Change of the State of the Natural Antioxidant Barrier of a Body and Psychological Parameters in Patients Aged above 60.

Background: The goal of this study is to assess the natural antioxidant barrier of the organism and selected psychological aspects of the aging process in patients above 60 years old.

Methods: The study included a total of 52 patients aged above 60 (mean age 67 ± 3.4) and 32 healthy subjects (mean age 22 ± 3.

Comparison of serum prohepcidin and iron metabolism parameters in obese and non-obese elderly individuals.

Introduction: Current knowledge indicates that there is a close connection between being overweight, obesity and iron metabolism disorders,but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Hepcidin could be a major contributor to poor iron status observed in the obese population.

Material And Methods: The study was performed in 58 obese elderly individuals (F/M 34/24) aged 65-91 (78.

Serum prohepcidin and other iron metabolism parameters in elderly patients with anemia of chronic disease and with iron deficiency anemia.

Introduction: The diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in the context of the anemia of chronic disease (ACD) in elderly patients is often difficult due to the existence of many disorders. Recent studies have shown that hepcidin measurement (combined with the existing diagnostic methods) may possibly help in the differential diagnosis of IDA and ACD.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the differential diagnostic value of serum prohepcidin in elderly patients with IDA and ACD.

[Serum prohepcidin and other iron metabolism parameters in healthy adults].

Unlabelled: Hepcidin is a newly discovered iron metabolism regulator. It decreases iron absorption from the duodenal enterocytes and inhibits its release from the reticuloendothelial macrophages. The experiments on hepcidin and its precursor--prohepcidin seem very promising and underline the need to establish the reference intervals for these proteins and define the effects of age and sex on their concentrations.

[Risk factors and frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients operated under general anesthesia].

Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting belong to fairly frequent postoperative complications, but they occupy a distant position on the list of complications, which most probably result from a general conviction that they do not pose a direct threat to patients.

Objective: The objective of this work is specification of factors facilitating occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and determination of frequency of their occurrence in patients operated under general anesthesia.

Material And Methods: Questionnaire about the occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), was carried out and included 253 adult sick persons (102 female and 151 male patients), in the age between 23-76 (average 42.

[Effects of combined spinal-epidural anesthesia in patients undergoing abdominal aorta aneurysms stent-grafting].

We present the anesthetic combined spinal-epidural management of two patients undergoing endovascular abdominal aorta aneurysm stent-graft procedure. Due to many concomitant diseases: high blood pressure, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, diabetes and obesity both patients were of high anesthesia risk. With no need for abdominal surgical opening, anesthetic muscles relaxation and intraoperative ventilatory support, CSEB was a method of choice.

[Usefulness of urapidil during intraoperative rise of arterial blood pressure in patients operated under general anesthesia].

Materials And Methods: Urapidil was administered in 69 patients aged between 46-79 age (average 62.7 +/- 8.4 age) to control intra-operative increase in arterial blood pressure accompanying endotracheal intubation, extubation, wakening of the patients, incision of abdominal integument and clamping of abdominal aorta.