Platelets level variability during the first year after liver transplantation in the risk prediction model for recipients mortality.

Introduction And Objectives: Many scoring systems in liver diseases use static values of liver function parameters. These parameters may change significantly in liver transplant (LTx) recipients over time due to various processes. The study was aimed at building a new model for survival prediction after LTx based on variability of selected parameters.

[Respiratory tract burn injuries].

Respiratory tract burns are one of the most serious injuries of human organism. They often accompany severe skin burns, increasing morbidity and mortality. Pathologic events happening in the lungs in the course of inhalation injury consist of: edema and necrosis of bronchial mucosa, increase of bronchial blood flow and vascular permeability, recruitment of inflammatory mediators, and obturation of bronchial tract with the casts composed of mucus, tissue debris, neutrophils and fibrin.