Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in acute hospitalized older patients focused on hydration.

Background: Acutely ill older patients frequently suffer not only from their acute disease, but also polymorbidity and frailty. Dehydration is another typical symptom, usually occurring in its both forms: low-intake dehydration and volume depletion. POCUS is goal-directed bedside ultrasound examination and several studies refer to its positive impact on hydration assessment.

Student and faculty perceptions of nutrition education in medical school.

Background & Aim: There is abundant evidence to support the beneficial role of nutrition in the prevention, management and treatment of many health conditions including non-communicable diseases and malnutrition. Despite the increasing prevalence of these conditions around the world, research over the past decades has identified that many medical schools lack adequate nutrition education and training for medical students. With the Czech Republic not represented in these findings, this qualitative study aimed to assess and describe the perceptions of nutrition education at a Czech medical school.

[Osteolytic bone lesions, hypercalcemia and paraprotein, but not a myeloma: case report and review of literature].

In June 2018, 77-year-old man was referred to The Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, for suspicion of multiple myeloma. This was supported by laboratory findings of hypercalcemia, paraprotein IgA κ in serum and by the presence of multiple osteolytic skeletal lesions. Low number of plasma cells in bone marrow sample - cytologically (3.