A study conducted in Estonia from January 2016 to May 2017 among adults aged 20-64 in the city of Tartu and Tartu County found that the annual prevalence of primary headaches in Estonia is as follows: all headaches 41.0%, migraine 17.7%, tension-type headache 18.0%, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias 0.4%...
In chronic heart failure (CHF), the heart's ability to work effectively decreases - heart failure (CHF) usually develops over a long period of time and is chronic. The number of patients with chronic heart failure is increasing in developed countries. The reason for this is the aging of the population an...
In 2019, 178 new HIV cases were diagnosed in Estonia (13.5 cases per 100,000 people). Among the new cases, the proportion of women was 37%. 53% of the new cases were discovered in Tallinn and 25% in Ida-Virumaa. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of new cases per year has decreased twice, but remains very...
The previous treatment guide for type 2 diabetes was prepared by the Estonian Society of Endocrinology
led in 2016 and discussed type 2 diabetes screening, diagnosis and
pharmacological treatment (1). The guideline was prepared as an expert opinion/consensus and no
followed the agreed methodology, which ...
The update of the treatment manual "Management of the patient with alcohol use disorder" was initiated because five years had passed since the publication of the original manual in 2015. The updated treatment manual helps to ensure modern treatment of patients with alcohol use disorder in Estonia.
At th...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the 3rd leading cause of death in the world (WHO 2018). In developed countries, 9-10% of the population aged 40 years and older suffer from COPD, and the incidence of the disease is increasing. According to studies, the risk of incapacity for work in people...
O termo "doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, ou DPOC" (eng. doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica ou DPOC) foi introduzido pela primeira vez em 1962 para denotar “obstrução crônica das vias aéreas de etiologia obscura” (1). Além da DPOC, circulavam em sentido semelhante os diagnósticos “doe...
Sleep disorders are extremely common in the population. There are no exact data on the prevalence of sleep disorders in Estonia. In Western Europe, according to a cross-sectional study among people older than 15 years, 31% of people have sleep disorders. Half of the people with sleep disorder complaints ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia with a worldwide prevalence of approximately 2% (3, 4, 5). The occurrence of the disease depends on age, the prevalence among people under 60 years old is less than 1%, among people 80 years old and older it is 7...9%. Based on prevalence ind...
Dementia of the Alzheimer's disease ( AD ) type is the most common cause of dementia syndrome (more than 60% of dementia cases) and its incidence is increasing due to the aging of the population ( 12 ). Epidemiological studies of AT have not been conducted in Estonia, but based on 2012 WHO data, there...
