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№ 64Internal MedicineCase ReportOpen Access
Controversy concerning the existence of a benign form of neuromyelitis optica - case report

Controversy concerning the existence of a benign form of neuromyelitis optica - case report

Devic's disease (neuromyelitis optica, NMO) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system primarily damaging the spinal cord and optic nerves. Formerly considered a variant of multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis, NMO is now classified as a separate disease entity with a specific pathogenesis related to associated with reactivity against aquaporin 4.

Received 17 Jun 2013Accepted 18 Mar 2014Published 18 Aug 2014
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Ławik U., Juryńczyk M., Selma K.18 Aug 2014
№ 61Internal MedicineCase ReportOpen Access
Hemorrhagic shock leading to acute renal failure - the use of continuous renal replacement therapy

Hemorrhagic shock leading to acute renal failure - the use of continuous renal replacement therapy

Acute non-inflammatory renal failure (ONNN) can follow hypovolemic shock hemorrhagic. Renal replacement therapy techniques, such as continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF), are key elements of therapy, leading to improvement in the patient's condition and restoration of the pre-event physiology.

Received 27 Apr 2013Accepted 28 Mar 2014Published 16 May 2014
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Dobielski P., Gruszkowska K., Sikora P.16 May 2014
№ 60PediatricsCase ReportOpen Access
Cataracts in a patient with short-term type 1 diabetes - case report

Cataracts in a patient with short-term type 1 diabetes - case report

Cataract is the most common pathological condition of the lens of the eye, consisting of its partial or complete opacity. This pathology can occur spontaneously or on the background of other diseases. Diabetic cataracts rarely affect children, and already to the exceptional rarity are descriptions of cases of appearance of cataracts in children in the first year of the disease. These changes usually regress with the improvement of diabetes compensation.

Received 17 Jun 2013Accepted 03 Apr 2014Published 15 Apr 2014
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Suwała S., Szadkowska A.15 Apr 2014

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Stomach pain again!

A 13-year-old male patient presented to the Emergency Department (ED) accompanied by his mother, with a chief complaint of abdominal pain. According to the mother, the patient has…

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Shortness of breath, bad eyesight and that terrible pain

Do lekarza POZ zgłasza się 24-letni mężczyzna, skarżący się uczucie ogólnego zmęczenia oraz powtarzające się od 7 miesięcy napady duszności, ostrego kaszlu i bólu w klatce piersiow…

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Carpenter's injury

Na Szpitalny Oddział Ratunkowy zgłasza się mężczyzna z okolic Wrocławia, pracownik fizyczny, ubrany w odzież roboczą, zabrudzoną pyłem i śladami pracy. Według relacji pacjenta do u…

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I am training for a half marathon Mr. Doctor!

42-letni pacjent zgłosił się do szpitala z silnym bólem w prawym nadbrzuszu. Pacjent od dwóch lat skarży się na te bóle jednak wcześniej nie były tak uporczywe. Pacjent w pełnym ko…

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Surgery due to vomiting?

Do szpitala pediatrycznego zgłasza się mama ze swoim 8 miesięcznym synkiem z powodu nasilających się wymiotów, w tym wymiotów z zawartością krwi. Zaniepokojony wynikiem badania fiz…

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Shortness of breath

Proszę sformułować pytania, które należy zadać choremu? -lekkie zasinienie twarzy -początki sinicy obwodowej -chory nie może mówić, ma trudności z oddychaniem -tętno wynosi 128/min…

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