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Krzysztof Marczewski

Publications and source records attributed to Krzysztof Marczewski.

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PubMed2006

[Anaemia from religious reasons as a distant effect of husband's alcoholism].

Chronic nutrition deficiencies, economic or cultural in their nature are one of the most often reason ofanaemia. From the other hand various diet restrictions may lead to different nutrition deficiencies. The occurrence of anaemia caused by diet restrictions is relatively rare among Catholics in Poland. We present a case of 51 years old woman with severe anaemia (Hgb 2.48 mmol/l), occasionally diagnosed. Anaemia occurred 20 years after she took a pledge never to eat meat. The aim of her oath was the begging for grace and quitting alcoholism by her husband, a habitual alcoholic. The iron and vitamin B12 supplementation led to quick improvement of hematological parameters.

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency↗
PubMed2005

[Nephrology of love].

The article presents different aspects of the connection between human heart and kidneys. This connection is evident in the symbolism of the Old Testament of the Bible, organ donation as the manifestation of the love of our neighbor, endocrinological and sexual dysfunction, and finally in searching for biological determinants of finer feelings. In the Old Testament tradition kidneys were thought to be human spirit's dwelling. Moreover, the simultaneous studying of kidneys and heart meant profound understanding of the matter. Nowadays, it is also possible to find the Biblical love of our neighbor, for instance among kidney donors. What is more, every nephrologist should treat his patients with love and dedication, which makes it easier for him to understand their problems, especially these concerning sexual dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction occurs among men and women equally and specialists, apart from using many different methods, have to deal with the consequences of renal failure mainly by means of transplantation.

Bible↗
PubMed2004

[Caroli's disease--if so rare clinical problem?].

Jacques Caroli for the first time described in the year 1958, cavernous dilatation of the hepatic bile ducts. It's the rare abnormality; there have been reported less than 200 cases until now. The disease is caused by defects in the genetic program which are transmitted in an autosomal recessive way. There are two basic types of the disease: focal (so called. "simple type") and diffuse, embracing entire bile tree. Both types maybe associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis and then the abnormality is usually called "Grumbach disease". There is an excessive risk of cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) in patients with Caroli's disease. Dominant symptoms are due to recurrent cholangitis, sometimes with signs of portal hypertension. Basic treatment is hepatic resection (focal form) and internal bypass of the biliary tree (diffuse form). The prognosis of the disease is reserved one.

Caroli Disease↗
PubMed2004

[Multivessel coronary angioplasty in chronically haemodialysed patient].

Unstable angina in chronically haemodialysed patients has poor clinical outcome. Surgical treatment of these patients is a procedure of high risk. According to guidelines left main coronary artery stenosis is the indication for by-pass grafting. In some cases the alternative to surgical treatment could become percutaneous coronary intervention. We present the case of the patient in which we have perform multivessel percutaneous coronary angioplasties including left main coronary artery.

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary↗
PubMed2003

[Discitis caused by Kingella kingae--case report].

The patient with acute infection and the presence of bacterium Kingella kingae cultured from cerebrospinal fluid is presented. The analysis of clinical picture and the results of all performed tests did not allow to diagnose cerebrospinal meningitis. Despite of being not sure if Kingella kingae was an etiopathogenetic factor in the described subject, we decided to discuss this interesting case.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed2002

[Is dehydration an ethical problem?].

In the paper, issues connected with chronic dehydration were discussed from the point of view of medical ethics. Rudimentary definitions concerning the issues were mentioned. An attempt was made at analysing critically the views on chronic voluntary dehydration as a possible form of causing death. Some pathophysiological and psychopathological aspects were discussed. "The pyramid" of physician doubts were presented.

Dehydration↗