Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2007 (vol. 76), issue 5
In-Flight Medical and Physiological Incidents
Jiří ©ulc
VZL 2007, 76(5):165-168 
Out of 1587 aviation accidents and incidents in Czechoslovak and Czech Air Force from the years 1993-2006, only 3 (0.2 %) related to the aviator's pathological disorder. Neither once did physiological incidents (Simson, 1971) participate as an accident's/incident's cause. Of a considerable risk for the flight safety were 41 (2.6 %) cases of technical faults on systems, assigned to the safe protection of the crew against flight hazards.
Risk Factors of Lung Cancer in Working Environment
Zdeněk Nakládal, Marie Nakládalová, Helena Kollárová, Gabriela Janoutová, Vladimír Janout
VZL 2007, 76(5):169-175
It is estimated that 15% of lung cancer is caused by occupational exposure. The authors describe those factors of working environment which may influence the development of lung cancer. The most important are: ionizing radiation, asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, vinylchlorid, bichlormethylether, arsenic, nicle and chromium. In the most important factors from the view of occupational medicine, characterization, occurrence in working procedures and mode of their influence are presented as well as conditions for declaring lung cancer as occupational disease.
Ischemic Disease of the Lower Extremities and a Quality of Life
Ladislav Slováček, Helena Bohutínská, Petra Vacková, Marie Vacková
VZL 2007, 76(5):176-180
Aims. The study has three main aims: 1. it evaluates occurrence of depression symptoms in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD), 2. it evaluates global quality of life (QoL) in patients with PAOD and 3. it evaluates effect of age and stage of PAOD on seriousness of depression symptoms and on the QoL in patients with PAOD. Patients and Method: the study is local, prospective and cross-sectional. It was carried out at the 2nd Internal Clinic of University Hospital in Hradec Králové. Data were obtained during the year 2006.Methods and Results. The total number of respondents with PAOD was 42 (28 male, 14 female). The average age of...
Some Current Principal Theoretical and Practical Problems of Arterial Hypertension - Information from 13th World Congress on Heart Diseases (Vancouver, 2007)
Marian Sninčák
VZL 2007, 76(5):181-186
The Possibilities of Cholinesterases for Biosensor Construction
Miroslav Pohanka, Kamil Kuča, Daniel Jun
VZL 2007, 76(5):187-191
The harmful effect of organophosphates and carbamates on natural enzymes from the group of cholinesterases can be employed for analytical purposes. The biosensors based on cholinesterases as biorecognition components were used for an analysis of organophosphates and carbamates several times. In this review article, some enzyme reaction visualizations as well as immobilization procedures have been compared as important parameters of biosensor construction.
The Effect of Selected Demographic, Psychosocial and Healthy Aspects on Quality of Life of Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Undergoing Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Analysis (Dissertation thesis)
Ladislav Slováček
VZL 2007, 76(5):192-199
Aim: The study analyses the quality of life (QoL) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) undergoing autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Patients and Methods: The total number of respondents with AML was 12 (7 male, 5 female). The total number of respondents with MM was 32 (18 male, 14 female). The average age of patients with AML was 47.5 years and average age of patients with MM was 60 years. The Czech version of an international generic European Quality of Life Questionnaire - Version EQ-5D was used. The effect of selected psychosocial, health and demographic aspects on QoL in patients was...
Report from Africa (3)
Martina Pokorná, Roman ©indelář
VZL 2007, 76(5):200-202
The authors present problems of Liberia, an African country where Martina Pokorná, M.D., author of the article, is working as a UNO mission observer at the moment. Liberia has been slowly recovering after many years of civil war, and international organizations participate in the reconstruction of the country and observe the fragile armistice.
Jean de Carro and His Contribution to Smallpox Vaccination
Marie Vacková
VZL 2007, 76(5):203-204