Table of contents

2008, Vol. 118, No. 4

Editorials

What is the best pharmacological treatment to prevent exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Bartolome
R.
Celli
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 172 174 Published online: April 1, 2008
New American College of Chest Physicians guidelines on ediastinal staging and management of stage IIIA‑N2 non‑small cell lung ancer: a European perspective
Kurt
G.
Tournoy
Jan
P.
van Meerbeeck
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 175 178 Published online: April 1, 2008
2007 update of the Global Initiative for Asthma management and prevention: what’s new?
Paul
M.
O’Byrne
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 179 180 Published online: April 1, 2008
American guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults: European perspective
Thorsten
Steiner
Eric
Jüttler
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 181 182 Published online: April 1, 2008

Original articles

Anticoagulation in patients with cancer: an overview of reviews
Elie
A.
Akl
Paola
Muti
Holger
J.
Schünemann
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 183 193 Published online: April 1, 2008
Is there relationship between the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II receptor AT1 and plasma renin activity, insulin resistance and reduction of blood pressure after angiotensin‑converting enzyme inhibitor therapy?
Jerzy
Głuszek
Karolina
Jankowska
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 194 200 Published online: April 1, 2008

Review articles

Perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy
James
D.
Douketis
Ebtisam
Bakhsh
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 201 208 Published online: March 1, 2008
Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients: an evidence‑based and practical approach
James
D.
Douketis
Imran
Moinuddin
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 209 215 Published online: January 1, 2012
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment
Halina
Cichoż‑Lach
Beata
Kasztelan‑Szczerbińska
Maria
Słomka
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 216 221 Published online: January 1, 2012
Colorectal cancer as a health care problem: evaluation of the current diagnostic options
Beata
Kasztelan‑Szczerbińska
Halina
Cichoż‑Lach
Maria
Słomka
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 224 227 Published online: April 1, 2008

Case reports

Acquired hemophilia: a case report
Mariusz
Flisiński
Jerzy
Windyga
Ewa
Stefańska
Sławomir
Huszcza
Rafał
Donderski
Jacek
Manitius
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 228 233 Published online: April 1, 2008
Neurological disorders with demyelinating brain white matter lesions in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept
Joanna
Kur‑Zalewska
Justyna
Swarowska‑Knap
Witold
Tłustochowicz
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 234 237 Published online: April 1, 2008
Acute respiratory failure in patients with Guillain‑Barré syndrome and myasthenic crisis treated with plasmapheresis in the intensive care unit
Wojciech
Szczeklik
Miłosz
Jankowski
Wojciech
Węgrzyn
Wiesław
Królikowski
Grażyna
Zwolińska
Ilona
Mitka
Bożena
Seczyńska
Rafał
Niżankowski
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 239 242 Published online: April 1, 2008

History of internal medicine in Poland

Myocardial infarction and angina pectoris in the history of Polish medicine. Part 1. Discovery and understanding of the disease
Janusz
H.
Skalski
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 243 247 Published online: April 1, 2008
Myocardial infarction and angina pectoris in the history of Polish medicine. Part 2. Diagnosis and early attempts at treatment: the 19th and 20th centuries
Janusz
H.
Skalski
Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 118 4 248 254 Published online: April 1, 2008