EDITORIAL

MUDr. Aleš Petřík

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 95  

Pharmacological treatment of overactive bladder

MUDr. Michael Pešl, MUDr. Libor Zámečník, doc. MUDr. Tomáš Hanuš CSc, MUDr. Viktor Soukup, MUDr. Ivan Pavlík, prof. MUDr. Jan Dvořáček DrSc

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 102-107  

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a therm used for a complex of symptoms – urgency, frequency and urge incontinence. There doesn´t have to be all three symptoms expresed in one patient at the same time. It is not mandatory to perform urodynamic study for the diagnosis of OAB. Prevalence of OAB is high in our population and is getting even higher in last years. This makes OAB not only medical, but also socioeconomic problem. Lot of attention is paid to this problem in last years between urologists as well as between pharmaceutical compenies. This article gives overview about contemporary pharmacotherapy of OAB.

Benefit of nifuratel in treating acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections

MUDr. Jiří Kladenský, RNDr. Věra Toršová CSc, RNDr. Eva Chmelařová

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 108-110  

Urinary tract infections are considered to be the most common bacterial infections which occur with varying frequency throughout lifetime in both sexes. The main causative agents of acute lower urinary tract infections are primarily the uropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli. In addition to clinical symptomatology, assessment of bacteriuria and determination of sensitivity to appropriate antibiotics is of essential importance for treatment. Since this requirement cannot always be met, it is necessary to accept empiric therapeutic regimens provided that the results of long-term observation of sensitivity of major urinary pathogens to the antibiotics...

URGE URINARY INCONTINENCE - TODAY´S STATUS OF OCCURRENCE, DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

MUDr. Jozef Marenčák Ph.D

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 112-116  

In the form of summary survey, the autor of this report addreesses the urge urinary incontinence (UUI). Overactive bladder (OAB) is characterised by urgency and/ or urge incontinence (UI) – OAB dry or OAB wet – usually with freqency (more than 8 times/ day and more than 2 times/ night), in the absence of local pathological or endocrine factors. OAB is a highly prevalent, debilitating, and costly condition which has a negative impact on the patients´ quality of life. Author briefly reported about epidemiology, (possible) etiology and pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy OAB. Anticholenrgic agents are the medication of first choice, but...

Tumors of the urinary tract - source of the hematuria in chilhood

MUDr. Ivo Novák Ph.D, MUDr. Leona Janoušková, prof. MUDr. Hviezdoslav Stefan CSc, MUDr. Jaroslav Koudelka CSc, MUDr. Jiří Hak, MUDr. Eva Šimáková, MUDr. Pavel Rejtar

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 117-121  

The hematuria is always an important symptom of urinary tract disorders. Inflammation or trauma urinary tract is the main hematuria cause in chilhood. The urinary tract tumors are the leading hematurie cause in adults, rarely in children. The Wilms´tumor is the most frequent child urinary tract tumor with hematuria. Other singular tumors (renal cell carcinoma, epithelial tumors and rhabdomyosarcoma etc.) could present child hematuria too. The paper aims are calling to the fact, that although these diseases are quite rare in children, they still appear.Key word´s: children, hematuria, renal cell carcinoma, epithelial tumors, rhabdomyosarcoma.

Genito-urinary infections

MUDr. Zbyněk Veselský Ph.D

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 122-126  

Urinary tract infections along with respiratory and gastrointestinal infections represent the most common type of infectious diseases. The prevalence of individual diseases varies widely and so do the opinions of the adequate treatment options. A number of aspects can be used to classify genito-urinary infections: the aetiologic agent, the site of origin, the presence of underlying disease, the time course,­ the severity of infection, etc. In everyday clinical practice, it is of essential importance to determine whether the upper or lower urinary tract is affected by infection, whether there is an obstruction, and whether the patient needs to be referred...

Farmakoterapie benigní hyperplazie prostaty

MUDr. Ivan Pavlík

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 135-136  

Vrozená laterální deformace penisu

MUDr. Věra Mašková M.D, MUDr. Paul Palascak, M.D. Walter Gomez-Orozco, M.D. Jean-Luic Sauvain, doc. MUDr. Michael Urban

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 128-129  

Výsledky a rizika transplantace ledviny u dlouhodobě nefunkčního močového měchýře

MUDr. Miloš Broďák, MUDr. Pavel Navrátil CSc, MUDr. Jaroslav Pacovský, doc. MUDr. Petr Morávek CSc

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 130-132  

Odběr autotransfuze a akutní normovolemická hemodiluce na jednotce intenzivní péče

Petra Heapová, Renata Říhová, Yvonne Hajžmanová, MUDr. Libor Zámečník, MUDr. Marek Svítek

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 137-138  

Indikace časné adjuvantní hormonální blokády v léčbě pokročilého karcinomu prostaty

doc. MUDr. Ladislav Jarolím CSc

Urolog. pro Praxi, 2006; 3: 140-142