Ve zdravém těle zdravý duch, aneb jak na Nový rok, tak po celý rok

Mgr. Michaela Majerová

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):3  

The impact of the fats to the cardiovascular diseases

doc.MUDr.Věra Adámková, CSc.

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):6-9  

Many excesses of the treatment of the cardiovascular diseases were achieved, but the main cause of death are in Czech Republic, in long terms, diseases of the circulatory system, that resulted in 49.8 % of all deaths (23 532 men and 28 748 women (1). The decreasing trend of the mortality of the cardiovascular diseases was written down at the beginning of the 90th of the 20. century, on the whole about 16 % (2). This favourable trend continues and it is considered like the main cause of the extensing of the life expectancy in our country (3). Life expectancy at birth increased by 0.3 year for men and by about a quarter of year for women. In...

The use of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics

prof.Ing.Vojtěch Rada, CSc.

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):10-15  

Probiotics are defined as “live microorganisms, which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”. Probiotics strains are usually bacterial species normally commensal in the human intestinal tract. Genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium are most frequently used probiotic bacteria. Beneficial effects of probiotics on human health include alleviation of allergies, immunomodulation, prevention of colon carcinoma, alleviation of constipation and the prevention and supportive therapy of inflammatory bowel diseases and diarrhoea. Prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrate foods or food ingredients that...

Diabetic foot at the GP’s surgery: diagnosis and treatment

MUDr.Michala Pelikánová

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):16-19  

Given the diabetes pandemic in the recent decades, it is essential to concentrate on timely and adequate treatment of diabetes as well as on preventing organ-specific complications. Diabetic foot syndrome affects up to 10 % of patients with diabetes, with 50 % of diabetics having multiple risk factors for developing the syndrome. The proportion of diabetic patients among those with high-level amputation of the lower limb remains high. The normal process of wound healing is slowed in diabetics; infection and gangrene develop much earlier and have a more severe course. The factors crucial for the prognosis of diabetic ulcerations are infection,...

Varicella in adults - the possibilities of prevention and treatment

MUDr.Hana Roháčová, Ph.D.

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):21-23  

Chicken pox is a common illness especially in children. Nevertheless, roughly 10 % of adults are susceptible to this illness, not having been exposed to it in childhood. Generally chicken pox is considered mild viral disease without consequences. In adulthood, how ever, the course can be more serious, the complications more common and often leads to several weeks of work disability. Two groups of patients form high-risk categories. They are patients with compromised immunity and pregnant women and the fetus – both pre- and post-natally. For these patients, chicken pox can be life-threatening illness. It is possible, however, to vaccinate...

Urolithiasis - diagnosis and treatment

MUDr.Aleš Vidlář, MUDr.Eva Burešová, MUDr.Martin Hrabec, doc.MUDr.Vladimír Študent, Ph.D.

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):24-26  

Patients with urolithiasis are an important part of everyday urological practice and the management of this frequent disease is also a major health, social and economic problem for both the individual and society. The authors briefly present information concerning the current options for diagnosis and treatment of urolithiasis. Its aetiopathogenesis is multifactorial with a number of risk factors – endogenous and exogenous, renal and extrarenal – being involved in the development of calculi.

Tromboembolic disease

MUDr.Ján Dindoš

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):27-28  

Casuistry analyse bad condition with sudden dyspnoea young woman, smoker, which had subjectively dyspnoea and cough and in objective status she had sinus tachycardia and hypoxemy only. Higher level of D-dimers in blood and positive ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy confirmed pulmonary embolism. This young woman had taken anticonception without konwledges that she had genetic determined trombophiliia.

Food is both remedy and poison

MUDr.Monika Golková

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):29-30  

Anti-aging medicine is a newly emerging medical speciality utilizing the most recent diagnostic and therapeutic methods in order to slow the process of aging of the human body. Investigating food intolerances is one of the methods used significantly all over medicine since eating may be remedy as well as poison.

Scars treatment

Bc.Eva Smičková, DiS.

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):31-33  

Scar formation is an irreversible process. Scar can not be removed permanently, but with proper care it could be barely cosmetically noticeable. Prevention of hypertrophic and keloid scars plays an important role in the care of the scar. This article is focused primarily on the correction of scars with conservative methods.

Preparation of diabetic patients for endoscopic procedures

Zdeňka Vachutková, MUDr.Věra Loyková

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):34-35  

The paper deals with our experience with the preparation of diabetic patients for endoscopic procedures. Up to 60 % of diabetics have gastrointestinal tract disease. Given their specific disease, these patients require a special approach when being prepared for all kinds of invasive procedures. The approaches mentioned in this paper, based on our many years of practice, may serve as guides for other departments concerned with the same problem.

Autodidaktický test 1/2011

Med. praxi. 2011;8(1):37-38