Table of contents

2008, Vol. 118, No. 12

Editorials

A commentary on the 2008 European guidelines for management of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack
Harold
P.
Adams
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 686 688 Published online: December 1, 2008
Which patients with asthma could benefit from using anti‑leukotriene drugs: an evidence based review
Guy
F.
Joos
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 689 690 Published online: December 1, 2008
Efficacy of diets in weight loss regimens: is the Mediterranean diet appropiate?
Lluís
Serra‑Majem
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 691 693 Published online: December 1, 2008

Original articles

Peritoneal dialysis‑related peritonitis in the years 2005–2007 among patients of the Peritoneal Dialysis Clinic f the Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Joanna
Kabat‑Koperska
Edyta
Gołembiewska
Kazimierz
Ciechanowski
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 694 699 Published online: December 1, 2008
Bacterial infections as complications in patients within 3 months after simultaneous pancreas‑kidney transplantation
Alicja
Milczarczyk
Krzysztof
Filczak
Agnieszka
Serwacka
Marek
Durlik
Andrzej
Rydzewski
Edward
Franek
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 700 704 Published online: December 1, 2008
Levels of hemoglobin and lipid peroxidation metabolites in blood, catalase activity in erythrocytes and peak expiratory flow rate in subjects with passive exposure to tobacco smoke
Marcin
Zawadzki
Paweł
Gać
Rafał
Poręba
Eugenia
Murawska‑Ciałowicz
Tomasz
Wielkoszyński
Lidia
Januszewska
Krystyna
Pawlas
Ryszard
Andrzejak
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 705 712 Published online: December 1, 2008
Assessment of α1-antitrypsin and α2-macroglobulin levels in obese patients
Renata
Świątkowska‑Stodulska
Anna
Babińska
Anna
Skibowska‑Bielińska
Krzysztof
Sworczak
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 713 718 Published online: December 1, 2008
Glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in patients with stable angina pectoris. Obesity predicts coronary atherosclerosis and dysglycemia
Aleksander
Włodarczyk
Krzysztof
Strojek
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 719 726 Published online: December 1, 2008
Resistance to acetylsalicylic acid in patients after ischemic stroke
Marcin
Żytkiewicz
Liwia
Giełwanowska
Ewelina
Wojtasińska
Piotr
Psuja
Krystyna
Zawilska
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 723 733 Published online: December 1, 2008

Review articles

Viral hepatitis C
Jacek
Czepiel
Grażyna
Biesiada
Tomasz
Mach
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 734 740 Published online: January 1, 2012
Coronary aneurysms
Aneta
I.
Gziut
Robert
J.
Gil
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 741 746 Published online: December 1, 2008
What’s new in stroke? The top 10 studies of 2006–2008. Part II
Robert
H.
Hart
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 747 755 Published online: December 1, 2008
Myeloproliferative syndromes: diagnosis and therapeutic options
Andrzej
Hellmann
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 756 760 Published online: December 1, 2008
Is it safe to use long‑acting β‑agonists in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Implications of recent trials and meta‑analyses
Malcolm
R.
Sears
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 761 766 Published online: December 1, 2008
Current diagnostic evaluation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Wojciech
Wołyniec
Magdalena
Maria
Jankowska
Ewa
Król
Piotr
Czarniak
Bolesław
Rutkowski
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 767 773 Published online: December 1, 2008

Case reports

Dactylitis and bone lesions at the onset of sarcoidosis: a case report
Daniela
Fodor
Laura
Poanta
Liliana
Rogojan
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 12 774 777 Published online: December 1, 2008