Growth differentiation factor-15 and routine laboratory parameters are associated with one-year mortality in patients with end-stage heart failure undergoing heart transplantation evaluation.

Background: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a hormone that regulates inflammatory responses, tissue repair, and cardiac remodeling, the three key processes underlying the development and progression of heart failure (HF). Furthermore, GDF-15 integrates information from cardiac and extracardiac disease pathways that are linked to multiorgan dysfunction in advanced stages of HF.

Aim: This study aimed to determine which factors are associated with one-year mortality in patients with end-stage HF, with particular emphasis on GDF-15.

Evaluation of Psychological Resources of Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus During the Transition From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Clinics: Multicenter Cross-sectional Study.

Background: The transition period of patients with type 1 diabetes from pediatric to adult-oriented health care is associated with poorer glycemic control and less frequent clinic attendance. Fears and anxiety about the unknown, care approach differences in adult settings, and sadness about leaving the pediatric provider all contribute to a patient's reluctance to transition.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological parameters of young patients with type 1 diabetes transitioning to an adult outpatient clinic during the first visit.

Review of ticks attacking domestic dogs and cats, and their epidemiological role in the transmission of tick-borne pathogens in Poland.

Introduction And Objective: Progressive climate change plays a major role in the expansion of tick populations, as well as the transmission of tick-borne disease pathogens (TBPs) to humans and animals throughout the world. Zoonoses are a growing environmental problem of great importance for public health. In Poland, domestic dogs and cats are mainly infested by and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from the Ixodidae family.

Indications and techniques of corneal transplants performed in one center in Southern Poland, in the years 2001-2020.

Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate changes over a period of time in techniques and indications for corneal transplantation in a single center in Poland.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of corneal transplants performed at the Ophthalmology Department of the District Railway Hospital in Katowice in 2001-2020. Data on indications and surgical technique were collected.

OPINIONS OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS ON ART THERAPY IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR FUNCTIONING.

Objective: The aim: Our work aims to investigate the therapeutic effect of art on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) up to the age of 18 and to disseminate knowledge about its use as a part of therapy.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The authors created an anonymous online questionnaire addressed to parents and legal guardians of children and adolescents with and without ASD. The studied population comprised 190 subjects, of which 108 were a control group (children and adolescents without ASD) and 82 - a study group (children and adolescents with ASD).

Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis in Osteoarthritis Deformation of Ankle and Subtalar Joint: Evaluation of Treatment Results.

Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis (TTCA) is an increasingly used method of stiffening the ankle and subtalar joints in advanced degenerative deformities. The study group consisted of 19 men who were subjected to intramedullary and intraosseous arthrodesis using an intramedullary nail. The average age of patients was 46 (range 19-68) years.

IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL CARE AMONG ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS.

Objective: The aim: Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Polish society. The healthcare system, already overwhelmed in many countries, has been further burdened by the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The healthcare system has become inefficient, especially in the oncology care sector.

Asthma and delirium episodes during hospitalization.

Background: Delirium incidences during hospitalization are an important problem in elderly patients. The problem of delirium episodes in patients with obstructive disease during hospitalization was investigated.

Material And Methods: From a total of 37,156 subjects, the following were randomly selected: 32,261 patients with asthma, 4896 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and 5455 without obstructive disease.

Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) in patients with ovarian cancer.

Objectives: Ovarian cancer remains a very common cause of death among women worldwide. The cause is to be found in too late of a diagnostic process and therapeutic difficulties The presence of heat shock proteins in the serum of ovarian cancer patients is still a new area of study. It is necessary to continue studies on the possibilities for using these markers to predict a patient's response to a specific therapy and to monitor treatment progress.

Salivary gland lesions: diagnostic reliability and challenges of fine needle aspiration cytology.

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a valuable, safe and widely used method for preoperative diagnosis of salivary gland lesions. The diagnostic accuracy of FNAC is dependent on the quality and yield of the aspirate, as well as the experience and knowledge of the cytopathologist. 247 cases of FNAC of salivary gland lesions were performed in our 4-year retrospective study.

Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) Did Occur in Poland during Months with Low COVID-19 Prevalence, Preliminary Results of a Nationwide Register.

Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) is a new entity in children, likely associated with previous coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) infection. Most of the reports about PIMS come from countries particularly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim was to investigate the nature of inflammatory syndromes in Poland (country with low COVID-19 prevalence) and to perceive the emergence of PIMS in our country.

Lung Cancer Cytology: Can Any of the Cytological Methods Replace Histopathology?

Background: Diagnosis of lung cancer can be made in two ways: histopathological and cytopathological. Cytological methods in the diagnosis of lung lesions are generally thought to be one of the most successful tactics.

Aims: This study aimed at comparing the efficiency of selected cytological techniques in lung lesions by correlating them with histopathological diagnosis.