Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2004 (vol. 73), issue 2
Anti-Epidemic Support for Czech Army Soldiers Before Their Departure on and Arrival from a Mission Abroad
Jan Smetana, Radovan Smetana, Marie Vacková
VZL 2004, 73(2):41-44 
The authors describes in their article some preventive anti-epidemic measures which are part of health care of soldiers who depart on missions abroad and return from them. The authors focus, above all, on vaccination against communicable diseases which is the most significant means of protection against these diseases. Emphasis is placed on elucidation of the decision-making process which concerns vaccination for units which depart abroad and also on the organization of the vaccination itself. Problems of the Czech Army serum bank and examinations carried out in the Occupational Disease Department at the Central Military Hospital in Prague are also...
A Change in the Vocational Training System
Stanislav Konštacký
VZL 2004, 73(2):45-47
In February of this year Law no. 95/2004 of the Digest concerning the conditions for acquiring and acknowledging professional qualification for the occupations of physician, dentist and pharmacist was approved. This law essentially changes the system of education after graduation from a medical faculty. The training for acquiring professional qualifications will be extended. Second specialty postgraduate degrees have been cancelled. This means a significant difference in the new standard from the previous one concerning medical workers and other health service workers. This law defines the basic terms by which education is carried out at workplaces...
The Educational and Nursing Process within the Extended Primary Preventive Care Programme
Daniel Jirkovský
VZL 2004, 73(2):48-50
In this article the author describes the educational and nursing process within the extended primary preventive care programme under garrison medical center conditions. In general the text characterizes the educational role of a nurse while carrying out and meeting the aims of this programme. Attention is also partly paid to the problem of educating nurses within the area of primary nursing prevention.
INTEGRA® - An Innovation in the Treatment of Severe Burns and Extensive Skin Defects
Robert Čáp, Daniel Dobeš, František Hošek
VZL 2004, 73(2):51-53
In their article the authors write about a new method of treatment for extensive burns and skin defects. Integra® is a new product registered in the USA and some European Union countries. It is used for covering extensive skin defects. This article describes the new product and discusses basic information, including its clinical use and indications.
Metodické pokyny pro farmakoterapii akutní a chronické nenádorové bolesti
Tomáš Doležal, Marek Hakl, Jiří Kozák, Miloslav Kršiak, Jan Lejčko, Bohumil Skála, Ondřej Sláma, Pavel Ševčík, Jiří Vorlíček
VZL 2004, 73(2):54-67
Životní jubileum plk. v. v. doc. RNDr. PhMr. Vladimíra Měrky, CSc.
František Dohnal, Josef Fusek
VZL 2004, 73(2):68-69
Zpráva o výroční konferenci instruktorů BATLS v Gosportu
Zdeněk Klézl, Ambrož Homola, Radovan Matoušek, Michal Plodr, Daniel Dobeš
VZL 2004, 73(2):70-71
Modeling Intra-abdominal Hypertension and the Significance of Tonometry During Gastrointestinal Tract Perfusion
Daniel Dobeš, Alexander Ferko, Michal Plodr, Zdeněk Šubrt
VZL 2004, 73(2):72-80
Introduction: The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) plays an important role in the general inflammatory response of the organism. The new nosological unit of the compartment abdominal syndrome even underlines the relationship between the pathological process and the gastrointestinal tract. Considering the different ways of shock therapy, the possibility of an early detection and treatment was evaluated in both experimental and clinical studies in relation to GIT hypoxia, which seems to represent one of the triggering causes of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and following pathological changes. Gastric tonometry is one of the diagnostic methods...