[Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Slovakia].

Objective: To assess the prevalence of hepatitis C in the general Slovak population without any further evaluation or risk group stratification.

Material And Methods: A total of 3,608 remnant serum specimens from epidemiological surveys in 1997 (1,484 specimens) and 2002 (2,124) were analyzed. These were from randomly selected persons over 15 years of age from all over Slovakia.

Influence of age, body mass index, and blood pressure on the carotid intima-media thickness in normotensive and hypertensive patients.

We investigated whether body mass index and blood pressure have an additive influence on the carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). In 27 patients treated for hypertension (47.2+/-8.

Age-dependent relationship between the carotid intima-media thickness, baroreflex sensitivity, and the inter-beat interval in normotensive and hypertensive subjects.

The interrelationship between baroreflex sensitivity expressed in ms/mm Hg (BRS) or in Hz/mm Hg (BRSf), carotid wall thickness (IMT), and age was investigated in hypertensive and normotensive subjects with respect to the mean inter-beat interval (IBI) and blood pressure (BP). BP monitoring was performed in 25 treated hypertensives (Hy; 47.4+/-9.

[Nosocomial infections in surgical and orthopedic departments in Czechoslovakia].

In both the Czech and Slovak Republic since 1982 several prevalence investigations nosocomial infections were made. In the present work the authors submit an analysis of the most frequent nosocomial infections in surgical and orthopaedic departments in Czechoslovakia. They recorded a 11.