Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2000 (vol. 69), issue 2
AN EXTENDED PREVENTIVE CARE - PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION METHODS IN PRIMARY PREVENTION IN THE CZECH ARMY
Jiří Zetocha, Pavol Hlúbik, Jiří Chaloupka, Svatopluk Býma
VZL 2000, 69(2):41-47 
To provide a higher level of health care for career soldiers there were particular changes even in the area of primary prevention. Since 2000 an extended preventive examination will be performed on all career soldiers. This examination will contain in addition an extended anthropometrical examination, the evaluation of functional fitness through a step-test and a psychological examination by means of a questionnaire. The author writes in more detail about some methods used within the extended preventive examinations and describes in greater detail some other methods from the area of functional examinations which can be used in the long-term in primary...
AN EXTENDED PREVENTIVE CARE - LIPID METABOLISM DISORDERS
Svatopluk Býma, Pavol Hlúbik, Jiří Chaloupka, Václav Bláha
VZL 2000, 69(2):48-51
Within the programme of extended preventive care the monitoring of selected bíochemical markers which evaluate the extent of the risk of damage to health in a selected population of career soldiers was performed during 1999. The authors evaluated the lipid profile and analyzed lipid metabolism dísorders in a population of career soldiers. The authors proved in their study that there is a high incidence of hyperlipoproteinemia among career soldiers in the Czech Army.
AN EXTENDED PREVENTIVE CARE - ANTHROPOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTIC - TOPICAL NUTRITIONAL STATE OF SOLDIERS
Pavol Hlúbik, Svstopluk Býma, Jiří Chaloupka
VZL 2000, 69(2):52-56
Within the programme of extended primary prevention the Czech Army Medical Service organized and performed an extensive examination focused on evaluation of the incidence of selected risk factors in career soldiers. Monitoring was focused on the evaluation of case history data related to the risk of inception of noninfectious diseases of mass incidence, and on selected biochemical and anthropometrical characteristics of the topical state of health. During 1999, 6658 clinically healthy career soldiers were examined at garrison medical stations within the whole Czech Army. In these soldiers a mean value of 26.7kg/m2 BMI was found. The prevalence...
AN EXTENDED PREVENTIVE CARE - SELECTED RESULTS OF THE PROGRAMME OF EXTENDED PREVENTIVE CARE IN THE CZECH ARMY
Jiří Chaloupka, Svatopluk Býma, Pavol Hlúbik
VZL 2000, 69(2):57-63
Within the programme of extended preventive care in the Czech Army 6658 career soldiers have been examined. 30.5% of them have a low family case history, two thirds have a medium one and 3% have a high family case history in the area of noninfectious diseases of mass incidence. 65% are non-smokers, 20% smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day. More than half the people state that they have an office job. Below average values of physical fitness were measured in 10% of examined persons. In 7% of persons an increased blood pressure was measured, while 4% of persons had a higher value of glycaemia fasting and about 20% have higher hepatic tests. Correlation...
EXTENDED MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS IN THE OUT-PATIENT HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN THE CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL - PRESENT POSSIBILITIES
Ladislav Krajči, Jan Vesecký
VZL 2000, 69(2):64-69
High numbers of newly diagnosed civilization risk factors - obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and also the incidence of hyperuricaemia, chlamydia infections, Helicobacter pyroli, diabetes mellitus and smoking confirm the sense of these preventive examinations. These findings and diseases were the reason for the immediate launching of an educational and motivation programme with the aim of eliminating the effect of these civilization risk factors in future months and years in each officer in dispensary care. The results will be evaluated regularly at yearly intervals.
TOXINS AND THEIR PRESENT MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE
Jiří Patočka, Josef Fusek
VZL 2000, 69(2):70-76
Toxins, chemical substances produced by practically all forms of life, represent a chemically broad group of compounds. Many of them are very toxic for humans and represent a serious jeopardy because they may be misused through chemical warfare or terrorist attacks. This danger has been increasing recently because toxins are more and more available due to modern synthetic methods and the application of genetic engineering.
KONFERENCE O ZDRAVOTNICKÉM ZABEZPEČENÍ V PŘÍPADĚ POUŽITÍ JADERNÝCH ZBRANÍ
Jiřina Vávrová, Jan Österreicher
VZL 2000, 69(2):77-78
ŽIVOTNÍ JUBILEUM PROFESORA MUDr. HVĚZDOSLAVA STEFANA, CSc.
František Dohnal
VZL 2000, 69(2):79-80
A SIGNIFICANT HISTORIAN OF MILITARY PHARMACY - PhMr. JUDr. RNDr. PhDr. KAREL PEJML
Karel Král
VZL 2000, 69(2):81-84
Karel Pejml (January 26, 1892 - March 2, 1965) was the first Czech historian of military pharmacy. In his studies he covered the development of military pharmacy from the Roman period to 1930. He focused mainly on the period of the inception of field military apothecaries during the reign of Rudolph II and on the period of the development of military pharmacy during the reign of Maria Theresa and Joseph II. As one, of the first historians he deals with the inception of institutional military pharmacy in 1794 and its development under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 his studies in...
CZECH PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS DURING THE BALKAN WARS IN BULGARIA (1912-1913)
K. Trošev
VZL 2000, 69(2):85-91
Medical facilities and health care in the Bulgarian Army were insufficient at the beginning of the Balkan Wars and that is why the Bulgarian Red Cross decided to ask foreign countries for help.A great charity campaign took place in Prague. An auxiliary corps of physicians with the head of Prof. Kukula was formed and its mission was to ensure and organize the Czech physiacians’ participation....