Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Sep 2023
Meta AnalysisSeroconversion following a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in liver transplant recipients. A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Although it is well established that 2 doses of COVID‑19 vaccines are associated with reduced immune responses in liver transplant recipients (LTRs), studies regarding their immunogenicity and tolerability after a booster dose are limited. ⋯ Our meta‑analysis demonstrated that the third dose of COVID‑19 vaccines induced adequate humoral and cellular immune responses in LTRs, while MMF remained a negative predictor of immunologic responses.
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Sep 2023
ReviewNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-exacerbated respiratory disease: diagnosis and current management.
Nonsteroidal anti‑inflammatory drug-exacerbated respiratory disease (N‑ERD) is a unique and often clinically severe disease affecting a subgroup of adults with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, and respiratory reactions with exposure to all cyclooxygenase 1-inhibiting nonsteroidal anti‑inflammatory drugs. N‑ERD has a high disease burden and is estimated to affect 7% of adults with asthma and 30% of patients who have both asthma and nasal polyps. The disease is underdiagnosed and underrecognized by physicians on a routine basis, which leads to a delay in appropriate management. The goal of this review is to focus on the disease recognition, diagnosis, and different modes of up‑to‑date therapies, including medical management, surgical intervention, aspirin desensitization, and biologic therapy.
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Sep 2023
Impact of smoking on outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Smoking is a well‑established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However, in patients with ST‑segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), smoking has been associated with better clinical outcomes; this phenomenon became known as the "smoker's paradox." ⋯ In the present large‑scale, registry‑based analysis, the observed lower 36‑month crude rates of adverse events among the smokers, as compared with the nonsmokers, might be partially explained by a significantly lower burden of traditional risk factors and younger age of the smokers. After accounting for age and other baseline differences, smoking was found to be one of the independent risk factors for 36‑month mortality.
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Sep 2023
Effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccination in preventing COVID-19-associated death in Poland.
Development of vaccines was a turning point of the COVID‑19 pandemic. In this study, we describe the course of the vaccination program in Poland and the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine. ⋯ The study results confirm high effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine in preventing COVID‑19 deaths in all analyzed age groups.