Fall-endangered patients, as well as their family should be informed on the reasons and ways of fall, on measures reducing the risk of fall, on undesirable effects of the medicines prescribed (e.g. due to the sleepiness ...

Pharmacotherapy can play an important role in connection with falls. According to Joint Commission Resources, pharmacotherapy constitutes the fifth most frequent cause of falls in seniors. Falls occur most frequently in ...

Introduction and goal: The heart and vessel diseases rank among main causes of death worldwide. In the Czech Republic, they account for a high proportion of hospitalizations. Although such diseases can be very well influenced ...

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyse the frequencies of rs1229984 genotypes within the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B) gene in a Gypsies/Roma population and compare them with other populations and with ethanol ...

Výživa hraje významnou roli ve vzniku a rozvoji chronických neinfekčních onemocnění. Ovlivnění vzniku těchto onemocnění stejně jako efektivity léčebného procesu ve vztahu ke stravovacím návykům je prokázáno. Cílem předkládané ...

This article describes the important cultural specifics that impact on treatment of overweight and obesity for the Roma people of South Bohemia. Methods: Data on health and nutrition were collected using a semi-structured ...

Contemporary state: The falls of hospitalized patients are the most frequent adverse events in the hospital environment that prolong hospitalization and increase treatment costs. Goal: The goal of this study is to identify ...

Pády pacientů představují významnou zátěž pro zdravotnická zařízení projevující se zejména prodloužením hospitalizace a zvýšením finančních nákladů na následnou zdravotní péči. Pád je ve většině případů výsledkem kombinace ...

Background: The objective of the submitted study was to find out and assess the specifics of transcultural features, rules and cultural patterns at dying and death in selected minorities in the Czech Republic in relation ...