Backround: Worldwide, approximately 1 billion people, from which 200250 million are women, smoke. Based on the Estonian Medical Birth Register data, in 2010, 7,5% of pregnant women were smokers, and in 2012, 7% of pregnant women were smoking during their pregnancy. Thus, smoking rates among pregnant women fell only 0,5%. The objective of the research was to find out the views of pregnant women who were smoking during pregnancy of the effect of smoking on the health of them and their babies, and experiences in quitting smoking, changing indicators, e.g. smoking and socioeconomical status (initial exposure to smoking, employment, longterm partnerships etc.) in 20092013. Methods: This research is a phenomenological study, which was being carried out from October 2009 until January 2013. Data collection methods were semistructured interviews with 45 pregnant women smoking during their pregnancy and being registered for antenatal care in three health care institutions of Republic of Estonia. An inductive approach for qualitative analysis was used. Results: Most women smoking during pregnancy started smoking in their teens, their parents smoked, they were under 30 years old housewives or unemployed. On an average of 1120 cigarettes were consumed each day, the pregnancy of the research group did not influence frequency and tobacco intake. The participants in the research group reported that tobacco consumption helped them relax, gave them a chance to spend time in a good company, and it was not regarded as a bad habit but a social addiction, being caused by availability of tobacco products. Although most of them had an opinion about harmful effects of smoking, e.g. a cough, asthma and rapid fatigue, on the health of them and less on their expected babies, they continued smoking. Conclusions: The smoking and socioeconomical status of women smoking during pregnancy in 20092013 has not changed, health awareness of them is low and has not improved. Support groups with close relatives are needed to motivate cessation. In the first place, prevention needs a good example, purposeful cooperation, which starts in daily life context at homes, in educational institutions and in the community. Limiting the availability of tobacco products, postponing and preventing an initial exposure to smoking are thought to be of great importance. The results of the research will be introduced in health care institutions and they can be used in the health promotion process., Urve KaasikAaslav, Mare Vanatoa, Ene Kotka, and Literatura
Infantilní hemangiomy jsou nejčastějšími benigními vaskulárními nádory novorozeneckého a kojeneckého věku. Jedná se o nádory s velmi dobrou prognózou. Většina infantilních hemangiomů spontánně zcela regreduje v prvních deseti letech života. Jen deset procent infantilních hemangiomů vyžaduje nějakou terapii. V současné době je preferováno použití b-blokátoru propranololu. Ostatní typy benigních cévních nádorů je zapotřebí diferenciálně diagnosticky odlišit pro zahájení vhodné terapie a určení prognózy. Předložený článek shrnuje základní poznatky o hemangiomech u novorozenců. V závěru článku je zmíněna krátká kazuistika, kdy byla léčba rozsáhlého hemangiomu zahajována po konzultacích na našem pracovišti za kontroly kardiology., Infantile hemangiomas are the most common benign vascular tumors of neonatal and infancy. These are tumors with a good prognosis. Most infantile hemangiomas spontaneously regress completely in the first decade of life. Only ten percent of infantile hemangiomas require some therapy. Currently it is preferred to use b-blocker propranolol. Other types of benign vascular tumors are needed to distinguish the differential diagnosis for initiation of appropriate therapy and prognosis. The present article summarizes the main findings of hemangiomas in infants. In conclusion, the article mentions a short case study, in which treatment was initiated extensive hemangioma after consultations at our clinic for checks cardiologists., Martin Pánek, and Literatura
Celosvětové počet onemocnění zhoubným nádorem vzrůs tá. Stejná situace je i v České republice, přičemž ta patří z hlediska epidemiologi e zhoubných nádorů mezi nejzatíženější státy Evropy. Sdělení diagnózy nádor ového onemocnění je pro pacienta těžko pochopitelné a může u něj spustit silné emočn í reakce. V tomto náročném období je sociální opora – přátelé, rodina či partner/ka – dů ležitější a stávají se zdrojem jistoty a spokojenosti. Výzkum se zaměřuje na zjištění výsk ytu úzkosti a deprese u pacientů s kolorektálním karcinomem a zjištění vlivu sociáln í opory na výskyt deprese a úzkosti u těchto pacientů. Byl použit kvantitativní výzkum využívající ex-post facto výzkumný design. Ke sběru dat byly použity tři standardizova né dotazníky: PSSS, BDI-II., BIA. Soubor respondentů tvořilo 113 respondentů – 55 pac ientů proktologické ambulance a 58 respondentů kontrolního souboru. Získávání dat prob ěhlo v roce 2012–2013. Z výsledků vyplynulo, že se vzrůstající mírou sociální opory k lesá míra úzkosti (r = − 0,899) i míra deprese (r = − 0,910). Sociální opora tak byla potv rzena jako významný protektivní faktor zdraví. Dobrá sociální opora je významný fak tor vedoucí ke snížení úzkosti a deprese u onkologických pacientů, a tím přispívá ke zlepšení průběhu nemoci., Number of malignant diseases has been increasing wo rldwide. The situation is similar in the Czech Republic, which seen from the epidemiolog ic perspective belongs among countries with the highest incidence in Europe. For the patients, it is difficult to grasp the diagnosis of malignant disease and may trigger stro ng emotional reactions. The aim focuses on establishing the rate of anxiety and dep ression in patients with colorectal cancer and to determine the effect of social suppor t on the prevalence of anxiety and depression in these patients. A quantitative resear ch was used, using ex-post facto research design. Three standardised questionnaires were used to collect data: PSSS, BDI-II. The research group comprised of 113 respond ents – 55 clients of proctological outpatient surgery and 58 respondents in the contro l group. The data were gathered in 2012-2013. The results indicate that with the highe r level of social support, the lower degree of anxiety (r = − 0,899) as well as depressi on. (r = − 0,910). Thus, social support was confirmed as a significant health-protective fa ctor. A good social support is an important factor contributing to lower degree of an xiety and depression in oncology patient, thus helping in the course of the disease., Ježorská Š., Vévoda J., Petrášová H., Ivanová K., Kozáková R., and Literatura
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) denotes a process (resp. a study), the objective of which is to get an idea about clinical, economic and ethical aspects of a health technology, including its effect to the quality of life, and a consequent assessment. The output of this process is compiled under strict methodological conditions, and it has only a character of recommendation. Abroad, HTA is intensely used above all to complex comparing two (or several) technologies. When the origin of HTA goes back to 1960 ́s and 1970 ́s, the first information appeared in the Czech Republic in the beginning of this millennium. No Czech institution is a member of international organizations INEHTA and HTAi, which makes any access to foreign know- how more difficult. Although no complex study has been probably produced in the Czech Republic, some efforts to a larger utilization of HTA methods can be seen, above all in pharmacoeconomics. What discourages their higher utilization is a lack of interest in results of HTA studies from the side of health care providers, decision makers (the Ministry, regional administrations, health insurance companies), missing methodology, absence of methodological guidance (non-existence of a national agency), pending funding, and (non)-participation in international networks., Vladimír Rogalewicz, Ivana Juřičková, and Literatura
Informovaný souhlas na gerontopsychiatrických odděleních je ke škodě pacientů opomíjené téma. Obsahem článku je komentovaný výčet vybraných důležitých problémů, které se váží především k informovanému souhlasu. Je upozorněno na to, že potíže souvisí s přetrvávající stigmatizací psychiatrie a s faktem, že psychiatričtí pacienti z řad seniorů očekávají paternalistický přístup ze strany lékařů. Redukci souvisejících komplikací lze také očekávat od funkčního systému opatrovnictví., The informed consent at geriatric psychiatric wards is – to the detriment of patients – a neglected topic. This article contains a commented enumeration of selected important issues that bind primarily to the informed consent. It points out that the problems are related to the continuing stigmatization of psychiatry and at the same time, to the fact that psychiatric patients among the seniors expect a paternalistic attitude of the physicians. Reduction of associated complications can be also expected from the functional system of guardianship., Alice Holečková, and Literatura
V tomto článku se zabýváme koncepčním zakotvením institutu „dříve projevených přání pacienta“. Institut vychází ze tří konceptů, z práva na sebeurčení, práva na ochranu lidské důstojnosti a právo na nedotknutelnost osoby. Člověk je kontextuální bytí. Z faktu kontextuality pak vyplývá požadavek kontextuální interpretace pacientova textu., In this article we reflect upon human rights principles of advance directives. Advance directives come from three concepts: right of self-determination, respect for human dignity and respect to human dignity. Human person is a contextual being. From the fact of contextuality comes demand for contextual interpretation of the patient’s text., Jaromír Matějek, and Literatura