AIM: The purpose of this study was to develop a revised version of the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test for determining penetration/aspiration risk in patients prone to dysphagia. The priority was to achieve high sensitivity and negative predictive value. METHODS: The study screeners conducted bedside assessment of the swallowing function in 157 patients with a neurological (mainly stroke) or an ear, nose, and throat diagnosis (mainly head and neck cancer). The results were compared with a gold standard, flexible endoscopic examination of swallowing. RESULTS: For the neurological subgroup (N = 106), eight statistically significant bedside assessment items were combined into the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test-Revised (BBDST-R). Cut-off score 1 produced the highest sensitivity (95.5%; 95% confidence interval CI [CI]: 84.9-98.7%) and negative predictive value (88.9%; 95% CI 67.2-96.9%). CONCLUSION: The BBDST-R is suitable for dysphagia screening in departments caring for patients with neurological conditions. and P. Mandysová, E. Ehler, J. Škvrňáková, M. Černý, I. Bártová, A. Pellant
Karcinom pankreatu je nádorové onemocnění se špatnou prognózou. V minulosti byl pozorován jeho zvýšený výskyt u pacientů s diabetes mellitus. Nicméně dosud není zcela jasné, jestli je diabetes rizikovým faktorem nádorové transformace nebo jestli vzniká až druhotně v souvislosti s nádorem. Klíčem úspěchu onkologické léčby je časná detekce karcinomu k provedení pankreatektomie – dosud jediné možné kurativní terapie. K tomu je potřeba časných diagnostických markerů. Klíčová slova: diabetes mellitus – karcinom pankreatu – pankreatektomie, Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy with a poor prognosis. Its increased incidence was observed in diabetic patients in the past. However, there is no evidence, whether diabetes is a risk factor for neoplastic transformation, or if it arises secondarily as a result of the tumor. The key is an early detection of cancer to perform pancreatectomy – the only possible curative therapy yet. This requires early diagnostic markers. Key words: diabetes mellitus – pancreatectomy – pancreatic cancer, and Pavel Škrha