Metabolic syndrome after kidney transplantation - editorial

Vladimír Teplan

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):187-188  

Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury - editorial

Naděžda Petejová, Arnošt Martínek

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):189-191  

Rhabdomyolysis - editorial

Tomáš Tyll

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):192-193  

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis - the past and present - editorial

Karel Veselý

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):194-195  

Metabolic syndrome after kidney transplantation

Marta Nedbálková, Jan Svojanovský, Karel Trnavský, Milan Kuman, Jiří Jarkovský, Michal Karpíšek, Miroslav Souček

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):196-204  

Introduction:Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Higher risk of the metabolic syndrome and its components in patients after kidney transplantation is caused by immunosuppressive therapy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in kidney transplant recipients and to analyse their influence on allograft function and albuminuria. Patients, method and results:In the study we monitored 69 patients after cadaveric kidney transplantation. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was 61.3 % 3 years after kidney transplantation. The prevalence...

Mesenterointestinocolonovascular arterial ischemic disease. Guidelines of the Angiology section of Slovak Medical Chamber (AS SMC, 2013)

Peter Gavorník, Andrej Dukát, Ľudovít Gašpar, Ľudovít Lukáč, Martina Kováčová, Laura Gužiková, Naďa Hučková, Gabriela Gubo, Stella Hlinšťáková, Michal Makovník, Peter Sabaka, Matej Bendžala, Alena Uhrinová, Daniela Ližičárová, Dávid Baláž, Martin Čaprnda

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):239-248  

Organovascular arterial ischemic diseases (cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, extremitovascular, renovascular, genitovascular, pulmovascular, mesenterovascular, dermovascular, oculovascular, otovascular, stomatovascular etc.) are an important manifestations of systemic atherosclerosis and other arterial diseases of vascular system (arteriolosclerosis/arteriolonecrosis; diabetic macroangiopathy; diabetic microangiopathy; Mönckeberg's mediosclerosis/mediocalcinosis; arteritis - vasculitis; syndromes of arterial compression; fibromuscular dysplasia; cystic adventitial degeneration; arterial thrombosis; arterial embolism/thromboembolism; traumatic and posttraumatic...

Pain in chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer - treatment options

Martina Bojková, Pavel Klvaňa, Pavel Svoboda, Tomáš Kupka, Arnošt Martínek, Marian Bojko, Petr Dítě

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):205-211  

Treatment of pain is one of the main pillars of treatment of pancreatic diseases. Abdominal pain is a common and often debilitating symptom in patients with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Treatment involves abstinence from tobacco, alcohol and analgetics and adjunctive agents. Surgical and endoscopic treatment requires careful patient selection based on a detailed analysis of ductal anatomy. The limited possibilities of this therapy are patients without dilatation of the main pancreatic duct. Results of randomized trials suggest that the effect of surgical treatment is sustained over time and more efficient than the endoscopic treatment....

Methods of economic analysis of screening programs. Situation in Czech Republic.

Jana Bartáková, Jan Jiskra

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):212-215  

In the process of reducing health budget the question of the effectiveness of investment in population-based screening programs is very actual. Because of the scope, screening is becoming very expensive and burdens healthy people. An essential part of any screening program is careful consideration, registration and monitoring of the results. Here economic analysis are irreplaceable. They enable an objective assessment of the effectiveness of the use of resources and thus become an important basis for decision-making about the allocation of scarce resources for improving the health status of the population. The present text deals with the basic types...

Pathogenesis of metabolic changes in acute muscular compartment syndrome

Angela Molčányiová, Theodoz Molčányi

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):216-224  

Acute compartment syndrome results from a pressure increase within an anatomically defined space delineated by a non-elastic surrounding. Every muscle group, encased by fascia/bone, presents a compartment with a potential to develop increased pressure under certain conditions. Increase in pressure within the compartment causes a decrease in perfusion pressure, leading to ischemia and pathological utilisation of energy substrates on the cellular level. Initially, the malfunction of cellular metabolism is functional and reversible. Later progress of these changes leads into irreversible myonecrosis. Restitution of blood supply reverses the local ischemia,...

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis - the past and present

Alice Sýkorová, Vít Campr, Petra Kašparová, Eva Kočová, David Belada, Marek Trněný, Pavel Žák

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):225-238  

Background:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LyG) is a rare multisystemic angiocentric and angiodestructive B lymphoproliferative disease that was first described by Liebow in 1972. Disease was then in the "gray zone" between vasculitis and lymphoproliferative disease. LyG is currently categorized as a primary B lymphoproliferative disease associated with Epstein-Barr (EB) virus according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumours. Epidemiology, clinical course and treatment:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a rare disease with unknown prevalence. It occurs more often in males (male : female ratio 2 : 1) between...

Crush syndrome of today - rhabdomyolysis of intoxicateds

Angela Molčányiová, Theodoz Molčányi, Miroslav Mydlík

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):249-254  

Crush syndrome is a major issue in war-afflicted countries and in times of peace also in case of a mining accident. This syndrome is characterized by a number of symptoms originating from muscle damage - rhabdomyolysis - resulting from long-lasting entrapment of the body/extremities. Nowadays, crush syndrome seems to be a scarce condition. However, the rare incidence may rather be the result of poor diagnostic recognition. Although the war conflicts and mining accidents became seldom, increased incidence of rhabdomyolysis is progressively associated with world-wide drug consumption. Long-term immobilisation of intoxicated drug addicts frequently leads...

Iva Příhodová. Poruchy spánku u dětí a dospívajících

Karel Šonka

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):255  

Jaromír Astl. Chirurgická léčba nemocí štítné žlázy

Karel Starý

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):255-256  

Jiří Hoch, Jan Leffler et al. Textbook of Surgery. Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment

Jiří Vokurka

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):256  

Professor Aleš Linhart celebrates his fifties birthday

Michael Aschermann

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):257-258  

Profesor MUDr. Rastislav Dzúrik, DrSc. (*24. augusta 1929 - †27. februára 2014)

Miroslav Mydlík, Viera Spustová, Katarína Derzsiová

Vnitr Lek 2014, 60(3):258-259