In a small country, every person and their potential contribution to society is extremely important. The degree to which the welfare of children and families is invested will sooner or later be reflected in the health of the population, education, crime, employment and the economy. Healthy children can g...
A study conducted in Estonia from January 2016 to May 2017 among adults aged 20-64 in the city of Tartu and Tartu County found that the annual prevalence of primary headaches in Estonia is as follows: all headaches 41.0%, migraine 17.7%, tension-type headache 18.0%, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias 0.4%...
Healthcare-acquired infections are one of the most frequent complications in the hospital,
causing suffering to both the patient and his family members.
Hospital stays are often prolonged due to healthcare-acquired infections, accompanied by
treatment failure and increasing healthcare costs.
According to...
A bedsore is a localized damage to the skin and/or subcutaneous tissue that usually occurs due to pressure in the area of bony prominences or a combination of displacement, friction and pressure. When lying down, a person's quality of life deteriorates for a long time, the need for care and aids, t...
The need to prepare a treatment manual
In 2005, "Medicinal preparations made from human blood" was published in Estonia
the Estonian guide to the use" (1), the purpose of which was to provide the first
a more comprehensive overview in Estonian of the state-of-the-art in the use of blood preparations
prin...
The previous Estonian epilepsy treatment manual was prepared by an Estonian named L. Puusepa
Under the leadership of the Society of Neurologists and Neurosurgeons in 2009 (1). It was done
with a voluminous guide, where, among other topics, epilepsy treatment in fertile women was also discussed
aged women...
The update of the treatment manual "Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) in family medicine" was initiated because more than five years had passed since the publication of the original manual in 2014. The procedure for updating treatment manuals is w...
In chronic heart failure (CHF), the heart's ability to work effectively decreases - heart failure (CHF) usually develops over a long period of time and is chronic. The number of patients with chronic heart failure is increasing in developed countries. The reason for this is the aging of the population an...
The use of tobacco and nicotine products is one of the major preventable health risk factors, resulting in over 8 million deaths per year worldwide (1). Quitting tobacco or nicotine products is important in the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases, because it improves the quality of life of ...
In 2019, 178 new HIV cases were diagnosed in Estonia (13.5 cases per 100,000 people). Among the new cases, the proportion of women was 37%. 53% of the new cases were discovered in Tallinn and 25% in Ida-Virumaa. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of new cases per year has decreased twice, but remains very...
