Tabákový průmysl: Na dětech nám záleží!

prof. MUDr. Eva Králíková, CSc.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):247 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.051  

Smoking, tobacco, nicotine, children and adolescents

prof. MUDr. Eva Králíková, CSc.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):253-255 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.052  

Smoking is not an adult decision, as presented by the tobacco industry marketing, but a childhood illness - most smokers light up for the first time before their 18th birthday, adults start smoking exceptionally. Therefore, there is an interest in smoking in the pediatrician's or adolescent's health facility. This includes also the use of other tobacco products than cigarettes, or other forms of nicotine, and the explanation that "less harmful" does not mean "harmless". Except of the risk level, attention paid to addiction is also appropriate.

Tick-borne encephalitis and vaccination

RNDr. Helena Nejezchlebová, Ph.D., MVDr. Mgr. Monika Dušková, Ph.D., doc. RNDr. Alena Žákovská, Ph.D.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):257-260 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.053  

Tick-borne encephalitis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The course of the disease is variable in patients, from a mild course to a severe form associated with meningitis, meningoencephalitis etc. The severity of the disease increases with age. In pediatric population, infections with a subclinical or milder course are more common compared to adults. Long-term health consequences are relatively rare. However, diagnosis is complicated by the fact that tick-borne encephalitis may mimic common diseases in children. The causative agent of the tick-borne encephalitis is a virus from the Flaviviridae family, Ixodes ricinus...

Why to vaccinate boys against papillomaviruses?

RNDr. Ruth Tachezy, Ph.D., RNDr. Jana Šmahelová

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):263-267 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.054  

Although causing mostly asymptomatic infections, human papillomaviruses (HPV) can also be responsible for a number of benign diseases with high morbidity and other premalignant diseases and carcinomas in both women and men. The population comes into contact with HPV soon after sexual debut, and persistent infection can have late sequelae. Highly effective HPV vaccines are available as a primary prevention tool against HPV types responsible for 90 % of benign lesions and cancers. A number of studies have shown these vaccines to be effective in reducing HPV-associated diseases not only in the vaccinated individuals but also in other age-matched individuals...

News in childhood pain - Part 2

prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, CSc.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):268-271 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.055  

The second part of the review study is addressed to general practitioners for children and adolescents. In its empirical part, it relies on international resources from 2014-2020. In the first section, the study is dedicated to detecting childhood pain, whether it takes the form of simple screening or a more comprehensive pain assessment. It describes the most common tools, used to measure pain intensity in preschool and school children. Backed by literature, he seeks an answer to the question of why pediatric practice is often confined to a single indicator of pain - its intensity. In the second section, the study summarizes new insightinto...

Caffeine, coffee, and breast-feeding

MUDr. Jan Hálek, Ph.D., PharmDr. Jindřiška Voláková, MUDr. Martin Wita, MUDr. Jakub Lasák, MUDr. Lumír Kantor, Ph.D.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):272-275 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.056  

The use of caffeine in beverages and foods is common in all cultures across the world. As a matter of fact, caffeine produces significant and plentiful effects on the human body. Information on its safety in pregnancy and during breast-feeding is not unequivocal. The article presents a review of data on caffeine consumption during breast-feeding and its effect on the breastfed child.

Heart failure due to coarctation of the aorta as a cause of death in a six-month-old infant

MUDr. Alžběta Blanková, MUDr. Jan David, Ph.D., MUDr. MVDr. Tomáš Adámek

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):276-278 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.057  

Coarctation of the aorta is a significant congenital heart defect with a risk of developing symptomatology at any age. Its early diagnosis is crucial for good prognosis and progression of disease. In this case report, we present a six-month-old infant who, for two weeks, showed signs of somnolence with progressive swelling of the soft tissue located primarily on the lower limbs. Despite these obvious signs of heart failure, the cause was not detected early and the patient eventually died while still at home.

Infant masturbation as a consequence of abdominal discomfort?

Mgr. Klára Kůželová

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):279-281 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.058  

It is difficult to recognize masturbation manifestations in infants. There is no direct manipulation with genitals. Typical manifestations are crossed lower limbs, rhythmic movements in the pelvis, redness, sweating and specific sounds. This often frightens parents and doctors, and often a child is hospitalized with suspected epileptic seizures, paroxysmal dyskinesia or abdominal pain. Based on these diagnoses, the child is invasively examined. In the best case, the child is released with diagnosis of infant stereotypies with self-stimulating tendencies (infantile masturbation. But what if the stereotype is so fierce that the infant spends most of...

The importance of postpartum bonding support for secure mother-infant attachment

Mgr. Lucia Mazúchová, PhD., PhDr. Mgr. Simona Kelčíková, PhD., Mgr. Erika Maskálová, PhD.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):290-293 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.061  

Secure attachment bond of a mother with her child has and an important role in the psychological, cognitive, and social development of the child. The objective of this study was to identify at-risk mothers regarding individual factors of secure attachment bond and to examine its relation with postpartum bonding support. The study sample consisted of 204 women, who were 6 weeks after childbirth. We used the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ), which examined 4 factors: quality of mother-infant bond (F1), rejection and pathological anger (F2), infant-focused anxiety (F3); incipient abuse of infant (F4)....

Caring for a child with a fever from the perspective of parents

PhDr. Libuša Tirpáková, PhD., Bc. Alena Čižmárová, doc. PhDr. Lucia Dimunová, PhD., prof. PhDr. Anna Bérešová, PhD.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):294-296 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.062  

Fever is one of the most common symptoms of the disease and its causes can be infectious or non-infectious. The aim of the publication was to find out what knowledge parents have when managing fever in children at homecare. From the results of the survey, we found the average knowledge, and statistically significant between age, education, and parents' knowledge of children's fever.

Neonatal suppurative parotitis

prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál, CSc., MUDr. Vendula Látalová, MUDr. Denis Dvořák, MUDr. Radim Kovář, MUDr. Kamila Michálková

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):284-287 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.060  

Neonatal suppurative parotitis (NSP) is a very rare disease. The presence of the classic triad of symptoms is necessary for diagnosis: swelling of the parotid gland; drainage of pus from the Stensen canal and identification of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) as the most common cause of inflammation. We present a 30-day-old mature newborn with a right-sided NSP. At the initial examination, significant bacteriuria was detected in his urine and SA was cultured from the middle stream of urine. After five days, parenteral combination antibiotic treatment with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid was switched to oral form and terminated on the tenth day of...

Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis as a complication of untreated pyoderma

MUDr. Jan Papež, MUDr. Jiří Štarha, Ph.D.

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):282-283  

Gratulace jubilantovi MUDr. Pavlu Frühaufovi, CSc.

Nabil El-Lababidi

Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):298 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.063