{"title":"Heart failure as the first clinical symptom of amyloidosis","authors":"František Novák, Jan Václavík","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36290/vnl.2023.075","url":null,"abstract":"Pojem amyloidĂłza zahrnuje skupinu poruch, pĹi kterĂ˝ch dochĂĄzĂ k uklĂĄdĂĄnĂ proteinĹŻ, pĹirozenĂ˝ch i mutovanĂ˝ch, do tkĂĄnĂ. Z tÄchto proteinĹŻ vznikĂĄ uspoĹĂĄdanĂĄ vlĂĄknitĂĄ, ĹĄpatnÄ rozpustnĂĄ matrix zvanĂĄ amyloid. JejĂ uklĂĄdĂĄnĂ poĹĄkozuje funkci postiĹženĂ˝ch orgĂĄnĹŻ (1, 2). Diagnostika je obtĂĹžnĂĄ a Äasto pozdnĂ (3). PostiĹženĂ srdce je velmi ÄastĂŠ a nejvĂce limituje prognĂłzu nemocnĂŠho (4). Popisujeme pĹĂpad pacientky, u kterĂŠ ani relativnÄ ÄasnĂĄ diagnĂłza srdeÄnĂ amyloidĂłzy nezabrĂĄnila jejĂmu nĂĄhlĂŠmu ĂşmrtĂ.","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136295212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juraj Smaha, Jakub Falat, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Martin Kužma, Peter Jackuliak, Juraj Payer
{"title":"Point-of-care ultrasonography: a revolution in a daily routine of an internist?","authors":"Juraj Smaha, Jakub Falat, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Martin Kužma, Peter Jackuliak, Juraj Payer","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36290/vnl.2023.081","url":null,"abstract":"Point-of-care ultrasonografia (POCUS) predstavuje formu ultrasonografie, keÄ oĹĄetrujĂşci lekĂĄr vykonĂĄva ultrasonografickĂŠ vyĹĄetrenie pri lĂ´Ĺžku pacienta v reĂĄlnom Äase, Äo mu umoĹžĹuje hodnotiĹĽ aj dynamickĂŠ zmeny USG obrazu a nĂĄlezy priamo korelovaĹĽ so symptĂłmami pacienta. LekĂĄr vykonĂĄvajĂşci POCUS mĂĄ zvyÄajne na mysli konkrĂŠtnu klinickĂş otĂĄzku, ktorĂş si chce sonografickĂ˝m vyĹĄetrenĂm zodpovedaĹĽ. POCUS mĂĄ potenciĂĄl zefektĂvniĹĽ diagnostiku, lieÄbu, monitoring a skrĂning mnohĂ˝ch ochorenĂ u interne chorĂ˝ch pacientov, jeho postavenie v rĂĄmci vnĂştornĂŠho lekĂĄrstva vĹĄak zatiaÄž nie je jasne zadefinovanĂŠ. ÄlĂĄnok sa venuje potenciĂĄlnym vĂ˝hodĂĄm POCUS-u v kontexte vnĂştornĂŠho lekĂĄrstva, dĂĄtam o vyuĹžitĂ POCUS-u v reĂĄlnej klinickej praxi relevantnej pre internistu a dĂĄtam o vyuĹžitĂ tzv. vreckovĂ˝ch USG prĂstrojov.","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rosacea: skin disease or a systemic disorder?","authors":"Štefan Alušík","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36290/vnl.2023.082","url":null,"abstract":"Rosacea (rĹŻĹžovka) je onemocnÄnĂ, kterĂŠ mĂĄ multifaktoriĂĄlnĂ pĹĂÄinu a komplexnĂ patofyziologii a kterĂĄ se neomezuje pouze na kĹŻĹži. V klinickĂŠ praxi je rosacea spojena s Ĺadou komorbidit a v souÄasnĂŠ dobÄ se vede diskuze o tom, zda nenĂ rosacea onemocnÄnĂm systĂŠmovĂ˝m.","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jan Král, Filip Doleček, Kateřina Waloszková, Jana Selucká, Evžen Machytka, Julius Špičák, Marek Bužga
{"title":"Endoscopic and surgical therapy for obesity","authors":"Jan Král, Filip Doleček, Kateřina Waloszková, Jana Selucká, Evžen Machytka, Julius Špičák, Marek Bužga","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36290/vnl.2023.079","url":null,"abstract":"Obezita je zĂĄvaĹžnĂŠ onemocnÄnĂ, jehoĹž incidence nadĂĄle celosvÄtovÄ roste. OnemocnÄnĂ asociovanĂĄ s obezitou vedou ke snĂĹženĂ kvality Ĺživota a vyĹĄĹĄĂ mortalitÄ (vysokĂ˝ krevnĂ tlak, dyslipidemie, diabetes mellitus 2. typu a dalĹĄĂ). LĂŠÄba obezity je multidisciplinĂĄrnĂ a komplexnĂ proces, kterĂ˝ vyĹžaduje dĹŻslednou spoluprĂĄci pacienta. ZmÄna ĹživotnĂho stylu je stavebnĂm kamenem ĂşspÄĹĄnĂŠ terapie obezity. FarmakologickĂĄ terapie zaĹžĂvĂĄ v poslednĂch letech renesanci a jejĂ role, jak uĹž v monoterapii, tak i v kombinaci s jinĂ˝mi metodami, bude postupnÄ nabĂ˝vat na vĂ˝znamu. EndoskopickĂĄ terapie je rychle se vyvĂjecĂ podobor digestivnĂ endoskopie, kterĂĄ nabĂzĂ celou Ĺadu novĂ˝ch metod redukujĂcĂch napĹĂklad objem Ĺžaludku nebo bypass tenkĂŠho stĹeva. Metody jsou efektivnĂ a zĂĄroveĹ majĂ nĂzkĂŠ riziko komplikacĂ. ChirurgickĂĄ terapie je na druhou stranu vysoce ĂşÄinnĂĄ, nicmĂŠnÄ je zatĂĹžena vyĹĄĹĄĂm vĂ˝skytem komplikacĂ. BariatrickĂĄ chirurgie je urÄena pĹedevĹĄĂm pro pacienty s pokroÄilĂ˝m stadiem obezity s komorbiditami. CĂlem tĂŠto publikace je dĂĄt souhrnnĂ˝ pĹehled dosavadnĂch endoskopickĂ˝ch a chirurgickĂ˝ch metod v lĂŠÄbÄ obezity.","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136295030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimorbidity in acute kidney injury","authors":"Vladimír Teplan","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36290/vnl.2023.074","url":null,"abstract":"AkutnĂ poĹĄkozenĂ a selhĂĄnĂ ledvin (AKI) je Äasto spojeno s postiĹženĂm dalĹĄĂch orgĂĄnĹŻ. NejÄastÄji se jednĂĄ o postiĹženĂ kardiĂĄlnĂ, plicnĂ, jaternĂ, gastrointestinĂĄlnĂ, CNS, cĂŠvnĂ Äi koĹžnĂ. ZĂĄvaĹžnĂŠ jsou stavy akutnĂho poĹĄkozenĂ ledvin pĹi obÄhovĂŠm selhĂĄnĂ a toxicitÄ, ale i jako nĂĄsledek poruch vodnĂho a elektrolytovĂŠho metabolismu (hypotenze, krvĂĄcenĂ, prĹŻjmy, zvracenĂ). AkutnĂ poĹĄkozenĂ ledvin mĹŻĹže bĂ˝t spojeno s hypertenzĂ, pĹedevĹĄĂm malignĂ, ale i s otoky (pĹi velkĂŠ proteinurii), kterĂŠ mohou bĂ˝t i jinĂŠ etiologie (kardiĂĄlnĂ selhĂĄnĂ, cĂŠvnĂ zĂĄnÄty, jaternĂ lĂŠze, gastrointestinĂĄlnĂ postiĹženĂ, onkologickĂŠ onemocnÄnĂ apod.). PolĂŠkovĂŠ a infekÄnĂ poĹĄkozenĂ ledvin je takĂŠ Äasto spojeno s postiĹženĂm dalĹĄĂch orgĂĄnĹŻ, jako jsou jĂĄtra, plĂce, cĂŠvy, svaly, kostnĂ dĹeĹ apod. VĂceorgĂĄnovĂŠ postiĹženĂ vĂ˝znamnÄ modifikuje dalĹĄĂ lĂŠÄebnĂŠ postupy.","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Point‑of‑Care Ultrasound in internal medicine.","authors":"Zdeněk Monhart","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.041","DOIUrl":"10.36290/vnl.2023.041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) is bedside ultrasound examination performed by a clinician. POCUS is a suitable tool for rapid diagnosis and monitoring of the condition of many patients examined by internists in emergency departments and inpatient departments. POCUS allows the examining physician to supplement the physical examination with additional information obtained in real time, and is a useful tool for differential diagnosis of a number of acute conditions (shock, shortness of breath, etc.). Chest POCUS includes an indicative assessment of cardiac function and evaluation of the lung parenchyma, including exclusion of pericardial effusion, pneumothorax or fluidothorax. One of the most common applications of POCUS is to assess the state of the venous filling by examining the inferior vena cava. When examining the abdomen, the internist should at least be able to diagnose fluid in the abdominal cavity and exclude congestion in the hollow system of the kidney. POCUS for internists also includes examination of main venous trunks to rule out proximal venous thrombosis. Even when performing conventional invasive procedures, we cannot do without ultrasound at the bedside, whether it is a puncture of ascites or pleural effusion, or cannulation of the central vein. The advantage of POCUS is the immediate availability of the examination and the possibility to repeat scans when needed for monitoring the patient's condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9898888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical aspects in oncology.","authors":"Anetta Jedličková","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.009","DOIUrl":"10.36290/vnl.2023.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Decisions related to the treatment of oncological diseases bring various ethical dilemmas to healthcare providers caring for cancer patients. Along with the development of medicine and new therapeutic methods, there are also increased demands on the appropriate selection of eligible patients for allocation to a particular treatment method, which causes a number of ethical connotations. The paper deals with ethical issues in the course of oncology treatment, with theoretical bases for ethical decision-making and with ethical aspects of communication with patients suffering from oncological diseases. The paper also contains results of studies that dealt with methods of ethical reasoning of health professionals in relation with the Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) decision in oncology, and with understanding of the concept of ethical competence of health professionals in order to make, or be involved in, DNR decisions, and how relevant skills can be developed. Among others, the results of the studies pointed out that in order to make ethically based DNR decisions in oncology, physicians and nurses need to improve their knowledge of ethical theories.</p>","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9144217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Osteoporosis in adults in clinical practice (1): diagnosis and differential diagnosis.","authors":"Vít Zikán","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.052","DOIUrl":"10.36290/vnl.2023.052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteoporosis is a systemic metabolic disease of the skeleton characterized by low bone strength that results in an increased risk of fracture. Fractures are associated with serious clinical consequences, including pain, disability, loss of independence, and death, as well as high healthcare costs. Early identification and intervention with patients at high risk for fracture is needed to reduce the burden of osteoporotic fractures. The identification of a patient at high risk of fracture should be followed by evaluation for factors contributing to low bone mineral density (BMD) and/or low bone quality, falls, and fractures. Components of the osteological evaluation include an assessment of BMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, osteoporosis-directed medical history and physical exam, laboratory studies, and possibly skeletal imaging. Disorders other than osteoporosis, requiring other types of treatment, may be found. This overview summarizes the basic procedures for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of osteoporosis, which are necessary before starting treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9841910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is new in 2022 ESC guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non‑cardiac surgery.","authors":"Bronislav Čapek, Jan Václavík","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.002","DOIUrl":"10.36290/vnl.2023.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2022, the European Society of Cardiology has published updated guidelines for the cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. In this article we briefly summarize the most important recommendations with an emphasis on their use in everyday clinical practice - from the complex assessment of cardiovascular risk and prediction of cardiovascular complications, through the indication of basic paraclinical examinations, the importance of biomarkers, adjustments to pharmacotherapy of heart failure, adjustments to anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy, to other specifics of individual cardiovascular and other diseases and their importance in the perioperative period. Knowledge and use of these recommendations have the potential to improve the prognosis of patients undergoing various types of surgical procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9144222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical assessment and management of patients with multimorbidity.","authors":"Zdeněk Monhart","doi":"10.36290/vnl.2023.030","DOIUrl":"10.36290/vnl.2023.030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internal medicine specialists, also known as general internal medicine specialists are specialist physicians trained to manage particularly complex or multisystem disease conditions that single-organ-disease specialists may not be trained to deal with. The management of multimorbidity, however, is often complex, and requires specific clinical skills and corresponding experience in appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Multimorbidity is associated with a decline in many aspects of health and in consequence with an increase in hospital admissions, polypharmacy, and use of health care and social resouces. When prescribing medicine to patients with multimorbidity, all the risks and benefits, as well as possible interactions should be carefully considered. The prescription appropriateness can be assessed by validated tools like STOPP-START criteria. Beneficial part of good prescribing is deprescribing - planned and supervised process of dose reduction or withdrawal of medications that are no longer needed in the circumstances of the patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":23501,"journal":{"name":"Vnitrni lekarstvi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9845280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}