W łaściwości psychometryczne polskiej adaptacji kwestionariusza oceny zadowolenia rodziców z ambulatoryjnej opieki pediatrycznej
Conclusion Providing high quality medical services requires direct reference to the practitioner (patients and their families) through reliable measurement of satisfaction with health care. The Polish version of the Kinder ZAP questionnaire can be used to measure the satisfaction of outpatient pediatric care both from the perspective of the parent and the child. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 28, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Szczepienia u dzieci z chorob ą nowotworową − aktualne polskie zalecenia
Publication date: Available online 27 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Ewelina Gowin, Danuta Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska, Teresa Jackowska, Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski, Jacek Wysocki The article presents, in accordance with current recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Programme of Immunization 2017 (PSO), proposals for the implementation of vaccination in children with cancer, depending on the applied treatment. We recommend to start vaccination 6 months after the end of cancer treatment, which is consistent with the guidelines of the IDSA. After vaccination with ...
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 28, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Zastosowanie metody wyp łukiwania gazów w praktyce pediatrycznej
Publication date: Available online 24 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Maria Wawszczak, Joanna Peradzyńska The inert gas washout (IGW) is a noninvasive measurement applicable in evaluation of peripheral airway function. This technique offers information about pulmonary ventilation inhomogeneity and provides insight into the evolution of pathological processes by assessing the efficiency of inert gases washout. The method can be performed by two techniques: single breath washout (SBW) test which involves a vital capacity maneuvers and over a series of tidal breathes termed a multiple breath washout test (M...
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Chylothorax and necrotizing pneumonia as complications of vomiting and cough induced by placement of a gastric tube for enteral nutrition in a 8-year old boy with Crohn's disease
Publication date: Available online 25 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Wronowski Michał, Kotowska Maria, Krenke Katarzyna, Albrecht Piotr A boy aged 8, with chronic diarrhoea, was admitted to clinic for diagnosis of Crohn's disease. The diagnosis was confirmed and total enteral nutrition initiated. Due to intolerance of oral intake, it was decided to insert gastric tube for nutrition. Two attempts of insertion were unsuccessful due to stubborn vomiting and cough – only minor amount of polymeric diet was administered. During next 24 hours the general state of patient worsened sharply. Dyspnoea and tach...
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Dysembrioplastyczny guz nerwowo-nab łonkowy (DNT) u 9-letniego chłopca – od objawu do rozpoznania
We describe the conducted differential diagnosis including disorders of calcium-phosphate metabolism, seizure disorders, ischaemic changes and organic changes in the central nervous system. The paper also discusses differentiation of tetany and partial seizures associated with the presence of a tumour in the central nervous system. The patient was diagnosed with epilepsy which, despite partial tumour removal, needs further pharmacological treatment. The management strategy for this case of drug-resistant epilepsy caused by DNT localised in the eloquent brain area is presented. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Dr med. Jolanta Pie ńkowska-Mikołajczyk (1927−1996) − pediatra, pionier poznańskiej endokrynologii dziecięcej. Wspomnienie
Publication date: Available online 25 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Marian Krawczyński The biography of Jolanta Pieńkowska-Mikołajczyk MD, PhD, an universally educated pediatrician of Poznań is presented. In particular, the traits of her personality, professional way and scientific achievements in a new, developing area – pediatric endocrinology – are depicted. She was professionally active from the fifties to the eighties of the 20th century. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Analiza zmian chorobowych przydatk ów u dziewczynek leczonych operacyjnie
Conclusion Adnexal lesions requiring surgical treatment in adolescent are mostly unilateral benign ovarian cysts. The type of surgery (laparoscopy/laparotomy) mainly depends on the size and nature of an adnexal lesion. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 24, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Zmiany st ężeń waspiny i leptyny w surowicy u noworodków donoszonych z wrodzonym zapaleniem płuc
Conclusions 1. Congenital pneumonia in full-term AGA neonates contributes to increase of serum vaspin and leptin concentrations, independently of their gender, birth weight, birth asphyxia and type of delivery. 2. Healthy full-term female neonates have significantly higher vaspin and leptin concentrations than the male neonates. 3. In healthy and pneumonic neonates, any significant correlation between serum vaspin and leptin concentrations and body length, head and chest circumferences, and any mutual correlation between vaspin and leptin were stated. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 23, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Co nowego w cholestazie – część 1. Cholestaza z prawidłową aktywnością gamma-glutamylotranspeptydazy
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Patryk Lipiński, Irena Jankowska Cholestatic liver diseases remain a major clinical issue for pediatricians. The article constitutes an up-to-date overview on cholestasis with normal serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity. The authors presented the pathogenicity, clinical presentation, biochemical and molecular diagnostics of the following disorders: citrin deficiency, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 4, cholestasis associated with FXR mutations, familial hypercholanemia, cholestasis associated with MYO5B mutatio...
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 7, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Zesp ół szkliwno-nerkowy (ERS) – charakterystyczne objawy w jamie ustnej
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Weronika Jończyk, Barbara Bartosiak-Drosio, Halszka Boguszewska-Gutenbaum, Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI; congenital enamel hypoplasia) is a genetic disorder of developmental enamel of ectodermal origin that relates to the enamel of deciduous (primary) and permanent teeth. Recent reports suggested that Amelogenesis imperfecta may be associated with morphological and biochemical changes elsewhere in the body. The clinical features of Amelogenesis imperfecta vary depending on the type. In the hypoplastic type of Am...
Source: Pediatria Polska - March 1, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Karmienie piersi ą a próchnica wczesnego dzieciństwa – systematyczny przegląd piśmiennictwa
Conclusions Basing on performed analysis the time of weaning to reduce the risk of early childhood caries cannot be accurately defined. However, in the presence of maxillary incisors it should be advised to limit the breastfeeding at night and before daytime naps and tooth brushing after a meal should be recommended to overcome potential cariogenicity of human milk in the case of reduced secretion of saliva during sleep. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - February 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Co nowego w cholestazie – część 2. Cholestaza z podwyższoną aktywnością gamma-glutamylotranspeptydazy
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Patryk Lipiński, Irena Jankowska Cholestatic liver diseases remain a major clinical issue for pediatricians. The article constitutes an up-to-day overview on cholestasis with elevated serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity. Authors presented the pathogenicity, clinical presentation, biochemical and molecular diagnostics of the following disorders: progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3, adenosine kinase deficiency, neonatal ichthyosis – sclerosing cholangitis syndrome. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - February 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Wrodzone zaro śnięcie krtani i przełyku u dziewczynki z delecją 22q11.2 – opis przypadku
We report on the case of 3.5-year-old girl with DGS, esophageal and laryngeal atresia because of the rarity of this combination and for the purpose to underline the role of early endoscopic examination of airways, especially before surgery in this group of patients. (Source: Pediatria Polska)
Source: Pediatria Polska - February 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

80-lecie fenyloketonurii. Cz ęść IV: Stanisław F. Snieszko i Ada J. Susi a historia opracowania testu Guthriego
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Kamil K. Hozyasz The aim of this paper was to provide information on remarkable influence of scientists, who emigrated from the East Europe in to the USA, in the entire field of the Guthrie test invention. While working as graduate assistant at the University of Maine, Robert Guthrie trained in bacteriology with Dr. Stanislas F. Snieszko (1902–1984), “who turned out to be an influential person in his life” (as was stated in Guthrie's biography by JH Koch). Snieszko was born in Krzyz, Poland. He graduated in Jagiellonian Universi...
Source: Pediatria Polska - February 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Zaka żenia narządów płciowych u dziewcząt – profilaktyka i leczenie
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop, Agnieszka Białka, Igor Bakon, Violetta Skrzypulec-Plinta Genital infections are a frequent diagnosis in pediatric and adolescent gynecology out-patient clinics, 2/5 of which relate to girls aged 0–14 years. The course of disease ranging from symptoms and ending on the treatment depends on many factors, foremost of the infection pathogen, but also on the child's age, coexisting diseases and sexual activity. Genital infections in girls can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites or factors of non-co...
Source: Pediatria Polska - February 15, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research