Translation, intercultural adaptation, and validation of the Slovak version of AOSpine patient reported outcome for spinal trauma tool.

Objectives: The implementation of patient-reported outcome measurements has become a standard component of evaluating the effect of treatment. For spine injuries, an evaluation tool AOSpine Patient Reported Outcome for Spinal Trauma (AOSpine PROST) has been developed. The aim of this study was to translate, interculturally adapt and validate the Slovak version of AOSpine PROST.

Use of Fludarabine for the Treatment of Indolent Lymphoma with Chylothorax.

Background: Although chylothorax is rare in patients with malignant lymphoma, it has been reported in cases with mediastinal lymphadenopathy, a bulky retroperitoneal mass, or thoracic ducts blocked by lymphocytes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The clinical picture is not specific. Patients become more immunocompromised and malnourished after repeated evacuations.

[Effect of needle and syringe exchange programs on the spread of viral hepatitis C].

The authors examined a total of 224 clients (147 men and 77 women) of the Contact centre for drug-dependent subjects "Drug out" in Ustí nad Labem. The subjects, parenteral abusers of hard drugs. The majority of examined subjects were 20-24 years old and accounted for 50.