Gastritis - facts and doubts.

Introduction: Many clinicians consider chronic gastritis to be equivalent to infection. However, it is known that there are numerous other causes of the condition.

Aim: Determination of the incidence of gastritis in patients with dyspepsia referred for diagnostic endoscopy of the upper part of the digestive tract, identification of the parts of the stomach most frequently affected by the inflammation, as well as the impact of an insufficient number of collected samples on the correct diagnosis.

[Risk factors of graft-versus-host disease in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation].

Background: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the most common and most serious complication of allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of GVHD after allogeneic HSCT depending on the diagnosis and risk factors.

Material And Methods: The study group comprised 78 patients aged 18 to 61 in whom allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic stem cell in the Department and Clinic of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases of Medical University in Warsaw (Poland) was performed.

Quality of life of children with mitral valve prolapse.

Objective: The aim of our prospective study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and the impact of clinical symptoms on HRQOL.

Methods: Sixty-seven patients with primary MVP aged 8-18 years were studied and compared with 31 healthy children. All children completed the polish version of KIDSCREEN-27.

Impaired glucose metabolism in colorectal cancer.

Objective: Some studies have found that people with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of neoplasms, especially colorectal cancer (CRC). In other studies it is also suggested that there is a higher incidence of diabetes mellitus in patients with CRC. The aims of this study were to assess whether the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are higher in subjects with CRC and to determine the difference between diabetic subjects and healthy controls regarding glucose metabolism (glycaemia, insulinaemia, serum levels of C-peptide) as well as insulin resistance and sensitivity.

[Pancreastatin secretion stimulation in healthy volunteers].

According to animal studies pancreastatin (PST), a peptide that is secreted by numerous neroendocrine cells, inhibits insulin secretion and has a hyperglycaemic and glycogenolytic effect. However, physiologic role of PST in carbohydrate metabolism remains unclear. In order to determine the best stimulus of PST secretion, four different stimulations of GI tract were carried out in 10 healthy volunteers: oral glucose loading test, intravenous glucose loading test, intravenous glucagon infusion and standard meal loading test.

[The evaluation of results of the surgical treatment in patients with otosclerosis].

The authors presents hearing results in 216 patients with otosclerosis surgical treated. Averaged cochlear reserve in relation to the bone conduction determined before operation was used in this study. The follow-up was 2 months-10 years.