Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2000 (vol. 69), issue 1
BIOTERRORISM
Jaroslav Blahoš
VZL 2000, 69(1):1-4 
During the congress of the American Medical Association (AMA) a symposium on bioterrorism was held The organizers were the AMA and its Federal Military Medicine of the USA Section. The leading experts in biological and chemical weapons of the US Army took part in this symposium. The program consisted of surveys of materials, typical symptoms of damage of the human body by biological and chemical weapons, somatic and psychic symptoms during terrorist attacks with these weapons, possible ways of detection, defence systems, and medical interventions.
GENETIC CONTROL OF RESISTANCE/SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASES (REPORT)
Lenka Hernychová, Aleš Macela, Hana Kovářová
VZL 2000, 69(1):5-14
The authors summarize the results of six year’s study on genetic resistance of organism to the infection that were obtained using a various experimental models. The findings are shown in broad context of genetic regulation of diseases including their rise and development. Individual susceptibility to the disease is controlled by expressed genes. The genetic control influences both the primary interactions of external signals with the cells or molecules of immune system and the mechanisms of adaptive immune response. The changes in immune responsiveness can lead to the reaction of host defence mechanisms with the selfantigens and cause the autoimmune...
CHRONIC STRESSOGENIC EFFECT OF LOW DOSES OF SARIN IN A RAT AFTER A SINGLE OR REPEATED INHALATION EXPOSURE
Jiří Kassa, Marcela Bielavská, Josef Vachek
VZL 2000, 69(1):14-20
The stressogenic effect of highly toxic organophosphate sarin following single or repeated inhalation exposure to low doses of sarin by monitoring the corticosterone level in plasma, the tyrosine aminotransferase activity in liver as well as the level of catecholamines and their metabolites in the brain was studied in rats.While the statistically significant increase in the level of some stress markers at three and twelve months following the inhalation exposure not only to symptomatic but also to asymptomatic doses of sarin was observed in comparison with the control values, no changes in stress markers at six months following the inhalation...
MINE INJURIES
Ladislav Vykouřil
VZL 2000, 69(1):21-23
Mine injuries in local wars have been increasing recently and surgical treatment of these injuries which are multifactor, often with mechanical avulsion of a part of the extremity, is solved by amputation. Comments on the operating technique of these amputations come out of the experience of surgeons of the International Red Cross who gained ample experience with this problem.
BALISTIC TRAUMA OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY (A CASE REPORT)
Jan Folvarský, Ladislav Vykouřil, Bohumil Jon, Robert Čáp, Dušan Šimkovič, Tomáš Dědek, Petr Roubal, Jan Komenda, Ludvík Juříček
VZL 2000, 69(1):23-24
The author characterizes briefly acute vascular injuries and presents on the basis of his own experience a case report of a patient with an injury of the femoral artery.
MONITORING VOJENSKÉHO VÝCVIKOVÉHO PROSTORU BOLETICE 1999
Jan Prchal
VZL 2000, 69(1):25-26
JUBILANT PROF. MUDr. MIROSLAV ŠPLIŇO, DrSc.
Roman Prymula
VZL 2000, 69(1):27
ČESKÁ VÁLEČNÁ CHIRURGIE (HISTORICKÝ PŘEHLED)
Josef Fusek, František Dohnal, Vladimír Měrka, Leo Klein
VZL 2000, 69(1):28-31
CZECH FIELD SURGERY - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Josef Fusek, František Dohnal, Vladimír Měrka, Leo Klein
VZL 2000, 69(1):31-34
Field Surgery is one of the oldest branches of medicine. The development of field surgery was influenced not only by the progress of medicine, but also by military tactics and by new weapons.There is a more than 200-year old tradition in the training and education of military medical personnel in our country. This is comparable with other leading European countries. Our tradition is closely connected with Austrian history because the Czechs lived until 1918 under the Habsburg Monarchy.In 1779 Emperor Joseph II charged his adviser and personal physician Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla (1728-1800) with over- Seeing the whole military medical...
MILITARY SURGERY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Ladislav Vykouřil
VZL 2000, 69(1):34-36
The historical development of military surgery and its present problems at the turn of the century are dealt with. The changes in military surgery in the last decades depend on the character of war injuries in connection with various kinds of weapons, and on the changes in health service organization during war with the possibilities/quality of evacuation, etc. Although military surgery actively follows all progress of peace surgery in modern diagnostics, medical materials, changes in operation technique and anesthesia, and pre- and post-operation care of the wounded, it still differs from peace surgery. On the one hand it is not possible to apply...