Pharmacoeconomic analysis of antibiotic therapy in surgical site infections .

Objective: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are considered to be one of the most common complications in operative treatment due to increased microbiological resistance. Having knowledge of the flora that most frequently cause SSIs in a given population allows for the implementation of effective empirical antibiotic therapies. Such an approach leads to a decrease in both time and costs associated with SSI treatment.

Evaluation of the intima-media complex in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

The Aim Of The Study: The aim of the study was to determine whether there are any differences in the intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries between the group of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the control group, and whether these differences are a consequence of SLE or independent factors of atherosclerosis development.

Material And Methods: The patients were divided into three groups: the study group (n = 25, mean age: 39.8 years) consisting of patients suffering from SLE; the subgroup (n = 13, mean age: 39.

[The assessment of urinary nicotine metabolites concentration in children and teenagers with oesophagitis].

Tobacco smoke is important pathogenetic agent of stomach digestive and duodenum ulcers, oesophagitis as well as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. The aim of work was the assessment of urinary nicotine metabolites concentration in children and teenagers diagnosed and treated in Paediatrics Chair of Medical University of Silesia by chronic stomach pains, or oesophagitis and gastrooesophageal reflux disease symptoms. Urine was sampled from 54 persons before gastrofiberoscopy, in which the main nicotine metabolites concentration was determined by ELISA method and given per creatinine concentration.