Un proceso adecuado de envejecimiento es un logro para la salud pública, sin embargo, muchos de los adultos mayores requerirán mayor atención de parte del sistema de salud al que pertenecen. Bajo este contexto, el primer nivel de atención normalmente es el primer lugar de contacto que tienen los paci...
Actualmente la infección del acceso vascular para hemodiálisis es un problema muy frecuente.
El término “acceso vascular” implica tanto el catéter venoso central (CVC), la fístula arteria
venosa y el injerto protésico vascular. Asimismo, estudios previos han encontrado que el
problema es mucho ...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease with an extremely diverse clinical course. It is a disease of older people, the median age of the patient at the time of diagnosis is between 65-70 years. CLL is the most common leukemia in the Western world, accounting for over 30% of all cases of the disease. I...
A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic .
An estimated 17.5 million people died of cardiovascular disease worldwide in 2012, accounting for 31% of all deaths worldwide. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to coronary hea...
A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic .
Ischemic cerebrovascular events (iCMP) make up 88% of all CMPs, in the Czech Republic the incidence of iCMP is currently 211 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year and the prevalence is estimat...
The update of the treatment guide "Management of adult asthma in primary care" was initiated because five years had passed since the publication of the original guide. The procedure for updating treatment manuals is written in the "Estonian manual for the preparation of treatment manuals" (2020). At the ...
A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic .
This clinical guideline applies to patients with chronic, stable forms of coronary heart disease (CHD); i.e.: (a) patients with stable angina pectoris (including patients who became asymptomati...
Policy makers developing obesity policies should assess and reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs related to obesity.
Public health policy makers should avoid using stigmatizing language and images. It is well established that shaming does not change behaviours. In fact, shaming can increase the lik...
besity is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of excessive and/or dysfunctional adipose tissue that impairs health and wellbeing.
Obesity increases the risk of serious chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, among others.
Obesity...
Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess
body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term
medical complications and reduces life span. However, due to individual differences in body composition, body fat distribution and
function, the threshold to which adiposi...
