MMSL, 2026 (vol. 95), issue 1
TRENDS IN ORAL ANTICOAGULANT PRESCRIPTION PATTERNS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 2019–2024Original article
Tomas Veleta, Jiri Vlcek, Jiri Cyrany, Radovan Maly, Tomas Soukup
MMSL 2026, 95(1):2-8 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2025.002 
Background: The patterns of oral anticoagulant (OAC) prescription have significantly changed in recent years, with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) gradually replacing warfarin. While this transition occurred earlier in some countries, limited data are available about its timeline in the Czech Republic.Objectives: This study aimed to analyse trends in OAC prescriptions in the Czech Republic from 2019 to 2024, focusing on the shift from warfarin to DOACs and the patterns of utilisation of individual DOACs.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted using national electronic prescription data from the State Institute for Drug Control (SÚKL). Annual...
BLOOD DONOR MOTIVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORSOriginal article
Pavlína Rabasová, Karel Pavlica, Roman Pospíšil, Hana Konečná, Zuzana Čermáková
MMSL 2026, 95(1):9-21 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2025.004
Introduction: The motivation of donors to donate substances of human origin, such as blood and its components, bone marrow, gametes, and others, is influenced by various factors, such as sociodemographic characteristics, motivational factors, and the level of social competence.Aim: To describe and analyse the motivation of donors to donate blood and blood components in relation to sociodemographic characteristics and motivational factors at the Blood Centre of the University Hospital Ostrava.Design and Methods: Quantitative research based on an anonymous questionnaire survey, followed by inferential analysis of bivariate data. The self-designed questionnaire...
EFFECTIVE FORWARDED SURGICAL CARE IN THE ARMY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE WORLDReview article
Jan Brixi
MMSL 2026, 95(1):22-32 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2025.001
This topic is probably the most important in the field of military healthcare in the long term, because care of this nature is the very reason why the whole sector was created. Effective forwarded surgical care is a crucial factor in reducing preventable battlefield casualties, known and developed since the historical beginnings of military healthcare. This highly demanding medical discipline is an absolutely essential component of the modern war effort, in which it takes on a whole new dimension thanks to unimaginable technological, medical and military-tactical progress. The changed character of the world's main battlefields seems to be crucial at...
RESILIENT PLATFORM FOR MICROBIOME DATABASES: ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTESReview article
Tomáš Ráčil, Petr Františ, Alexandr Štefek
MMSL 2026, 95(1):33-46 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2025.003
The rapid growth of microbiome research is hindered by significant challenges in data management, including data fragmentation across disparate silos, a lack of methodological standardization, and barriers to advanced privacy-preserving analysis. To address these issues, this article proposes a conceptual architectural blueprint for a resilient, scalable, and integrated platform for microbiome data. Our proposed architecture is a modular, cloud-native system designed to support the entire research lifecycle. Key attributes include a multi-layered microservices framework to ensure scalability, adherence to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable,...