Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
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Traumatic brain injuries are at present remaining an important worldwide medical problem due to substantial percentages of incapacitation and lethality, especially among people of working age. All therapeutic interventions in TBI and their timeliness and efficacy depend on timely and quality diagnosis of patient’s condition, including laboratory parameters of blood and urine. The aim: To assess for peculiar patterns in changes of NO gas transmitter levels in patients with severe traumatic brain injury during the treatment period and to investigate into its relationship with nuclease enzymes in the context of various treatment outcomes. ⋯ The findings of this work can be used when making a diagnosis/selecting an optimal treatment schedule and predicting the sequelae of traumatic brain injury in a patient, which may cumulatively minimize the impact of the injury.
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The most common method of local anesthesia of maxillofacial region in the modern surgical practice is conductive anesthesia of the peripheral branches of trigeminal nerve. In order to reach the total anesthesia of the lateral facial region it is necessary to block not only auriculo-temporal and buccal nerves, but also facial branches of great auricular nerve taking part in the innervation of parotid-masticatory area and the part of the cheek. Topographic-anatomical investigations of corpses revealed the anatomical variability of the branching of great auricular nerve on the neck and the head. Taking into account the topographic-anatomical aspects of variability of innervation of the lateral facial region, we developed the method of conductive anesthesia of the facial branches of great auricular nerve. ⋯ The results of the research confirm that the developed method of conductive anesthesia of the facial branches of great auricular nerve is more effective in comparison to methods of anesthesia commonly used in today dentistry surgical practice. It allows to reach the total anesthesia of the soft tissues of the parotid-masticatory region in 92,3 % patients with different face shapes.
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Introduction: Cardiac arrhythmia often occurs in the gestational period of pregnant women, contributing to the development of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and perinatal pathology, which requires a more thorough examination of pregnant women and antiarrhythmic treatment, which in turn increases the risk of complications pregnancy and childbirth. Many types of arrhythmias occur in women without structural damage to the cardiovascular system. The aim is to study the occurrence of cardiac rhythm disturbances in healthy pregnant women, depending on the gestational age, the number of previous pregnancies, infectious diseases during pregnancy, and arrhythmia analysis, which required antiarrhythmic treatment. Materials and methods: Retrospectively 60 individual cards of pregnant women were studied. An ECG monitoring was performed to identify the arrhythmia. ⋯ Conclusions: Most violations of the heart rate occurred in the second trimester of pregnancy. With concomitant anemia, sinus tachycardia is significantly more common, and sinus bradycardia is associated with an enlarged uterus in compression of the inferior vena cava. With the increase in the number of pregnancies, the risk of heart rhythm disturbances increases. However, the past infectious diseases of the bronchopulmonary system during pregnancy did not significantly affect the occurrence of rhythm disturbances. The appointment of antiarrhythmic drugs was observed in all pregnant women whose cards were included in the study.
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Introduction: General anaesthesia is carried out using anaesthetic agents that among others depress the circulatory system and CNS. Central and peripheral thermoregulation occurs, which is due to mild hypothermia as well as changes in skin moisture. An important element of therapy in the perioperative period is adequate intravenous fluid therapy, which affects the final effects of treatment. The aim: Evaluation of skin moisture as a result of changes in central and peripheral thermoregulation during general anaesthesia and evaluation of the hydration status of patients. ⋯ Conclusions: 1 Measurement of skin moisture can be used as one of the parameters to assess perioperative stress and changes in body temperature during general anaesthesia, which indirectly determines the functioning of the hypothalamus. 2 By measuring the skin moisture it is possible to indirectly assess the hydration status of patients as well as the decrease of the metabolism during general anaesthesia. 3 The decrease in skin moisture during general anaesthesia is the effect of changes in central and peripheral thermoregulation.
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Introduction: Burns are a huge problem for public health and a challenge for healthcare systems all around the world. They are responsible for 180.000 deaths worldwide each year. In order to ensure high quality treatment and rehabilitation of these patients burn centres are established in many countries. Another vital factor influencing the prognosis of patients with burns is quick transport that in many countries, including Poland is carried out by Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). The aim: To describe the operations carried out by HEMS with particular stress put on the target medical facility. ⋯ Conclusions: Presented results showed that HEMS crews are more often assigned to help ground-based Medical Rescue Teams in case of patients who required treatment in burn centres. Moreover, the time and distance to the hospital with burn ward was significantly longer compared to other healthcare facilities. This confirms that the assigning of HEMS crews for the patients with severe burns was reasonable.