BACKGROUND: An in-depth study of neurological symptoms and complications of influenza in elderly patients. This population group is more susceptible to complications of the disease and these complications are more likely to end in death. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of patient data was performed. All patients aged 65 years and older were included in the study. The study period was from the 1st of January , 2018 to 31st of December, 2021. All symptoms and complications of influenza were analyzed. Especially neurological and general symptoms were analyzed. Data were extracted from the complete medical records of the patients. RESULTS: The most common symptoms of influenza in the elderly were fever in 218 cases (83.52%), cough in 189 patients (72.41%), general weakness in 182 (69.73%) and fatigue in 166 patients (63.6%). Myalgias were experienced by 106 patients (40.61%) and arthralgias by 101 patients (38.7%). Headache occurred in only 21 patients (8.06%). Encephalopathy was observed in 7 elderly patients (2.68%) during hospitalization. Influenza encephalitis was noted in 2 cases. CONCLUSION: The most common neurological symptoms of influenza in more than half of the elderly are general weakness and increased fatigue. Myalgias are common, headache less often. Nausea is not uncommon. Of the complications, encephalopathy is the most common. Cases of influenza encephalitis have also been reported. We have not encountered a stroke. Concerning other complications, bacterial pneumonia was the most common.
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- bolesti hlavy etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- chřipka lidská * komplikace epidemiologie MeSH
- horečka etiologie MeSH
- kašel etiologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- myalgie etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- nemoci nervového systému epidemiologie etiologie MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- svalová slabost etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- únava etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Chřipka je infekční onemocnění způsobené chřipkovými viry A, B a někdy i C. Onemocnění lze předcházet ve všech věkových skupinách díky každoročnímu sezónnímu očkování. Mezi skupiny obyvatelstva s vysokým rizikem závažného onemocnění s komplikacemi patří senioři, těhotné ženy a malé děti. Jak ukazuje naše kazuistika, neočkovaná osoba v produktivním věku v dobrém zdravotním stavu může při neléčené chřipce utrpět život ohrožující komplikace. Mezi nejčastější komplikace patří bakteriální pneumonie vedoucí k respirační insuficienci a kardiovaskulárním problémům. Odhaduje se, že v souvislosti s chřipkou dojde každoročně až k 645 000 úmrtí.
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OBJECTIVE: Over 480 000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the Czech Republic since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including over 500 people with HIV. This study describes the demographics, characteristics, and management of Ukrainian refugees with HIV in the Czech Republic. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational, noninterventional study. METHODS: Ukrainian nationals registering at HIV centers in the Czech Republic with war refugee status were included. Data were collected from medical records between 1 March and 31 July 2022. The study was registered with the Czech State Institute for Drug Control, ID number 2301200000. RESULTS: Four hundred and eighty-two patients were included in the study. Most patients were female (69.5%; n = 335/482) with well-controlled HIV. The median [interquartile range] CD4 + cell count was 597 [397] cells/μl of blood, and 79.3% ( n = 361/455) of patients had HIV RNA <40 copies/ml. Coinfections of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and/or tuberculosis were reported for 17.4% ( n = 78/449), 9% ( n = 40/446) and 1.3% ( n = 6/446) of patients, respectively. In Ukraine, 85.7% ( n = 384/448) of patients had been receiving an integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimen and most (69.7%; n = 310/445) did not switch therapy upon arrival in the Czech Republic. CONCLUSION: Migration from Ukraine is changing the characteristics of HIV epidemiology in the Czech Republic. Ukrainian refugees with HIV have been provided with a high standard of medical care in the Czech Republic. Improved coordination between medical services within the Czech Republic and between countries in the European Union is necessary to optimize patient care.
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- HIV infekce * epidemiologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- tuberkulóza * MeSH
- uprchlíci * MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
Since December 2019, the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes COVID-19 disease worldwide, which occurs mainly in unvaccinated elderly and polymorbid patients with a more severe course and increased risk of complications and death. Vaccination and specific therapy for the disease using mainly new antiviral drugs are the way to reduce the number of infected, hospitalized patients with a more severe course. We present a case report of an at-risk polymorbid 57-year-old man who refused vaccination and standard treatment for COVID-19 disease based on misinformation from the community. He self-treated himself with high dose of ivermectin. The patient died at home 14 days after the onset of symptoms.
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- COVID-19 * MeSH
- ivermektin terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- SARS-CoV-2 MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
- MeSH
- horečka etiologie MeSH
- infekce viry z čeledi Caliciviridae * epidemiologie komplikace patologie terapie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- pyelonefritida komplikace MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- kazuistiky MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
We collected a multi-centric retrospective dataset of patients (N = 213) who were admitted to ten hospitals in Czech Republic and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the early phases of the pandemic in March-October 2020. The dataset contains baseline patient characteristics, breathing support required, pharmacological treatment received and multiple markers on daily resolution. Patients in the dataset were treated with hydroxychloroquine (N = 108), azithromycin (N = 72), favipiravir (N = 9), convalescent plasma (N = 7), dexamethasone (N = 4) and remdesivir (N = 3), often in combination. To explore association between treatments and patient outcomes we performed multiverse analysis, observing how the conclusions change between defensible choices of statistical model, predictors included in the model and other analytical degrees of freedom. Weak evidence to constrain the potential efficacy of azithromycin and favipiravir can be extracted from the data. Additionally, we performed external validation of several proposed prognostic models for Covid-19 severity showing that they mostly perform unsatisfactorily on our dataset.
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- COVID-19 epidemiologie patologie terapie MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- farmakoterapie COVID-19 MeSH
- hospitalizace * MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- progrese nemoci * MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- statistické modely MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
Onemocnění COVID-19 se u pacientů prezentuje širokým spektrem klinických příznaků. Nejčastěji se jedná o horečku, kašel, dušnost, bolesti hlavy či svalů a kloubů. Vzácná není ani symptomatika spojená s gastrointestinálním traktem. Bolesti v krku se vyskytují jen minimálně. Prezentujeme případ 16letého pacienta, u kterého onemocnění COVID-19 probíhalo pod obrazem akutní tonzilitidy. Diagnostikováno bylo pomocí průkazu SARS-CoV-2 z nazofaryngeálního výtěru metodou RT--PCR po cíleném odebrání epidemiologické anamnézy.
The COVID-19 disease presents in patients with a wide range of clinical symptoms; most commonly as a fever, cough, shortness of breath, headaches or muscle and joint aches. Gastrointestinal symptomatology is also not rare. Sore throats occur only minimally. We present the case of a 16-year-old patient in whom COVID-19 presented under the image of acute tonsillitis. It was diagnosed by detecting SARS-CoV-2 from a nasopharyngeal swab using the RT-PCR method, following a targeted epidemiological history.
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- COVID-19 * diagnóza komplikace terapie MeSH
- klinické laboratorní techniky MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- SARS-CoV-2 MeSH
- testování na COVID-19 MeSH
- tonzilitida * diagnóza etiologie terapie MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- kazuistiky MeSH
Prezentujeme kazuistiku pacienta s klasickými příznaky respiračního onemocnění, u kterého byl opakovaně negativní výsledek RT-PCR na průkaz RNA viru SARS-CoV-2, ale imunochromatografickým rychlým testem byla detekována přítomnost protilátek třídy IgM, později také IgG. Typický pro virovou pneumonii při onemocnění COVID-19 byl také nález při CT vyšetření plic. I v současné době plné dostupných laboratorních a mikrobiologických vyšetření neklesá význam kvalitně odebrané anamnézy, klinického vyšetření a posouzení průběhu nemoci.
We present the case report of a patient with classical symptoms of respiratory disease, who has had repeat negative RT-PCR results of the SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA, but a rapid immunochromatographic test detected the presence of IgM class antibodies, later also IgG. A typical picture of viral pneumonia in COVID-19 was also found during a CT scan of the lungs. Even currently, in the era of fully available laboratory and microbiological examinations, a well-collected medical history, clinical examination and assessment of the course of the disease remain imperative
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- antibakteriální látky aplikace a dávkování terapeutické užití MeSH
- bronchopneumonie diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
- COVID-19 * diagnóza komplikace terapie MeSH
- falešně negativní reakce * MeSH
- horečka MeSH
- imunoanalýza MeSH
- kašel MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- testování na COVID-19 průkazem nukleové kyseliny * MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- kazuistiky MeSH
BACKGROUND: In December 2019, a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, appeared in Wuhan, China. This virus is the cause of the COVID-19 disease. This infection later spread to the whole world. The goal of this article is to present the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with COVID-19 treated in the Faculty Hospital Pilsen. METHODS: In this monocentric, retrospective study, clinical and biochemical data of 89 adult patients with COVID-19 was analyzed. These patients were in the care of the Faculty Hospital Pilsen between March 14 and April 7. RESULTS: In this cohort, made up of 89 patients, 63 were treated as outpatients and 26 were hospitalized. 10 patients required intensive care. The most common symptoms among patients were cough and fever. Dyspnea was present in 29 patients. A CT scan showed bilateral pneumonia in 23 of the admitted patients. Fever and bilateral pneumonia were significantly more common in patients ≥ 60 years old (p=0.047, and p=0.001, respectively). Of lab results, the patients in intensive care had significantly higher values of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, lactate dehydrogenase, interleukin 6, myoglobin and ferritin. CONCLUSION: The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever and cough. These two symptoms are simultaneously present in more than half the cases. Approximately 1/10th of patients requires intensive care. Higher values of lactate dehydrogenase, myoglobin and ferritin on patient admission appear to be a strong predictive factor of the patient's status progressing into requiring ICU attention.
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- ambulantní péče statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- artralgie patofyziologie MeSH
- bolesti hlavy patofyziologie MeSH
- C-reaktivní protein metabolismus MeSH
- COVID-19 krev epidemiologie patofyziologie MeSH
- diabetes mellitus epidemiologie MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- dyspnoe patofyziologie MeSH
- ferritin krev MeSH
- horečka patofyziologie MeSH
- hospitalizace statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- hypertenze epidemiologie MeSH
- interleukin-6 krev MeSH
- jednotky intenzivní péče MeSH
- kašel patofyziologie MeSH
- komorbidita MeSH
- L-laktátdehydrogenasa krev MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- myalgie patofyziologie MeSH
- myoglobin krev MeSH
- obezita epidemiologie MeSH
- počítačová rentgenová tomografie MeSH
- prokalcitonin krev MeSH
- SARS-CoV-2 MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- věkové faktory MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH