Homeless people under the influence of alcohol admitted to hospital emergency departments in Poland.

Aim: To assess the incidence of diagnoses related to alcohol use in the population of homeless people admitted to hospital emergency departments (EDs).

Material And Method: Data were analysed from three hospitals concerning stays of homeless people in three EDs in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2013-2015; 3133 stays were identified. The data were compiled using Microsoft Excel and Statistica 10 statistical software.

Surgical site infection among patients after colorectal cancer surgery.

Wstęp: Zakażenie miejsca operowanego występuje u 2,5-22,3% operowanych chorych. Jest ono wykładnikiem jakości leczenia na oddziałach zabiegowych i ma duży wpływ na jego koszt. Materiał i metodyka: Analizie poddano chorych, u których w obserwacji 30-dniowej wystąpiło zakażenie miejsca operowanego.

Subjective and objective assessment of patients' compression therapy skills as a predicator of ulcer recurrence.

Aims And Objectives: To verify whether the subjectively and objectively assessed patient's skills in applying compression therapy constitute a predicting factor of venous ulcer recurrence.

Background: Systematic implementation of compression therapy by the patient is a core of prophylaxis for recurrent ulcers. Therefore, patient education constitutes a significant element of care.

Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study.

Introduction: Attempts to determine the quality of life are advisable in patients with ulcers as the group affected with this problem is relatively large. According to one Polish randomized trial, approximately 0.3-2% of the adult population suffers from active or healed venous ulcers.

The locus of pain control in patients with lower limb ulcerations.

Aims And Objectives: (1) To analyse the distribution of pain control profiles of individuals suffering from the lower limb ulcerations. (2) To identify sociodemographic and clinical factors determine the locus of pain control in this group of patients.

Background: The locus of pain control can play a critical role in determining the quality of life in patients with lower limb ulcerations, and identification of individuals with an unfavourable pain control profile would enable the opportunity of offering them dedicated psychological counselling.

Knowledge of symptoms and diagnostic possibilities of cancer diseases.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to analyse patients' knowledge in the field of neoplastic prophylaxis.

Material And Methods: The research was carried out between 2007 and 2008 in the Provincial Hospital in Bydgoszcz (i.e.

Randomized study assessing the influence of supervised exercises on ankle joint mobility in patients with venous leg ulcerations.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of a supervised programme of exercises on ankle joint mobility in patients with venous leg ulcerations.

Material And Methods: The study was carried out between 2008 and 2009 at the Venous Ulcer Treatment Outpatient Clinic and Clinic of General and Vascular Surgery of the Dr Jan Biziel University Hospital no. 2 in Bydgoszcz.

Comparison of the effectiveness of compression stockings and layer compression systems in venous ulceration treatment.

Introduction: The aim of the research was to compare the dynamics of venous ulcer healing when treated with the use of compression stockings as well as original two- and four-layer bandage systems.

Material And Methods: A group of 46 patients suffering from venous ulcers was studied. This group consisted of 36 (78.

The nutritional status of older adults with and without venous ulcers: a comparative, descriptive study.

The nutritional requirements of healthy people differ from those who have chronic wounds and while it is generally suggested that the nutritional status of persons with chronic wounds must be addressed, actual data about the nutritional status of older adults with venous ulcers is limited. The nutritional status of hospitalized older adults (n = 40, average age 77 +/- 7.4) with vascular disease was compared to randomly selected outpatients with venous insufficiency ulcers (n = 37, average age 70.

[The guidelines for the effective prevention of pressure ulcers].

The pressure ulcers belong to hard healing chronic wounds which can be the cause of heavy systemic complications delaying recovery to health and exposing patients to psychophysical suffering. They increase the demand for medical care and cause the growth of general costs of treatment and hospitalization. The most subjected to the development of bedsores are long-term immobilized and severely ill patients.