Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2007 (vol. 76), issue 4
Risk of the Statin Therapy
Miroslav Brndiar, Lucie Chadimová, Ladislav Jebavý, Jan M. Horáček, Martina Prixová
VZL 2007, 76(4):117-122 
In the retrospective study an incidence of undesirable effects of the statin therapy was observed. In the whole group (n = 120) undesirable effects appeared in 18 ill people, i.e. in 15 % of the cases. Most of them were only slight and it was not necessary to interrupt the therapy. Significant difference in incidence of undesirable effects between simvastatin (n = 60) and lovastatin (n = 60) was not proved. Further the effectiveness of both types of statins on the lipid spectrum was observed. Not even in this case the significant difference in effectiveness among these types of statins on general cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerols...
Primary Torsion of the Omentum Imitating Acute Appendicitis - A Case Report
Petr Lochman, Robert Čáp, Daniel Dobeš
VZL 2007, 76(4):123-124
Torsion of the omentum is a rare cause of acute abdomen. In most cases, it is presented with the same symptoms like acute appendicitis. Usually, the correct diagnosis is not made until the operation. The presence of serosanguineous fluid in the peritoneal cavity and normal appendix can alert the surgeon to the possibility of omental torsion. The treatment consists in excision of the affected portion of the omentum. The authors present a case report of a young man operated on for signs of acute appendicitis where primary omental torsion with a multiple rotation 900 degrees in anticlockwise direction was the cause of acute abdomen.
Information from XVIIth Congress of European Hypertenzion Society
Marian Sninčák, Kamil Pahuli, Zuzana Solárová
VZL 2007, 76(4):125-137
CBRN JAT: NATO Response Force's Advising Body in CBRN Issues as a Common Interest of Military Health Service and CBRN Troops of the Czech Armed Forces
Jan Österreicher, Jan Smetana, Vratislav Osvald
VZL 2007, 76(4):138-140
An article describes the role, structure, fullfiled tasks, work limitation as well as training aims of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Joint Assessment Team (CBRN JAT). Subsequently, herein there are expressed systematic proposals concerning CBRN and Military health services based on authors experience in this particular team during the 8th rotation of NATO Response Force (NRF-8).
Possibilities of Development of New Chemical Weapons in the Light of Existing Chemical Weapons Convention
Jiří Bajgar
VZL 2007, 76(4):141-147
Conditions and directions of possible development of new chemical compounds usable for military purposes are characterized and focused on the groups of toxic agents in question. Non-lethal chemical weapons are also mentioned.
Biosensors for Biological Agents' Detection
Miroslav Pohanka
VZL 2007, 76(4):148-152
The biosensors for biological agents are mentioned in this review. After biosensor definition separate biosensors are introduced according to their physiochemical transducers. Electrochemical biosensors are further divided into potentiometric, amperometric and conductometric ones. Optical biosensors are presented as based on chromogen and/or nonlinear optics ones. Finally the piezoelectric biosensors are mentioned.
Detection of Ricin with Biosensors and ELISA: A Review
Petr Procházka
VZL 2007, 76(4):153-157
The main aim of this work is to summarize the information about the most common methods for detection of ricin. Ricin is a phytotoxin produced by castor plant, Ricinus communis. It is known as ribosome-inactivating protein because it inhibits the proteosynthesis. It can be abused for terrorist actions or it can cause very serious intoxication, either accidental or murder and suicide. Therefore there is an urgent need to have a reliable, specific and selective detection method. This paper offers information about enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and biosensors. The magnetoelastic immunosensor and the fiber-optic based biosensor are represented...
Epidemiological Risks of Vaccination against Variola at the Present Time: Contact Transmission of Vaccinia virus
Miroslav Špliňo, Roman Prymula, Roman Chlíbek
VZL 2007, 76(4):158-161
The authors describe the present state of vaccination against variola in the non-epidemic period. They put forward the indication criteria, the recommended vaccination for persons working with vaccinia virus, and the case description of a severe complication of eczema vaccinatum after contact transmission of vaccinia virus from father to son (vaccinated army member).
Report from Africa (2)
Martina Pokorná, Roman Šindelář
VZL 2007, 76(4):162-164
The Czech Republic, as a member of the United Nations Organization, sends Czech Army officers every year to fulfil various tasks in foreign missions in a lot of countries, especially on the African continent. In the following article, the authors deal with the disease which has become a serious topic of recent months in Liberia due to sudden death of UNMIL members of Pakistani origin. The author of the article works as an observer in UNMIL mission in Sector 1, in the town of Kakata, where she cooperates with the local C.H. Rennie Hospital.