Over-the-counter antipyretics use among children from Southeastern Poland.

Background: Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are becoming increasingly popular. However, little is known about parents' practices concerning the use of OTC antipyretics in children. This paper aimed to study the habits and knowledge of parents regarding the use of OTC antipyretics in their offspring, considering the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the families.

Delirium Post-Stroke: Short- and Long-Term Effect on Depression, Anxiety, Apathy and Aggression (Research Study-Part of PROPOLIS Study).

Background: Stroke patients are particularly vulnerable to delirium episodes, but very little is known about its subsequent adverse mental health outcomes. The author's objective was to explore the association between in-hospital delirium and depression, anxiety, anger and apathy after stroke.

Methods: A total of 750 consecutive patients with acute stroke or transient ischemic attack, were screened for delirium during hospitalization.

Variability of water chemistry in Tundra Lakes, Petuniabukta Coast, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Samples of water from small tundra lakes located on raised marine terraces on the eastern coast of Petuniabukta (Ebbadalen, Central Spitsbergen) were examined to assess the changes in water chemistry that had occurred during the summer seasons of 2001-2003 and 2006. The unique environmental conditions of the study region include the predominance of sedimentary carbonate and sulphate rocks, low precipitation values, and an active permafrost layer with a maximum thickness of 1.2 m.

[Risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in newborns treated in neonatal intensive care unit of University Children's Hospital Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University].

Background: A persistent progress in perinatal care and a large increase in infants' survival rate have been observed recently. As a result, the number of neonates requiring ophthalmologic examinations due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) increased as well.

Method: A retrospective survey including 206 neonates with mean birth weight 1342 g and mean gestational age 30 weeks.

Trisomy 8 mosaicism syndrome.

Authors present the case of a 15-year-old boy assessed for Marfan syndrome for many years. The child was treated because of skeletal defects, mild mental deficiency and dysmorphic features of face. Chromosomal analysis showed a trisomy 8 mosaicism.