The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on the Quality of Life of Patients With Multiple Myeloma.

Introduction: The majority of patients with advanced neoplasms have religious/spiritual needs, and for most of them religion and/or spirituality is important. The psychology of religion and spirituality is one the forms of support offered to patients with advanced cancer. R/S are factors which impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Avatrombopag increased platelet count in a patient with chronic immune thrombocytopenia refractory to multiple lines of treatment.

We present a case of a 30-year-old man suffering from chronic refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) from early childhood. The patient was treated with all the therapeutic methods available in Poland, without platelet response: corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, splenectomy, cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, rituximab, ciclosporin A, romiplostim, and eltrombopag. He continued to function persistently with deep thrombocytopenia, symptoms of hemorrhagic diathesis, and one episode of spontaneous subarachnoid bleeding.

Immune Thrombocytopenia: Characteristics of the Population and Treatment Methods-One-Center Experience.

Background:  Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a disease with variable clinical presentation, requiring different treatment lines.

Aim:  The study aimed to characterize a group of ITP patients in terms of clinical picture and disease treatment, as well as to present the current standard of care of ITP in Poland, in the context of local and international guidelines.

Materials And Methods:  The study included adult patients diagnosed with ITP, treated at the Department of Haematology of the Jagiellonian University Hospital in Krakow from January 2006 to January 2021.

Congenital dysfibrinogenemia as a rare cause of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding.

<b>Introduction: </b>Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common disease that surgeons encounter in everyday clinical practice. It is most often easy to diagnose and treat. However, rare causes of bleeding can lead to delayed diagnosis and ineffective treatment.