Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Use of ECDC PPS HAI&AU data to evaluate adherence to national guidelines for antimicrobial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia

Aleksander Deptuła, Ewa Trejnowska, Grzegorz Dubiel, Maria Deptuła, Marleta Zienkiewicz, Agnieszka Żukowska, Agnieszka Misiewska-Kaczur, Tomasz Ozorowski, Piotr Księżniakiewicz, Joanna Kubiak, Waleria Hryniewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 209–215; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4209

Prescribing or deprescribing in older persons: what are the real‑life concerns in geriatric practice?

Barbara Bień, Katarzyna Bień-Barkowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 4: 200–208; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4206

Relationship between hematological parameters and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Serdar Kalemci, Fatih Akin, Aydin Sarihan, Cem Sahin, Arife Zeybek, Nigar Yilmaz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 3: 171–177; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4198

Ventricular fibrillation induced by radiofrequency energy delivery for premature ventricular contractions arising from the right ventricular outflow tract: is implantablecardioverterdefibrillator indicated?

Michał Orczykowski, Paweł Derejko, Piotr Urbanek, Robert Bodalski, Radosław Lenarczyk, Dariusz Kozłowski, Edward Koźluk, Damian Łasocha, Maciej Sterliński, Zbigniew Kalarus, Maria Bilińska, Łukasz Szumowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 3: 166–170; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4193

Asymmetric dimethylarginine as a useful risk marker of radial artery calcification in patients with advanced kidney disease

Marcin Krzanowski, Katarzyna Krzanowska, Mariusz Gajda, Paulina Dumnicka, Grzegorz Kopeć, Bartłomiej Guzik, Karolina Woziwodzka, Artur Dziewierz, Jan A. Litwin, Władysław Sułowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 3: 157–165; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4201

Serum interleukin‑17 levels predict inflammatory activity in patients with autoimmune hepatitis

Krzysztof Gutkowski, Dorota Gutkowska, Jerzy Kiszka, Mariusz Partyka, Teresa Kacperek-Hartleb, Maciej Kajor, Marek Hartleb

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 3: 150–156; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4188

Red blood cell distribution width, relative lymphocyte count, and type 2 diabetes predict all‑cause mortality in patients with advanced heart failure

Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz, Łukasz Siedlecki, Łukasz Pyka, Ewa Romuk, Piotr Przybyłowski, Mariusz Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 2: 115–120; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4149

Increased levels of interleukin 27 in patients with early clinical stages of non–small cell lung cancer

Piotr Kopiński, Tomasz Wandtke, Andrzej Dyczek, Ewelina Wędrowska, Adriana Roży, Tomasz Senderek, Grzegorz Przybylski, Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 2: 105–114; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4156

Electrocardiogram reading: a randomized study comparing 2 e‑learning methods for medical students

Grzegorz Kopeć, Marcin Waligóra, Michał Pacia, Wojciech Chmielak, Agnieszka Stępień, Sebastian Janiec, Wojciech Magoń, Kamil Jonas, Piotr Podolec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 2: 98–104; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4146

Why patients are afraid of opioid analgesics: a study on opioid perception in patients with chronic pain

Michał Graczyk, Alina Borkowska, Małgorzata Krajnik

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 2: 89–97; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4167

Effect of hybrid treatment on rehabilitation and clinical condition of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

Joanna Foik, Anna Brzęk, Marek J. Gierlotka, Michał O. Zembala, Mariusz Gąsior, Marian Zembala

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 2: 77–88; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4179

Leukotriene biosynthesis in coronary artery disease. Results of the Leukotrienes and Thromboxane In Myocardial Infarction (LTIMI) study

Edyta Stodółkiewicz, Barbara Rewerska, Marcin Rzeszutko, Marek Tomala, Anton Chrustowicz, Krzysztof Żmudka, Marek Sanak, Wojciech Szczeklik

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 1: 43–51; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4140

Genetic predictors associated with diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic foot

Beata Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, Magdalena Łukawska, Piotr Nehring, Konrad Szymański, Agnieszka Sobczyk-Kopcioł, Monika Krzyżewska, Paweł Maroszek, Rafał Płoski, Leszek Czupryniak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 1: 35–42; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4144

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects the angiographic presentation and outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous coronary interventions

Rafał Januszek, Zbigniew Siudak, Artur Dziewierz, Tomasz Rakowski, Dariusz Dudek, Stanisław Bartuś

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 1: 24–34; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4145

Monocyte to large platelet ratio as a diagnostic tool for pulmonary embolism in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Adam J. Białas, Kamil Kornicki, Maciej Ciebiada, Adam Antczak, Przemysław Sitarek, Joanna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Wojciech J. Piotrowski, Paweł Górski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 1: 15–23; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4141

Association between bone remodeling and inflammatory markers in obstructive sleep apnea in relation to disease severity

Barbara Bromińska, Ewa Cyrańska-Chyrek, Barbara Kuźnar-Kamińska, Magdalena Kostrzewska, Hanna Winiarska, Nadia Sawicka-Gutaj, Ariadna Zybek-Kocik, Aleksandra Hernik, Elżbieta Wrotkowska, Zbigniew Krasiński, Marek Ruchała, Halina Batura-Gabryel

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018, Vol. 128, No. 1: 9–14; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4143

Impaired right ventricular function as a predictor of early mortality in patients with light‑ chain cardiac amyloidosis assessed in a cardiology department

Justyna Anna Szczygieł, Piotr Zbigniew Wieczorek, Joanna Drozd-Sokołowska, Piotr Michałek, Łukasz Mazurkiewicz, Marta Legatowicz-Koprowska, Ewa Walczak, Wiesław Wiktor Jędrzejczak, Jadwiga Dwilewicz-Trojaczek, Jacek Grzybowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 12: 854–864; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4135

The absolute number of circulating nonclassical (CD14+CD16++) monocytes negatively correlates with DAS28 and swollen joint count in patients with peripheral spondyloarthritis

Zofia Guła, Małgorzata Stec, Magdalena Rutkowska-Zapała, Marzena Lenart, Mariusz Korkosz, Jerzy Gąsowski, Jarosław Baran, Monika Baj-Krzyworzeka, Rafał Szatanek, Jarosław Czyż, Maciej Siedlar

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 12: 846–853; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4142

Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism with paricalcitol with or without cinacalcet in hemodialysis patients

Jacek Zawierucha, Jolanta Małyszko, Jacek S. Małyszko, Tomasz Prystacki, Wojciech Marcinkowski, Teresa Dryl-Rydzyńska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 12: 840–845; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4124

Insulin‑like growth factor system in remission and flare of inflammatory bowel diseases

Małgorzata Krakowska-Stasiak, Dorota Cibor, Renata Domagała-Rodacka, Kinga Sałapa, Katarzyna Szczeklik, Danuta Owczarek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 12: 832–839; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4136