Publications by authors named "Katarzyna Wasilczuk"
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- The study investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected asthma outcomes in children, comparing data from asthmatic children to non-asthmatic children.
- Results showed that during the pandemic, children with asthma had fewer respiratory infections, emergency visits, and hospitalizations, with a significant number experiencing improved asthma control.
- The findings suggest that reduced exposure to asthma triggers and better treatment adherence may have contributed to these improvements, highlighting the potential for environmental control to enhance childhood asthma management.
Given a better quality of life and extended life expectancy in patients with immune suppression, the number of immunocompromised travellers is constantly growing. The aim of the article is to discuss travel-related health problems in immunocompromised patients, their most common destinations and reasons to travel, as well as complications associated with travel to regions with harsh environmental conditions. The article focuses on selected groups of immunocompromised travellers (ICTs), i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the article is to discuss issues associated with the occurrence of febrile illnesses in leisure and business travellers, with a particular emphasis on fevers of unknown origin (FUO). FUO, apart from diarrhoeas, respiratory tract infections and skin lesions, are one of the most common health problems in travellers to tropical and subtropical countries. FUO are manifestations of various diseases, typically of infectious or invasive aetiology.
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