Remigiusz Kozlowski

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• Professor (Associate) at University of Łódź

Background: Systems developed in recent years to assess the risk of in-hospital death in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) are mainly based on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and laboratory variables. Risk systems based on contemporary angiographic data and logistic variables have not been reported. The aim of this study was to develop a...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. The risk of disease increases with age, as most CRC patients are over 50 years old. Due to the progressive aging of societies in high-income countries, the problem of CRC will increase. This makes the development of new early detection methods and the implementat...

Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of workaholism among Polish nurses. Background: Work may be deemed one of the fundamental or essential forms of human activity. In the case of nurses, the expected level of professional commitment and dedication is above average. This factor may be an important element contributing to developi...

Background: The World Health Organisation reports that melanoma had an incidence of 331,722 cases worldwide in 2022, ranking it 17th on the list of the most prevalent malignancies. This disease is a threat to public health as years of potential life lost from melanoma deaths constitute an economic and social burden; it is, however, curable if detec...

Objective: The aim of this article is to collect and compare lipodystrophy assessment and severity grading methods. Electronic databases, bibliographies, and specialist publications were reviewed. Methods: Medical databases and repositories of scientific articles were reviewed, including PubMed, Scopus, PMC-NCBI, Science.gov, and Google Scholar. Sp...

Rola innowacyjnych rozwiązań technologicznych w zapewnieniu bezpieczeństwa ruchu drogowego i zrównoważonym rozwoju w erze cyfrowej

Niniejsze opracowanie stanowi drugą część cyklu pt. „Mistrzowie, współpracownicy i uczniowie uniwersyteckiej szkoły zarządzania w Łodzi”, którego celem jest prezentacja dokonań, relacji i perspektyw rozwojowych grona kluczowych przedstawicieli szkoły zarządzania na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim. W artykule omówiono relacje pomiędzy mistrzami, współpracowni...

Background: Being an unexpected, undesired and life-threatening situation, preterm birth (PTB) is a stress-, anxiety- and depression-generating factor for women delivering prematurely. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between self-efficacy, coping strategies and perceived stress in mothers who experienced preterm birth and full-...

In 2020 it is estimated that 281 million people were international migrants. Migrants constitute a potentially vulnerable population in terms of facing discrimination, poor living and housing conditions, and insufficient access to healthcare services. Due to the armed conflict in Ukraine in 2022, almost 10 million people crossed the Polish border w...

Simple Summary Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths around the world. The main risk factor associated with development of this disease is smoking, with about 80% of lung cancer deaths being related to smoking. However, non-smokers can also develop lung cancer due to an exposure to other harmful substances such as asbestos, rado...

Opracowanie stanowi pierwszą część cyklu pt. „Mistrzowie, współpracownicy i uczniowie uniwersyteckiej szkoły zarządzania w Łodzi”, którego celem jest prezentacja dorobku, relacji i perspektyw rozwojowych kluczowych przedstawicieli szkoły zarządzania na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim. W artykule przedstawiono genezę powstania oraz retrospektywny wgląd w hist...

Background: Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) is a document signed by a patient, which states that they do not want to be resuscitated. In Poland, DNAR is not regulated by law. We aimed to assess people’s perceptions on DNAR and pediatric DNAR in Poland. Methods: An anonymous survey was distributed via the snowball sampling method in different vo...

Introduction Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a genetic disorder from a chromosomal deletion on chromosome 4, leading to systemic pathologies including spinal deformities like scoliosis. Aim The objective of this publication is to present a case of scoliosis treatment in a patient with WHS, where the primary goal was to halt the progression of th...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock event for many sectors, with the healthcare sector undoubtedly being the one most affected. Aim The study sought to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on project management within the healthcare industry, as this is the sector with the potential to implement innovations that mitigate such shock...

Background The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the COVID-19 pandemic was at the heart of a hospital. At that time, nurses working in the ICU were fearing for their lives, with insufficient equipment and disorganisation resulting from the lack of sound knowledge on dealing with and preventing the transmission of the virus. The ward nurses experienc...

Alcohol addiction is characterized by extensive alcohol consumption that dominates other behaviours previously important to a patient. According to data from The State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems, up to 900,000 people in Poland are addicted to alcohol. On average, approximately 9.7 L of pure alcohol per capita was consumed in...

Most of the studies in the field of willingness and barriers to resuscitation (CPR) were conducted before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The aim of the study was to assess the number and types of barriers to CPR among medical students after the pandemic ended. This study was based on a survey. The data was collected from 12 April 2022 to 25 May 2022. A t...

Background: The period of pregnancy is optimal for vaccination to prevent some diseases in women and newborns. Healthcare workers have a crucial role in informing women and recommending vaccinations. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, both theoretical and practical, and attitudes of Polish midwifes and nurses towards vaccination in p...

The Teamwork and Safety Climate Survey (TSCS) is one of the questionnaires used to measure patient safety. The questionnaire includes two scales: teamwork climate and safety climate. The objective of the study is the linguistic and cultural adaptation of the TSCS to Polish conditions and checking the reliability and usability of the tool in long-te...

Background: The implementation of the Lean Hospitals concept can contribute to the improvement of internal processes in healthcare organizations. The level of a management team’s knowledge is an important part of effective implementation of Lean Hospital elements in hospitals. The purpose of this article is to determine the degree of theoretical an...

Background and objectives: Vaccination hesitancy is a growing problem associated with decreasing chances for the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization. This research was conducted to learn about parents’ attitudes toward vaccination, particularly against HPV, in the context of their beliefs and fears regarding immunizatio...

Background: Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the main reasons of deaths worldwide. A significant group of these bacteria are carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). The goal of this study was to develop a diagnostic and therapeutic model targeted at asymptomatic carriers of CPE. Material and methods: A team of experts from different...

Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a disease with a poor prognosis due to several factors, such as late diagnosis at an advanced stage of the disease, metastases and resistance to most treatment regimens. In recent years, only a few new treatments have been developed, but not all of them are eligible to treat all of the patients. The main obj...

Alcohol consumption is linked to over 200 diseases and injuries. It is also classified as a risk factor for several types of neoplasms as well as infectious diseases (i.e., HIV and tuberculosis). In 2019, among people aged 25 to 49, alcohol use was the leading risk factor for attributable burden of disease. There are many factors that affect alcoho...

(1) Background: Acceptance of illness is a process in which a person with an illness accepts its presence and treats it as an integral part of their life. With regard to alcoholism, acceptance of illness is one of the important elements of the healing process. (2) Methods: The study group consisted of 104 residents in an addiction treatment ward. Q...

Pancreatic cancer is becoming a growing health problem. Its share in the proportion of neoplasms is increasing. Due to its asymptomatic course, this cancer is often diagnosed at a late stage, which makes treatment difficult. Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is based on imaging tests, which have varying degrees of effectiveness. Additionally, these me...

Introduction: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was a period of uncertainty and stress for healthcare managers due to the lack of knowledge (about the transmission of the virus, etc.) and also due to the lack of uniform organisational and treatment procedures. It was a period where the ability to prepare for a crisis, to adapt to the existing c...

Doctors, as with all healthcare workers, are a specific risk group due to a high probability of contact with contagious pathogens. An online survey was conducted among Polish doctors to establish their use of protective vaccination to decrease their personal risk of infection. The online survey was conducted using questions about medics’ vaccinatio...

Introduction. The main task of the study was to measure the workload of nurses in the care of a patient with a developmental defect–congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)–in the neonatal intensive care unit, which was evaluated on the basis of standardized tools Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS–28), Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower...

Technological progress, such as the launching of a new generation of drug-coated stents as well as new antiplatelet drugs, has resulted in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) becoming much more effective. The aim of this study was to assess in-hospital mortality and to conduct an assessment of risk factors relevant to the in-hospital death...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the main reasons of deaths worldwide. One of the significant groups of these bacteria are carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). The goal of this cross-sectional study was the identification and hierarchisation of selected risk factors of CPE colonisation. To achieve that goal, we examined 236 patients...

Healthcare institutions in Poland constantly encounter challenges related both to the quality of provided services and to the pressures associated with treatment effectiveness and economic efficiency. The implemented solutions have a goal of improving the service quality of lowering the continuously increasing operational costs. The aim of this pap...

Many Polish patients do not inform physicians about supplements they use in addition to prescribed medicines. This may be because they consider dietary supplements as being rather natural products that cannot cause health problems. Although dietary supplements may produce side effects, Poland's food safety system and medical statistics do not recog...

(1) Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection increases the risk of atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF/AFL) incident. The study aimed to present the characteristics of admissions to the emergency department (ED) due to AF/AFL incidents during the third COVID-19 pandemic wave. (2) Methods: A retrospective analys...

Tele-dentistry is a rapidly growing field, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote services are of increasing interest to both patients and dental personnel. They allow for reduced person-to-person contact and thus a reduced risk of transmission of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected...

Inflammatory conditions of dental origin may spread to the bone tissue, causing its destruction, and to anatomical structures located in the vicinity of the tooth affected with inflammation. Maxillary premolars and molars may develop inflammatory lesions of the Schneiderian membrane and lead to tooth-borne lesions in the maxillary sinuses. Unilater...

Karolina Kamecka* , Anna Rybarczyk-Szwajkowska, Remigiusz Kozłowski *Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Health Sciences Telemedicine technologies partial selection for the posthospital patient care process after total hip arthroplasty – the use of Google Search tool in scientific research The growing importance of using telematic technologie...

Telemedicine technologies partial selection for the posthospital patient care process after total hip arthroplasty – the use of Google Search tool in scientific research.

For many years, the importance of using telematic technologies in medicine has been growing, especially in the period of the coronavirus pandemic, when direct contact and supervision of medical personnel over the patient is difficult. The existing possibilities of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) are not fully used. The aim...

Ecology in road transport. The green future of logistics

Background: In 2016, an IT system was developed at MUL for the documentation of nursing practice. Preparing nursing students for the implementation of eHealth solutions under simulated conditions is crucially important for achieving the digital competencies necessary for health care systems in the future. Scientific evidence demonstrates that the...

Telemedicine gives a safe and effective way of providing healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was possible to offer teleconsultations in primary care (Primary Care Teleconsultation-PCT). The study aimed to present an analysis of the PCTs served in the years 2020–2021 in the field of primary care in Poland to determine how the COVID-19 pande...

There is a potential relationship between the self-confidence and the willingness of bystanders to undertake resuscitation (CPR) and its training. The current guidelines increasingly focus on both the importance of the human factor and the fact that training programs should increase the willingness of bystanders to undertake resuscitation, which ma...

Dietary supplements (DS) in the countries of the European Union falls within the scope of the food law. DS may, however, contain substances that are simultaneously applied in medicinal products as defined in the pharmaceutical law. The presence of such ingredients may cause problems with the product qualification. The phenomenon of applying such bo...

Background: The globally increasing healthcare expenditures related to the need to treat the consequences of adverse events, as well as the number of claims filed by patients (or their families) and remuneration paid as their result mean that the interest in the subject of adverse event cost management is increasing. An increase in the number of c...

Background: in 2016 an IT system was developed at MUL for the documentation of nursing practice. Preparing nursing students for the implementation of eHealth solutions under simulated conditions is crucially important for achieving digital competencies necessary for the health care systems in the future. Scientific evidence demonstrates that the us...

Background and Objectives: The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recommend the use of telematic methods in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, allowing for transtelephonic electrocardiography (TTECG) from the emergency scene to centers performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI center). It has been proven that such...

Dietary supplements are health-promoting products. The legal categorization of dietary supplements as foods does not raise concerns, but a general understanding of how they work in the human body seems to deviate from the official definition. Thus, it is necessary to establish effective methods of market control related to dietary supplements. This...

Background: Congenital defect gastroschisis manifests as a defect in the sheath in the intestine of the newborn, which is not covered by the hernia sac. In this case, the priority task of the neonatal nurse is to diagnose patient care problems quickly and accurately. Choosing the correct care plan elements has a significant impact on shortening th...

Proper oral health care has an impact on the health of the entire body. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the functioning of the healthcare sector, including dental services. The aim of this study was to analyse the behaviour of patients with regard to their use of dental services during the pandemic. The data were obtained from paper registration...

Technological development around the world has led to the digitalisation of the health system. Along with the digitalisation of the health sector, financial, legal, awareness-related, technological and IT barriers appeared. The aim of the article is to present recommendations for the development of telemedicine services in Poland on the basis of a...

At the beginning of the 21st century, Lean Management (LM) tools were introduced into the healthcare sector around the world. In Poland, there are still few LM implementations, and they are not of a comprehensive nature. The aim of this article is to present the application of the LM concept in a hospital in Poland as a tool for the identification...

Since January 2016, nurses and midwives in Poland have had the right, with some restrictions, to prescribe medicines. Consequently, Polish patients received the same opportunity as in other countries worldwide: easier access to certain health services, i.e., medical prescribing. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of structural changes w...

Rola policjanta na drodze. Działania Policji na drodze jako dbającej o bezpieczeństwo.

Inteligentne systemy transportowe (ITS) należą do tych elementów infrastruktury transportowej, które bardzo szybko się rozwijają dzięki intensywnemu rozwojowi technologii. Korzyści płynące z ich zastosowania są bardzo szerokie począwszy od ekologicznych, poprzez zwiększenie poziomu bezpieczeństwa a na ekonomicznych skończywszy. Celem opracowania je...

Practical aspects of application telematics systemsin the process of diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes in Poland

(1) Our study aimed to look at the clinical characteristics, treatment and short-term outcomes of patients hospitalized due to heart failure with coexisting cancer. (2) Methods: Seventy one cancer (Ca) patients and a randomly selected 70 patients without Ca, hospitalized due to heart failure exacerbation in the same time period constituted the stud...

The conference paper refers to Telemedicine bands as an example of wearable technologies important in post-hospital care for patients after hip arthroplasty

The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a strong impact on numerous areas of everyday life. The aim of this study was to check how the pandemic influenced the composition of dietary supplements and other functional food products placed on the market till March 2021, compared to 2019. For this purpose, data concerning the registered products and reports o...

This article presents an overview of contemporary risk assessment systems used in patients with myocardial infarction. The full range of risk scales, both recommended by the European Society of Cardiology and others published in recent years, is presented. Scales for assessing the risk of ischemia/death as well as for assessing the risk of bleeding...

The importance of telemedicine technologies around the world has been growing for many years, and it turned out to be a particularly important issue for conducting some medical procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It is necessary to create interdisciplinary teams to design and implement improved procedures using telemedicine tools. The aim of...

Directs attention to additive manufacturing in a supply chain context. Analysis questions the degree it currently is a disruptive innovation. A case study consisting of interviews with 15 companies, including observations of some of these companies, providing a varied set of subcases. The research describes individual companies’ histories of using...

The article focuses on a less-discussed issue of social marginalization of people leaving penitentiaries, which is the prevalence of multifaceted health problems experienced by people in this category. It includes poor health status, resulting from, among others, poor housing conditions, harmful or risky lifestyle, and lack of access to medical ser...

(1) Background: Regular participation in physical activity (PA) prevents many medical complications and improves the physical fitness of people with spinal cord injury, and in turn improves the functional independence, psychosocial status and quality of life. The goal of Active Rehabilitation Camps (ARCs) is to use various forms of PA in order for...

Background: Maintaining physical performance during Ramadan Diurnal Fasting (RDF) is a challenge for professional athletes. The literature shows that sleep disturbances experienced by athletes during RDF are associated with reduced physical performance. The effect of sleep quality on physical performance, and the effect of work status on physical...

Life course theory (LCT) diagnoses childhood and adolescent factors that determine an individual’s involvement in crime in the future. Farrington lists eight key correlates identified by empirical analyses of criminal careers. In this paper, we seek to discuss the inconsistencies with LCT that we observed in our three empirical studies of the crimi...

This paper develops an analytical framework using process thinking to achieve sustainable healthcare services. Healthcare is characterised by low economic efficiency. At the same time, it is embedded in ethical concerns related to society and nature. Healthcare is thus conceptualised as functionality in an ecosystem. The patient is woven into both...

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of admissions to the emergency department (ED) due to a primary diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) has decreased when compared to pre-pandemic times. The principal aim of the study was to assess the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infections and sinus rhythm restoration among patients who arrived at...

Both juvenile and adult criminal careers show regularities in the origins of delinquency, the dynamics of the criminal pathway, and the turning points that lead to desistance/persistence in crime. Research shows that family, education, and friendship environments contribute significantly to the individual choices that create criminal biographies. O...

Background: The coronavirus pandemic and the government restrictions significantly disturbed the daily functioning of people, thereby influencing healthy behaviors, such as physical activity-the core indicator of well-being. This study evaluates the associations between physical activity (PA), the level of stress and quality of sleep during the CO...

The Juvenes Pro Medicina 2021 Conference Presentation titled: Project of improved posthospital patient care system using telemedicine technologies for patients after total hip arthroplasty.

Purpose: To examine (a) the amount of health-related behavior, (b) the level of generalized optimism, (c) the belief about patients’ abilities to cope with difficult situations and obstacles and (d) the subjective sense of social exclusion at baseline and at follow-up among patients with chronic mental health issues participating in a psychosocial...

Objectives: Rugby is sport with a high risk of injury. Repeated changes in exercise intensity and the high training intensity may cause to overuse injuries and long-term disability. The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of injuries during trainings and forms of rehabilitation procedures performed after their occurrence among elite and...

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Management of processes of the diagnosis and treatment of acute myocardial infarction using telematics systems

Coronary artery disease is one of the most serious medical challenges of the 21st century. Thanks to the development of cardiology and medical technology, the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) has become more and more effective in recent years. According to European standards, electrocardiogram (ECG) should be performed as soon as possible fo...

In accordance with European standards, every patient with suspected acute myocardial infarction should have a 12 – leads electrocardiographic (ECG) performed as soon as possible to establish a proper diagnosis. The correct interpretation of the ECG record is crucial for the quick qualification of the patient for the appropriate treatment. If ST seg...

Telemedicine technology offers a wide range of possibilities for improving various forms of healthcare services. These technologies can support and economize healthcare service processes including medical consultations, preparation for medical treatment and in the post-operative period. The increasing number of older people in developed countries i...

Możliwości zastosowania inteligentnych technologii w logistyce są bardzo duże ale w praktyce gospodarczej nadal nie są wykorzystywane wszystkie ich istniejące możliwości. Z taką sytuacją mamy do czynienia zarówno w automatyzacji i robotyzacji jak i w procesach informacyjnych koordynujących procesy fizyczne. Obecne systemy teleinformatyczne umożliwi...

The importance of the use of telematics technologies in medicine around the world has been growing for many years, and it turned out to be a particularly important issue, even essential for conducting some medical procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, where direct contact and supervision of medical staff over the patient is difficu...

The safety of public transport in urban logistics is increased in many ways. In order to improve safety, Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji in Łódź purchased tramway simulators that will be used for training. They are used in various fields, have many advantages, and depending on the needs are constructed at the level of different classes. On th...

The article contains information about infrastructure development management from the point of view of benefits in the area of logistics. It presents relationship between transport infrastructure and temporary accessibility to voivodship cities. In addition, road investments in the Lodz Metropolitan Area are also characterized. This article also pr...

The initial acceleration of a country’s industries relies on being able to access appropriate transport infrastructure. In this chapter we examine the extent to which innovative cities require new urban infrastructures, and the nature of these requirements. As discussed elsewhere in this book, smart cities are fundamentally communities of people ra...

Managing city logistics in large cities is a challenge. As a rule, this is done by several organizational units appointed by the territorial self-government as well as units belonging directly to the structures of the city office. The management system is constantly changing under the influence of various factors such as legal requirements, the str...

Eksperci o lotnisku. Rekomendacje ekspertów dotyczące portu lotniczego w Łodzi Lotnisko w Łodzi. Rekomendacje ekspertów Łódzkie lotnisko w 2013 r. przyniosło straty netto w wysokości prawie 21 mln zł, rok później strata wynosiła prawie 38 mln zł, a w 2015 r. ponad 55 mln zł, natomiast w 2016 r. strata wyniosła około 50 mln zł. Są to bardzo wysokie...