Background and Objectives: Balance is the ability of an organism to maintain its position in space. Balance disorders in children can lead to injuries and limited physical activity. Balance maintenance changes throughout puberty as well as in response to external factors. The study aimed to evaluate the influence of anthropometric parameters on balance in children aged 10 to 13 years. Materials and Methods: 308 children were accessed to eligibility to participate in the study. After considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria the study included 223 participants (123 boys and 100 girls) aged 10 to 13 from elementary schools in Szczecin. The stabilometry of examineted children was performed using the SIGMA balance platform. Results: It was shown that the balance parameters in children aged 10 to 13 worsen with increasing body mass and height, and do not correlate with age. Conclusions: Rapid diagnosis and identification of postural disorders in children make it possible to start targeted physical exercises and to make the therapeutic process more effective and complex. Future research is needed to obtain more data and draw conclusions crucial for physiotherapy practice.

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of the colon. The most frequent symptoms include bloody diarrhoea with rectal urgency and tenesmus. It is often complicated by the presence of primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic, cholestatic liver disease, characterised by the...

High alcohol intake leads to an inadequate diet and impaired absorption, transport, and utilization of nutrients in the body, which results in malnutrition. Micronutrient supplementation, such as vitamins A, E, group B vitamins, folic acid zinc, and selenium may have a positive effect on those...

Background: Anastomotic biliary strictures (BSs) are among the most common complications after liver transplantation (LT), accounting for 5–15% of adult recipients after deceased-donor transplantation. For some reason, this percentage increased in our center in recent years, and the goal of this study was to find out the reasons behind this to avoid this complication in the future. Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the occurrence of anastomotic biliary strictures in 230 cadaveric-donor LTs performed in our center between January 2019 and December 2023. Many variables related to the donor, recipient, and surgical procedure were compared between patients who experienced BS and those without this complication. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher’s exact test, a one-way ANOVA test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: Altogether, 51 patients (22.17%) developed BSs. This percentage was especially high in 2023 (32%). The only significant differences found in study group compared to the control group were the requirement of additional doses of vasopressors during surgery (45 (86.53%) vs. 138 (77.09%), p = 0.0001) and more frequent instances of reperfusion syndrome (8/51 (15.68%) vs. 11/179 (6.11%), p = 0.00001). Conclusions: We conclude that ischemia during LT has an advantage over technical parameters in the development of BSs after LT. Appropriate blood volume resuscitation as opposed to inotropic treatment may reduce the risk of this complication.

Introduction Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon, chronic liver disease characterised by fibrosis and strictures of a bile ducts, causing cholestasis. In the long term it can lead to complete stenosis leading in turn to liver cirrhosis. In patients with severe form of the...