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[BACKGROUND - An important development in the field of adult pneumococcal vaccination since the last Consensus Statement, published by the Expert Panel of Central and Eastern Europe and Israel (the Region) in September 2012, was the licensure of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) for adults aged 50 years and older. DISCUSSION - The Expert Panel has developed this Position Statement as an update to its previous Consensus to address the following topics which are likely to be on the agenda of national scientific societies during the ongoing updates of vaccination recommendations in the Region: the availability of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for adults over 50 years of age, the available clinical evidence on its use in adults, and the future place of conjugate vaccines in adult pneumococcal vaccination. The Expert Panel concluded that there is sufficient epidemiologic immunogenicity and safety evidence to use PCV13 in adults over 50 years of age. RESULTS - The use of conjugate vaccine induces immunological memory and can overcome some limitations associated with the plain polysaccharide vaccine (PPV). It was also agreed that, if the use of PPV is considered appropriate, PCV13 should be administered first, regardless of prior pneumococcal vaccination status.]
[Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most frequently used medicines all over the world. In the year 2012 in the LAM, we summarized data on cardiovascular (CV) safety of these drugs. We emphasized that all NSAIDs may potentially be harmful on the CV system, as they can increase the blood pressure, the risk of coronary events (angina, myocardial infarction), and that of stroke, as well as they may deteriorate renal functions. We also outlined that in this respect there are substantial differences between different compounds, and the CV risk does not depend on the ratio of COX- 1/COX-2 selectivity. The newly available data of original papers and metaanalyses shed light on further details. Even naproxen which drug was previously considered the less harmful on CV system can increase the risk of blood pressure, stroke, and gastrointestinal (GI) complications. We have to emphasize that the most important risk of NSAIDs is still the GI bleeding. This adverse effect is significantly less for drugs which are more selective for COX-2 than COX-1 enzyme, but other, pleiotropic effects can also beneficially modify the GI as well as the CV risk. E.g. the aceclofenac was found to be among NSAIDs with the less adverse effects on GI system and is also among those having the less CV risk.]
[The significance of osteoporosis is well known, however, the number of patients receiving treatment is only a small fraction of ideal. Besides, the fact that the population is uninformed, the difficulties of making an appointment with a specialist and the unsatisfactory communication of the doctor all play a part in the fact that a high proportion of patients receiving mediation give up treatment prematurely. The Inter - na tional Osteoporosis Foundation supports the establishment of public patient clubs with regular training courses and grants and by doing so it also acknowledges their importance in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The publication, based on the questionnaire filled in by the members of the first Hungarian patient club, the Hungarian Society of Osteopo - rosis Patients in district 3rd, introduces the Hungarian results and points out how important patient clubs are in increasing the success of treatment and it also draws attention to the necessity of establishing further patient clubs in the future.]
[INTRODUCTION - Based on statistics, accidents from various mechanisms are among the most common causes of death all over the world. Children are mostly affected in this situations. Our aim was to examine the first aid and accident prevention knowledge and attitude of the parents. PATIENTS AND METHODS - In this study parents of 3-7 years old children were involved in six kindergarten located in Hungary. A self-fill-in questionnaire was used to collect data. In the investigation 307 parents (N=307) were included. Out of them 234 respondents filled out the questionnaire correctly. The statistical analysis was made with SPSS 20.0 statistical software. For analyses deescriptive statistics, Chisquare- test and ANOVA were used. RESULTS - Three-quarters of the children have suffered at least one accident earlier (74.3%). Most of the accidents occured at home (88.5%). 174 parents attended first aid course earlier (74.4%), the previous knowledge is based mainly on the driving license (81.6%). Based on the answers it is important to teach children first aid (70.5%) and prevention (89.7%) knowledge in the kindergarten. There were only 10 parents, who answered all the situation questions correctly (4.3%). Between the subjective judgment of the financial status and the correct answers we found a significant correlation (p=0.03). The previously accomplished first aid training (p<0.05) and the educational attainment (p=0,029) had a positive impact on the results. CONCLUSION - The level of first aid knowledge of parents is lower than expected. Participate in first aid courses the level of knowledge could increase. It would be important, because some of the accidents can be prevented by acquiring proper knowledge.]
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