The intervertebral discs' fibrocartilage as a DNA source for genetic identification in severely charred cadavers.

Identifying charred human remains poses a challenge to forensic laboratories. High temperature completely incinerates the superficial tissues and partially destroys bones, forcing the forensics to seek an alternative, for bones and teeth, forensic material that should quickly and cheaply deliver DNA of sufficient quantity and quality. We sought, other than rib cartilage, types of cartilages that could serve as a DNA source.

Medico-legal analysis of cases of children who died suddenly due to pneumonia undiagnosed in their lifetime.

Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of children's hospitalization and death. The aim of the study was a medico-legal analysis of children who died suddenly due to pneumonia undiagnosed in their lifetime. The research was of a retrospective character and consisted in an analysis of prosecution files.

Quality of Life of Patients with Arterial Hypertension.

Symptoms of hypertension with accompanying complications result in a significant reduction in patients' quality of life. Effective conduct of prescribed pharmacotherapy supported by a healthy lifestyle allows to achieve satisfactory effects of treatment, which translates into an improvement in the quality of life of patients. The aim of the work was to determine the quality of life of patients with hypertension and the factors affecting it.

The epidemiology of comorbidities among multiple sclerosis patients in northeastern Poland.

Background: To determine and compare comorbidity levels in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population in Poland using a matched cohort from the general population.

Methods: We compared our database (standardized medical histories and medical records) from a MS center at the Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland) with local National Health Fund (NHF) data (all patients presenting to healthcare facilities with a diagnosis of MS (ICD 10: G35)). We identified 1299 MS cases from the NHF data and 952,434 age and geographically matched controls.

Traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage or ruptured brain aneurysm in 16-year-old boy? - case report.

Traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage (TBSAH) represents only 1.8% of all subarachnoid haemorrhage cases diagnosed during autopsy. This report presents such a case from the current practice of the authors.

Clinical evaluation of children with ulcerative colitis treated between 2013-2015 - own experience.

Aim: Evaluation of the changes in the endoscopic, laboratory and clinical status in children with ulcerative colitis (UC) with regard to the duration of the disease.

Material And Methods: 91 children with UC were involved in the study. Each of them had colonoscopy and their laboratory values were tested.

Demographic characteristics of children with early clinical manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease.

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is a chronic condition of the colon and small intestine. The disease is common in young people (children and young adults), but it is rare in children younger than five years of age. Therefore, IBD developing during the first years of life (under the age of 5) is known as an early-onset IBD (EO-IBD), and it is considered to be a specific entity with a distinct phenotype.

[Efficacy and safety of cyclosporine in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in children - a retrospective study].

Aim: the aim of this study was to report single centre experience with cyclosporine used in treatment of children with inflammatory bowel disease with regard to safety and efficacy.

Methods: retrospective analysis included 23 patients, 21 with ulcerative colitis and 2 with Crohn's disease, aged 2.75 to 18.