[Epidemiologic problems of gastrointestinal infections in children 0 to 2 years of age]. / Zagadnienia epidemiologiczne zakazen przewodu pokarmowego u dzieci w wieku od 0 do 2 lat.

The analysis is presented of certain epidemiological problems based on a material including 774 cases of gastrointestinal infections hospitalized in two paediatric centres of the Province Paediatric Hospital in Warsaw in the years 1979/1981/1983. Faeces were examined obtained from children aged 0 to 24 months treated in hospital for diarrhoea. The material was presented in tables and was subjected to statistical analysis. The absolute number of the treated infants with diarrhoea increased successively in successive years of the study. No significant correlation was found in the frequency of hospitalizations of children from Warsaw and from the Province of Warsaw. The greatest group of children with diarrhoea were children in the first trimester of life, especially newborns. The greatest number of cases were treated in the first and second trimester of the calendar year. Most cases of diarrhoea were due to E. coli agglutinating with group A serum, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

[Difficulties in diagnosis in primary cardiomyopathies in infants (author's transl)]. / Trudnosci diagnostyczne kardiomiopatii u niemowlat

Four children were observed in 1970-1973 in whom cardiomyopathy was diagnosed in early infancy. The symptoms were severe congestive cardiorespiratory failures accompanied by pulmonary infections. Considerable cardiomegaly, particularly the left ventricular and atrial hypertrophy, abnormal E.C.G. and mechanocardiographic records, rhythm and conduction disturbances were found in all cases.