Publications by authors named "Kluzik A"
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- The study investigates elderly patients (over 80 years old) in Polish ICUs, aiming to understand their clinical features and outcomes.
- Researchers collected data from 371 patients, comparing frail (CFS > 4) to non-frail patients and assessing mortality rates.
- Findings indicate higher ICU and 30-day mortality in frail patients, with clinical frailty scale (CFS) and SOFA score being significant predictors of ICU mortality.
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- A study was conducted to evaluate if the tendency to limit life-sustaining treatment (LST) among elderly patients in Poland increased from 2016-2017 to 2018-2019.
- The research involved analyzing data from two cohorts of critically ill patients aged over 80, finding that the prevalence of LST limitations rose from 16.1% to 20.5% over the years.
- Although the increase wasn't statistically significant in basic analyses, further investigation showed a stronger inclination to limit LST in the later cohort, along with higher mortality and longer hospital stays for patients with LST limitations.
Autoresuscitation is a phenomenon of the heart during which it can resume its spontaneous activity and generate circulation. It was described for the first time by K. Linko in 1982 as a recovery after discontinued cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCentral venous catheters are essential elements enabling the treatment of intensive care unit patients. However, these catheters are sometimes colonised by both bacteria and fungi, and thus, they may become a potential source of systemic infections-catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). The identification of the pathogen responsible for CRBSI is a time-consuming process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this article was to test time perspective as a moderator of the relationship between pain before surgery and acute postoperative pain. Time perspective (ZTPI) and pain before surgery (SF-MPQ) were assessed pre-operatively in 112 patients. The results suggest that past-negative time perspective and fatalistic perspective are significant moderators of the link between preoperative pain and acute postoperative pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to predict acute postsurgical pain and coping with pain following surgery based on preoperative time perspectives. Time perspective is a basic dimension of psychological time. It is a tendency to focus on a particular time area: the past, the present and the future.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Controlled induced hypotension guarantees less blood loss and better visibility of the surgical site. The impact of hypotension on post-operative cognitive functions is still being discussed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of controlled induced hypotension on the cognitive functions of patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to examine the phonological functioning (reading speed and accuracy) of hospital patients under general anaesthesia administered during colonoscopy.
Methods: In this study the 'Łatysz' non-word reading test was used to measure the impact of selected anaesthetics on the phonological aspect of language processing (defined as decoding without referring to the meaning) in a group of 22 anaesthetised patients compared to 23 non-anaesthetised patients from university clinics.
Results: Compared to the preoperative performance, a decrease in reading accuracy and reading speed was observed only in the Anaesthesia Group - AG (in the subjects aged ≥ 35 years) 1.
Background: Human cognitive functioning can be assessed using different methods of testing. Age, level of education, and gender may influence the results of cognitive tests.
Material And Methods: The well-known Trail Making Test (TMT), which is often used to measure the frontal lobe function, and the experimental test of Interval Timing (IT) were compared.
Introduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate two measures in a cognitive examination: psychomotor function and the perception of time (PT) in patients after intravenous anesthesia for endoscopic procedures. Material and Methods.
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- The study compared a new monitor module for measuring auditory evoked potentials (BAEP and MLAEP) with an established device to see if it could serve as a replacement.
- The results indicated that while BAEP latencies were shorter and amplitudes higher with the established device (Neuropack), MLAEP latencies were similar between devices but they showed considerable variability, making them not interchangeable.
- Overall, while the new system (S/5) cannot provide reliable diagnostic values, it is still effective for monitoring changes in patients during anesthesia.
[Effect of the selected parameters on the development of postoperative cognitive dysfunction].
Anestezjol Intens Ter
June 2009
Background: Surgery and anaesthesia may account for postoperative complications such as cognitive impairment, depression, and delay of convalescence. The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of different risk factors on cognitive performance and emotional state.
Methods: This study included patients received general anaesthesia for various abdominal, urogenital and vascular surgery.