Publications by authors named "Denisa Struncova"

Objective: Reporting epidemiological data on prehospital cardiac arrest in the Pilsen Region in 2022. Expression of cardiopulmonary resuscitation success using the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) score.

Materials And Methods: The study looked at the survival rate of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest in all patients in whom emergency medical services performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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Bacterial meningitis is a serious infectious disease of the cerebral meninges, which occurs worldwide and threatens the lives of people of all ages. The largest number of cases in developed countries is caused by the gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. Other more common agents are Neisseria meningitidis serotype B and Listeria monocytogenes.

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Background: We present a rare case of status epilepticus in a 56-year-old man which arose as a complication after vaccination with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA-1273 vaccine. The patient's history included well-compensated secondary epilepsy. The root cause of the situation was a fever which had developed as a side effect of the vaccination.

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Aims: To acquire epidemiological data on pre-hospital cardiac arrest incidents occurring in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic in 2018, and the results of subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation Methods. A prospective observational study of the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients undergoing CPR carried out by emergency medical service personnel. The observed time period was from January 1, 2018 until December 31, 2018.

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