Military Internal Medicine

The research-scientific activity is the third main branch of the group of Military Internal Medicine. In general, the department is focused on clinical research in internal medicine and its implementation in specific military practice. The research is aimed to cover requirements of the Army of the Czech Republic including field and foreign military operations. 

The shape of our recent research activities was formed together with the development of organization structure of the department. The long history and development of our department was connected with the development of public society, the Army and both schools in Hradec Kralove: University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences and Charles University, Faculty of Medicine.

Main topics are:

• New trends in transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells and supportive care,
• Optimization and individualization of treatment of disorders involving bone marrow and hematopoiesis, especially research in acute leukemias as a “model disease“,
• Monitoring of side effects during treatment of hematologic disorders using various novel biochemical markers, especially for evaluation cardiac toxicity,
• Cardiovascular research with focus on acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and valve disorders,     
• The role of enteral and parenteral nutrition in intensive care,
• Participation in international clinical trials, especially in fields of hematology and cardiology.

Military Hygiene

Scientific research is focused on primary prevention of chronic diseases and relation of life and job environment and life style. Realization of intervention study and project focused on healthy status of professional soldiers.

Main topics are:

• Epidemiological studies of non infectious diseases,
• Evaluation of nutritional and healthy status,
• Evaluation of energetic and metabolic requirements,
• Combat rations in different climatic conditions,
• Evaluation of response of the organism to work in unfavourable environmental and working conditions,
• Evaluation of working energy expenditure,
• Evaluation of physiological function in protective suits,
• Elaboration of proposals for the working and rest regimes, energy, fluids and minerals as a prevention of diseases.

Projects:

• Long-term organization development plan 1011 – Clinical branches
• Quality of life measurement and its influence to overall survival in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in CZ
• Supported by the Internal Grant Agency of the Czech Republic Health Service, 2010 – 2015 (Project No.: NT11299).
• The project of intervention and prevention of overweight and obesity on soldiers of the Army of the Czech Republic
• Main researcher – the department of military medicine of Ministry of Defence, co-investigator – Vladimir Pavlik, M.D., the project since 2011 to 2014, could be prolonged.
• The proposal of the new combat rations for the tropical climatic condition
• Main researcher – Ludek Novak Ing., MEDIAP company, co-investigator Vladimir Pavlik, M.D., the project since 2012 to 2015