Anxiety associated with parachute jumping as the cause of blood red-ox balance impairment.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the effect of anxiety associated with parachute jumps on selected redox balance parameters in regular soldiers from airborne forces. The study allows estimating whether the paratroopers exposed to high level of mental stress are simultaneously under severe oxidative stress.

Methods: The investigations were carried out on 46 professional soldiers from airborne forces divided into groups depending on the number of performed parachute jumps.

Value of D-dimer and HDL cholesterol concentrations in predicting the occurrence of acute pulmonary embolism.

Unlabelled: Pulmonary embolism (PE) usually is a clinical manifestation of venous thromboembolism. The lack of simple and safe laboratory test to confirm or exclude PE is a problem that slows down the diagnosis.

Aim: The aim of the study was the assessment the usefulness of D-dimer and HDL cholesterol concentration in predicting the occurrence of acute pulmonary embolism.

[Heart rate recovery after exercise in subjects undergoing cardiologic rehabilitation].

Unlabelled: Research indicates that slow heart rate recovery 1-2 minutes after exercise is a predictor of cardiovascular mortality, sudden mortality as well. It is hardly related to myocardial ischemia; most of all, it is related to impaired activities of the parasympathetic system. The purpose of this study was to assess HRR in subjects after a surgical treatment (percutaneous coronary intervention - PCI) of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), undergoing cardiologic rehabilitation.

Estimation of cell membrane properties and erythrocyte red-ox balance in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with occurrence of the many cardiovascular risk factors such as atherogenic dyslipidemia, visceral fat distribution, arterial hypertension and pro-thrombotic and pro-inflammatory status. In our study the effect of disorders that appear in MS on red-ox balance and erythrocyte cell membrane properties were estimated. The study comprised 50 patients with diagnosed MS and in 25 healthy subjects.

[Anxiety associated with parachute jumping].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to estimate an influence of parachute jumps on anxiety among professional soldiers from air-borne forces.

Material And Methods: The investigation was carried out on 46 professional soldiers from 16 Air-Borne Battalion, patients of outpatient department of 4495 Military Unit, men at 20 to 45 age, healthy--admitted to parachute jumping in air-borne forces. They were divided on groups according to a knowledge and an experience in parachuting.

[Resting heart rate in subjects with carbohydrate disorders].

Unlabelled: Large epidemiological studies conducted during last 25 years confirmed the importance of resting heart rate as an independent risk factor for total and cardiovascular mortality in females and males, both in overall population and in subjects with cardiovascular diseases such as arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction. The aim of the study was to evaluate the resting heart rate (HR) in subjects with carbohydrate disorders.

Material And Methods: The study comprised 112 subjects with carbohydrate disorders (54 females and 58 males), aged 30-78 (57.

[Estimation of pulse pressure in subjects with carbohydrate disorders].

Unlabelled: Carbohydrate disorders are important and independent risk factor for cardiovascular system diseases. Increased values of pulse pressure are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular complications and total mortality. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pulse pressure in subjects with carbohydrate disorders.

Antibacterial activity of thyme and lavender essential oils.

Strong antiseptic activity of essential oils has been known for a long time. The antibacterial activity of oils was tested against clinical bacterial strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia and Pseudomonas genera. The agar diffusion method was used for microbial growth inhibition at various concentrations of the oils from T.

Elements of oxidation/reduction balance in experimental hypothyroidism.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the decreased level of thyroid hormones on selected parameters of the oxidation/reduction balance by assessing the activity of antioxidant enzymes: superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px); the level of antioxidant vitamins (A, C, and E); and the concentration of compounds reacting with thiobarbituric acid (TBARS).

Material And Methods: Investigations involved 20 Belgian giant rabbits of both sexes. Hypothyroidism was induced by intragastric administration of thiamizole.

[Plasma nitric oxide and vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with metabolic syndrome and co-existing vascular complications].

Unlabelled: Subjects with metabolic syndrome (MS) are especially exposed to co-existing several cardiovascular risk factors. It's aggregated action leads to the endothelial damage. Tissue hipoxaemia increases VEGF synthesis.

[Vascular complications in patients with metabolic syndrome].

Unlabelled: All risk factors of metabolic syndrome (MS) are responsible for endothelial dysfunction what accelerate the development of atherosclerosis. It causes increased cardiovascular risk and development of cardiovascular complications in these subjects. The aim of the study was to assess the presence of vascular complications in subjects with MS.

[Poisoning with selected mushrooms with neurotropic and hallucinogenic effect].

Picking mushrooms, especially in summer and autumn, is still very popular in Poland. Despite raising awareness of poisonous mushrooms in the Polish society, year after year hospitals treat many patients diagnosed with poisoning with the most common toxic species of mushroom found in our country. Furthermore, growing interest in hallucinogenic mushrooms among young people has become a serious medical problem of our time.

[Poisonings with Amanita phalloides].

Amanita phalloides is the most dangerous, poisonous mushroom species in our climatic conditions. It is the cause of 90-95% of all deaths due to mushroom poisoning, a-Amanitin, a polymerase RNA II inhibitor, is mainly responsible for the Amanita phalloides toxic property. Inhibition of polymerase RNA II functioning in a transcription process is connected with inhibition biosynthesis of structural and enzymatic proteins in cells.

[Characteristic of metabolic syndrome in subjects with or without cardiovascular diseases].

Unlabelled: Identification of risk factors of metabolic syndrome (MS) as a part of primary prophylaxis allows early diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Secondary prophylaxis may lead to decreased number of complications and deaths resulting from cardiovascular diseases in subjects with MS.

The Aim Of The Study: To assess the risk factors of MS and incidence of MS in subjects with or without cardiovascular diseases.

Plasma total antioxidant activity in comparison with plasma NO and VEGF levels in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Introduction: The aim of our study was to estimate plasma antioxidant activity as well as plasma nitric oxide (NO) and vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with metabolic syndrome compared with healthy participants.

Material And Methods: Fifty patients (24 women and 26 men, mean age 55.9 + 11.