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O Torbus

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PubMed1996

[Arterial hypertension in children aged 8-14 living in Zabrze].

In a group of 465 children (232 girls and 233 boys) aged 8-14 years, attending a primary school in Zabrze (Katowice District, southern Poland) arterial blood pressure was measured 3 times, body height and weight, once. A questionnaire collecting information about parents' education and hypertension, school performance and physical activity of the children was used. Among the studied children 417 (89.7%) presented with normal mean arterial pressure values, while 36 (7.7%) with arterial hypertension and 12 (2.6%) with borderline hypertension. The influence of children's obesity and parents' hypertension on the incidence of hypertension in children was proved, while physical activity, children's school performance as well as education of the parents did not show significant influence. The studied group revealed the highest frequency of arterial hypertension in Poland. Arterial blood pressure measurement is an important element of pediatric examination and treatment, constituting prophylaxis of cardiovascular morbidity in adulthood.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

[Necrotizing vasculitis].

We present a boy who had been under observation for 4 years, suffering since the age of nine from necrotizing vasculitis, which appeared during Proteus sp. sepsis. Complex treatment with antibiotics, large doses of steroids, antithrombotic and peripheral circulation improving drugs, as well as local drugs applied to the skin and oral cavity mucosa, resulted in a complete cure. This illness left some cosmetic skin defects on the face and extremities, a shortening of the tongue and malocclusion.

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[Effect of air pollution and socioeconomic conditions on the incidence of chronic and recurrent respiratory infections in school children].

Basing on information from questionnaires distributed to 4007 children of an age range from 5 to 15 years living in regions of different air pollution an analysis of incidence of upper airway diseases and socio-economic conditions of their families was carried out. The authors conclude that air pollution effects incidence of respiratory diseases. Children from highly polluted regions (Zabrze, Zdzieszowice) have higher incidence of respiratory infections than children from less polluted regions. Socio-economic factors also have an effect on incidence of respiratory infections in children. Children from well situated families have lower incidence indexes. Boys develop respiratory disorders more frequently than girls.

Adolescent↗