Molecular biomarkers for neuromuscular disorders - challenges and future perspectives.

There is an ever-growing need for molecular biomarkers in assessing clinical course and diagnosing neuromuscular disorders, as well as in monitoring drug therapy. With the development of high throughput techniques, there has been an acceleration in the discovery of potential biomarkers. It is quite easy to find potential candidates, but difficult to validate them and translate into a clinical setting.

Giant hiatal hernias.

Dyspnoea is most often caused by disorders of the respiratory and/or cardiovascular systems. Much less often it is brought about by the displacement of abdominal organs into the thoracic cage. Hiatal hernias may give rise to diagnostic difficulties, as both clinical and radiological symptoms suggest different disorders.

Clinical Manifestations of Huge Diaphragmatic Hernias.

Translocation of abdominal organs into the thoracic cavity may cause dyspnea, heart disorders, and gastric symptoms. Diaphragmatic hernias can cause diagnostic difficulties, since both clinical and radiological symptoms might imitate different disorders. In these cases computed tomography of the chest is the method of choice.

Test for screening olfactory function in children.

Objective: The research determining odors recognizable by children from Poland and Eastern Europe has not been widely described in the literature. The aim of the study was to determine the odors recognizable by Polish children which could be used in a screening olfactory test.

Methods: The study was performed in Children's Hospital in Warsaw.