Current Concepts in Medical Research and Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Electronic Cigarettes and Awareness of Their Health Effects

   • A. Daniluk, A. Gawlikowska-Sroka, M. Stępien-Słodkowska, E. Dzięciołowska-Baran, K. Michnik

   Pages 1-8

3. Metachronous Lung Cancer: Clinical Characteristics and Effects of Surgical Treatment

   • Adam Rzechonek, Piotr Błasiak, Beata Muszczyńska-Bernhard, Konrad Pawełczyk, Grzegorz Pniewski, Maciej Ornat et al.

   Pages 9-17

4. Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of Influenza and Influenza Vaccination: Results of a National Survey in Poland

   • Ernest Kuchar, Kamila Ludwikowska, Adam Antczak, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch

   Pages 19-27

5. Benign Acute Childhood Myositis During Influenza B Outbreak

   • L. Szenborn, K. Toczek-Kubicka, J. Zaryczański, M. Marchewka-Kowalik, K. Miśkiewicz, E. Kuchar

   Pages 29-34

6. Serum Diamine Oxidase in Pseudoallergy in the Pediatric Population

   • Joanna Kacik, Barbara Wróblewska, Sławomir Lewicki, Robert Zdanowski, Bolesław Kalicki

   Pages 35-44

7. Spontaneous Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

   • Maciej Janiak, Kamila Caraballo Cortes, Urszula Demkow, Marek Radkowski

   Pages 45-54

8. Clinical Manifestations of Huge Diaphragmatic Hernias

   • Jan Lesiński, Tadeusz M. Zielonka, Aleksandra Kaszyńska, Olga Wajtryt, Krystyna Peplińska, Katarzyna Życińska et al.

   Pages 55-65

9. The Diagnostics of Human Steroid Hormone Disorders

   • Małgorzata Dobosz, Aneta Manda-Handzlik, Beata Pyrżak, Urszula Demkow

   Pages 67-82

10. Discriminant Analysis of Intracranial Volumetric Variables in Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Brain Atrophy

    • Leszek Czerwosz, Ewa Szczepek, Krzysztof Nowiński, Beata Sokołowska, Jerzy Jurkiewicz, Zbigniew Czernicki et al.

    Pages 83-94

11. Hoffa’s Fat Pad Abnormality in the Development of Knee Osteoarthritis

    • Wojciech Paduszyński, Mateusz Jeśkiewicz, Paweł Uchański, Sebastian Gackowski, Marek Radkowski, Urszula Demkow

    Pages 95-102

12. Back Matter

    Pages 103-104

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Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of clinical practice and patient management. This book seeks to contribute to presenting novel knowledge in various fields of clinical work. The articles tackle transdisciplinary topics and focus on the underlying mechanisms of clinical disorders, their prevention and management. The themes addressed include allergy and pseudoallergy in the pediatric population, influenza-related infections and their sequelae, which continues to be a scourge in the developing world, the risk of lung cancer repeats and their management, viral hepatitis that may lead to hepatocarcinoma, respiratory consequences of diaphragmatic hernias, disorders of steroid hormone metabolism, and others. The articles bring the updated strategies, research, and best practices to improve outcomes and to deliver state-of-the-art clinical care to patients. The book will be of interest to physicians, academic scientists, and researchers who are keen in sharing the latest medical practice developments.

• Lung cancer
• Allergy
• Influenza
• Cigarette smoking
• Steroid hormones

• Opole Medical School, Opole, Poland

  Mieczyslaw Pokorski

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