapy. From August 2012 to August 2013, 34 patients with pathologically documented advanced colorectal cancer (T3/T4 with metastases or nodal status up to N3) and measurable metastatic disease, who required palliative chemotherapy based on the combination of 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan, were prospectively recruited in this study.

Coupling forces resulting from the type of chain saw used.

Introduction: Woodcutters' working conditions are difficult due to the presence of numerous occupational hazards. Petrol-fuelled chain saws commonly used in forestry produce vibration, which may lead to the development of non-specific disorders in the upper extremities of the chain saw operator, referred to as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). The magnitude of coupling forces exerted on a vibrating tool handle may affect the severity of HAVS and hand-wrist cumulative trauma disorders.

Ontogenetic manganese exposure with perinatal 6-OHDA lesioning alters behavioral responses of rats to dopamine D₁ and D2 agonist treatments.

The effect of neonatal manganese (Mn) exposure in a 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of Parkinson's disease was investigated. Pregnant Wistar rats were given drinking water with 10,000 ppm of Manganese (MnCl₂.4H₂O) from the time of conception until weaning on the 21st day after delivery.

Antinociceptive effects of H₃ (R-methylhistamine) and GABA(B) (baclofen)-receptor ligands in an orofacial model of pain in rats.

The present study explored the antinociceptive effects of H₃ (R-methylhistamine) and GABA(B) (baclofen) receptor ligands in an orofacial model of pain in rats. Orofacial pain was induced by subcutaneous injection of formalin (50 μl, 5 %) in the upper lip region, and the number of jumps and time spent face rubbing was recorded for 40 min. Formalin produced a marked biphasic pain response; first phase, 0-10 min (jumps), and second phase, 15-40 min, (rubbing).