Vaccination against influenza in pregnant women in a maternity hospital in the Czech Republic in the season 2020-2021.

Objectives: Pregnant women are among the priority groups to receive influenza vaccines in the Czech Republic since 2011, data on vaccination coverage are not yet available. The aim of the study was to determine the influenza vaccination coverage (IVC) and provide source data for further activities.

Methods: A prospective observational study was performed in a large maternity hospital in Prague.

Monitoring the vaccination of pregnant women against pertussis - single-centre one-year study in the Czech Republic.

Objectives: This observational study aimed to analyse data from big maternity hospital, determine the vaccination coverage and provide source information for further activities.

Background: Although vaccination of pregnant women against pertussis is recommended in the Czech Republic, data on vaccination coverage are not available.

Methods: The self-completed questionnaire was distributed to 5,475 pregnant women in the maternity hospital between 2020 and 2021.

Triacylglycerols containing branched palmitic acid ester of hydroxystearic acid (PAHSA) are present in the breast milk and hydrolyzed by carboxyl ester lipase.

Breast milk is a complex mixture containing underexplored bioactive lipids. We performed an observational case-control study to compare the impact of delivery mode: caesarean section (CS) and vaginal birth (VB); and term (preterm and term delivery) on the levels of lipokines in human milk at different stages of lactation. Metabolomic analysis of the milk identified triacylglycerol estolides as a metabolic reservoir of the anti-inflammatory lipid mediator 5-palmitic acid ester of hydroxystearic acid (5-PAHSA).

Micronucleus frequency and content in healthy relatives of cancer patients.

Objective: To compare chromosomal damage in lymphocytes of individuals who did or did not report first-degree relatives with cancer.

Materials And Methods: Cases and controls (68 each) were matched for sex, age and radon exposure. Chromosomal damage was quantified as frequency of micronucleus-containing cells and proportion of centromere-free micronuclei.

[Special contact splints in postoperative care for patients with the diabetic foot].

Unlabelled: Adequate stabilization and off-loading of the lower limb is an integral part of postoperative care for patients with the diabetic foot. Off-loading can accelerate the healing process and reduce the number of complications and reoperations. The newly introduced method of the performance of removable contact splints (modified contact removable casts) seems to fulfil a number of requirements for stabilization and off-loading devices - the method is safe and can actually reduce the healing time and the number of reoperations in patients with the diabetic foot.