Survival prognostic factors in patients with colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis treated with cytoreductive surgery and intraoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a single institution experience.

Purpose: The aim of this research was to examine overall (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis (CRC-PC), treated with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and intraoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), as well as to analyse factors of prognostic significance.

Methods: We included 61 patients with pathological/and computerized tomography (CT) confirmation of CRC-PC, treated with CRS+HIPEC from 2005 to 2012. Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) score was used for quantitative assessment of the CRC-PC extent.

Unilateral follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with unique KRAS mutation in struma ovarii in bilateral ovarian teratoma: a rare case report.

Background: Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare form of ovarian mature teratoma in which thyroid tissue is the predominant element. Because of its rarity, the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant SO has not been clearly defined. It is believed that malignant transformation of SO has similar molecular features with and its prognosis corresponds to that of malignant tumors originating in the thyroid.

Vitamin D in the light of current knowledge.

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[Arias icterus--prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia caused by breast milk].

Introduction: Breast milk jaundice occurs in 1-2% of healthy breast-fed newborns and young infants. It develops as the result of liver immaturity and the inhibitory effect of mother's milk to the clearance of unconjugated bilirubin.

Objective: The paper analyzes variations in the level and length of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in breast-fed infants.

[Variations in the concentration of total human milk proteins in the first month of lactation].

Introduction: Human milk proteins are maximally adapted to physiological needs of a neonate. Thus, depending on the speed of the neonatal growth and development, the content of milk proteins changes, both in quantity and quality.

Objective: The study was conducted in order to determine variations of total protein concentrations in milk in the first and third lactation week in lactating mothers of term and preterm neonates.

[Rotavirus gastroenteritis].

Rotavirus is the main etiological agent that causes severe diarrheal diseases in newborns and young children up to two years. Every year, about one million children around the globe die of dehydration caused by Rotaviruses. The problem is even bigger in underdeveloped and developing countries.

[Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses in preschool children].

Numerous epidemiological studies, conducted in both developed and developing countries, have shown that the rotavirus is an important aetiological agent in severe diarrhoeal diseases among preschool children. In recent years, different biochemical techniques for the genetic and phenotypic analysis of rotaviruses have been developed. The aim of this study was to define the biological and genetic differences among rotaviruses isolated from the faeces of affected children, by using the Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis technique, as well as to type the viruses and establish the number of strains circulating within our population.

[Clinical manifestations of cow milk protein intolerance in infants].

Introduction: The disorder of cow milk protein intolerance is characterised by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by hypersensitivity of type I, II, or IV, and occurs in 2-3% of children, mostly infants.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present our experiences and observations of clinical signs and symptoms of cow milk protein intolerance in infants aged below 12 months.

Method: The investigation was carried out on a sample of 55 infants, aged between 1.