Purcell-enhanced x-ray scintillation.

Scintillation materials convert high-energy radiation to optical light through a complex multistage process. The last stage of the process is spontaneous light emission, which usually governs and limits the scintillator emission rate and light yield. For decades, scintillator research focused on developing faster-emitting materials or external photonic coatings for improving light yields.

Results of surgical treatment of myelomeningocele.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to analyse the long-term outcome of children and adolescents born with myelomeningocele.

Material And Methods: Sixty-six children aged from 3 to 21 years old, all patients of the Paediatric Surgery Clinic of the Medical Academy in Białystok, were evaluated. The hospital records were reviewed and data was obtained from parents, using a questionnaire designed by authors.

Educational and nursing problems of parents of children with stoma.

In children, it is usually one of the stages of treatment of lower alimentary congenital defects. Such patients require long-term professional medical and nursing attention as well as solicitous care of the parents at home. The aim of the study was the analysis of educational and nursing problems that are faced by parents of children with stoma, the influence of a nurse on the quality of their care, and determination of nurse educational assignment in preparing the parents for the care at home.

[Neonatal ovarian cysts].

Objectives: Ovarian cysts are frequently find in fetuses and neonates. The optimal management of neonatal simple ovarian cysts is still a matter of discussion.

Materials: Authors present four cases of neonatal ovarian cysts treated in Pediatric Surgery Clinic of Medical Academy in Bialystok in the period of 2002-2003.

Quality of life and psychomotor development after surgical treatment of hydrocephalus.

The purpose of this report is to analyse the long-term outcome in hydrocephalic children treated by shunt insertion, in particular their psycho-intellectual development and quality of life. We studied 46 patients aged 3 - 21, who had been operated on in the Department of Paediatric Surgery of the Medical University of Bialystok between 1982 - 2000 and had had ventriculo-peritoneal shunts inserted during their first year of life. Data from anamnesis and medical documentation were analysed.