Vaccination of patients with diabetes mellitus--a retrospective study.

402 subjects with diabetes mellitus have been vaccinated of the total of 34,000 vaccinees immunized during the study period of 9 and half months. Altogether 229 diabetic patients (56.97%) have been vaccinated'against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and 74 (18.

Nosocomial rotaviral gastroenteritis in paediatric departments.

The authors present a retrospective analysis of community-acquired and hospital-acquired rotaviral gastroenteritis (RVGE) cases in a 5 years period 2001-2005 and prospective analysis in 2006 in the referral area in a population of 7,000 children under 5 years of age. Out of 228 patients with RVGE, nosocomial RVGE accounted for 27.75% of the cases.

Increasing trends of tobacco use in medical students in Slovakia--a reason for concern?

Objective: The article analyses changes in tobacco use in medical students in Slovakia in 1995, 1999 and 2004.

Methods: Questionnaire survey in 448 students of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia, was carried out in October and November 2004. Data were compared with similar surveys carried out in 1995 and 1999.

Economic rewarding of smoking cessation-facilitating drugs--a comparison of over-the-counter and prescribed nicotine replacement therapy.

Smoking cessation represents a very difficult task for the smoker, often requiring medical assistance. The introduction of smoking cessation drugs has been crucial to this process. Currently, there are two standardly used treatments: nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and the antidepressant bupropion.