Rhabdomyolysis following severe hypokalemia caused by Conn’s syndrome

Rhabdomyolysis denotes a clinical and laboratory syndrome that results from a rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle cells. This releases potentially toxic muscle cell components into the circulation which may cause life-t...

Effects of absorbed dose of 131I isotope on the effectiveness of ablation of thyroid remnant tissue

Introduction: The aim of the study was the assesment of effective ablative dose of absorbed 131I radiation, based on dosimetric measurements. Material and methods: The study group comprised one hundred (100) patients in...

Changes in plasma susceptibility to lipid peroxidation and vitamin C in preterm and full-term neonates

Uric acid in chronic heart failure: marker or therapeutic target?<br /> Commentary on: Pawan D. Patel, Rohit R. Arora. Uric acid and xanthine oxidase: perspectives in chronic heart failure (Arch Med Sci 2008; 4, 3: 219–225)<br />

How to plan an experiment I. Randomization: current fad or (ever)lasting fashion?

All those who like experimentation are sooner or later faced with a need of random selection of elements or objects of interest that they want to study (persons, patients, animals, cells, etc.). Randomization, a basic re...