Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in a population of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases from the Wielkopolska Region

Iwona Krela-Kaźmierczak, Michał Michalak, Aleksandra Szymczak-Tomczak, Liliana Łykowska-Szuber, Kamila Stawczyk-Eder, Katarzyna Waszak, Marcin A. Kucharski, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Piotr Eder

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 447–454; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4292

High‑density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and pulmonary artery vasoreactivity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Kamil Jonas, Wojciech Magoń, Marcin Waligóra, Michał Seweryn, Piotr Podolec, Grzegorz Kopeć

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 440–446; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4306

Efficacy and safety of the obinutuzumab-chlorambucil combination in the frontline treatment of elderly CLL patients with comorbidities – Polish Adult Leukemia Group (PALG) real-life analysis

Monika Długosz-Danecka, Wojciech Jurczak, Ewa Łątka-Cabała, Marta Morawska, Krzysztof Gawroński, Anna Wiśniewska, Marek Dudziński, Ewa Wąsik-Szczepanek, Ewa Chmielowska, Anna Łabędź, Kamil Wdowiak, Iwona Hus

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 421–426; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4294

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 in exhaled breath condensate in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study

Marta Maskey-Warzęchowska, Katarzyna Górska, Patrycja Nejman-Gryz, Magdalena Paplińska-Goryca, Tomasz Grzela, Alicja Krejner, Katarzyna Grzela, Rafał Krenke

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 427–433; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4302

Mild to moderate psoriasis is associated with oxidative stress, subclinical atherosclerosis, and endothelial dysfunction

Maciej Haberka, Katarzyna Bańska-Kisiel, Beata Bergler-Czop, Małgorzata Biedroń, Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło, Bogusław Okopień, Zbigniew Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 434–439; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4301

Nonadherence to potassium replacement protocol leads to prolonged management of diabetic ketoacidosis

Aleksandra Cieluch, Aleksandra Uruska, Bogusz Falkowski, Magdalena Błońska, Paweł Niedźwiecki, Karolina Balawajder, Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 7-8: 416–420; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4293

Prognostic factors in adrenocortical carcinoma: data from a large Polish series

Karolina M. Nowak, Radosław Samsel, Andrzej Cichocki, Urszula Ambroziak, Katarzyna Roszkowska-Purska, Agnieszka Łebek-Szatańska, Łukasz Koperski, Maciej Otto, Wojciech Zgliczyński, Lucyna Papierska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 6: 371–378; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4260

Markers of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in the serum and saliva of patients with active Crohn disease

Katarzyna Szczeklik, Wirginia Krzyściak, Dorota Cibor, Renata Domagała-Rodacka, Jolanta Pytko-Polończyk, Tomasz Mach, Danuta Owczarek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 6: 362–370; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4273

Cancer ratio and other new parameters for differentiation between malignant and nonmalignant pleural effusions

Piotr Korczyński, Michał Mierzejewski, Rafał Krenke, Aleksandra Safianowska, Richard W. Light

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 6: 354–361; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4278

Characteristics of gut microbiota in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes based on next‑generation sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene fragment

Dominika Salamon, Agnieszka Sroka-Oleksiak, Przemysław Kapusta, Magdalena Szopa, Sandra Mrozińska, Agnieszka H. Ludwig-Słomczyńska, Paweł P. Wołkow, Małgorzata Bulanda, Tomasz Klupa, Maciej T. Małecki, Tomasz Gosiewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 6: 336–343; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4246

Interferon‑λ4 gene polymorphisms, circulating interferon λ3, and clinical variables in hemodialysis patients exposed to hepatitis E virus

Alicja E. Grzegorzewska, Monika K. Świderska, Leszek Niepolski, Maciej Bura, Adrianna Mostowska, Małgorzata Łagiedo-Żelazowska, Paweł P. Jagodziński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 6: 344–353; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4281

Association between elevated urinary levels of kidney injury molecule type 1 and adverse cardiovascular events at 12 months in patients with coronary artery disease

Maciej T. Wybraniec, Jerzy Chudek, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 5: 301–309; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4242

Metformin added to intensive insulin therapy improves metabolic control in patients with type 1 diabetes and excess body fat

Agnieszka Zawada, Dariusz Naskręt, Paweł Burchardt, Paweł Niedźwiecki, Stanisław Piłaciński, Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka, Marian Grzymisławski, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 5: 294–300; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4241

Aortic root dilation in kidney transplant recipients

Marta Obremska, Maria Boratyńska, Maciej Szymczak, Dorota Zyśko, Tomasz Płonek, Anna Goździk, Marian Klinger

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 5: 287–293; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4224

Differences in gene expression related to the outcomes of obesity treatment, peak oxygen uptake, and fatty acid metabolism measured in a cardiopulmonary exercise test

Marta Gruchała-Niedoszytko, Pieter van der Vlies, Piotr Niedoszytko, Bahram Sanjabi, Marek Niedoszytko, Małgorzata Kaczkan, Magdalena Pieszko, Katarzyna Gierat-Haponiuk, Aleksandra Śliwińska, Dominika Szalewska, Sylwia Małgorzewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 5: 280–286; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4228

District versus academic hospitals: differences in the clinical characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation without valvular heart disease treated with oral anticoagulants

Janusz Bednarski, Paweł Balsam, Agata Tymińska, Krzysztof Ozierański, Katarzyna Żukowska, Martyna Zaleska, Katarzyna Szepietowska, Kacper Maciejewski, Michał Peller, Anna Praska‑Ogińska, Inna Zaboyska, Grzegorz Opolski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 5: 274–279; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4320

Prognostic utility of the N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide and the modified Model for End Stage Liver Disease in patients with end-stage heart failure

Wioletta Szczurek, Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz, Michał Zakliczyński, Bogumiła Król, Mariusz Gąsior, Marian Zembala

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 235–243; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4210

Arterial excess‑reservoir pressure integral as a predictor of cardiovascular complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Agata Schneider, Tomasz Krauze, Andrzej Mińczykowski, Miłosz Dziarmaga, Jarosław Piskorski, Adam Szczepanik, Agnieszka Banaszak, Przemysław Guzik, Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 228–234; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4222

Disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism in patients with significant mitral regurgitation

Olga Możeńska, Jacek Bil, Agnieszka Segiet, Dariusz A. Kosior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 222–227; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4191

Elevated serum RANTES chemokine levels in autoimmune Addison disease

Marta Fichna, Magdalena Żurawek, Bartłomiej Budny, Hanna Komarowska, Elżbieta Niechciał, Piotr Fichna, Marek Ruchała

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 216–221; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4221