Analysis of body segments and postural state in school children.

Objective: Aim of our study was to identify the number of existing posture disorders in children in primary schools and to identify the most prevalent position of body segments that cause postural disorders.

Methods: The occurrence of postural disorders was analysed in the school year 2016/2017. The sample consisted of 311 pupils age 6-8 from the 16 districts of the Slovak republic.

The effect of passive smoking on bacterial colonisation of the upper airways and selected laboratory parameters in children.

Exposure to tobacco smoke is associated with a higher risk of respiratory tract diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of passive smoking on selected characteristics of children with adenoid hypertrophy. Sixty-one children with adenoid hypertrophy were enrolled in the prospective study.

Cost-effectiveness of the SQ HDM SLIT-tablet for the treatment of allergic asthma in three Eastern European Countries.

The SQ® house dust mite (HDM) sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT)-tablet (ACARIZAX®, ALK-Abelló A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark) is an allergy immunotherapy tablet for people with allergic respiratory disease. This analysis aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of the SQ HDM SLIT-tablet from the perspective of three Eastern European countries: Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. A cost-utility model per country was developed, which compared the SQ HDM SLIT-tablet as add-on to pharmacotherapy with pharmacotherapy alone in patients with HDM allergic asthma (AA) over a five year time horizon.