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Meningococcal infection
Malá, Markéta ; Vejsová, Marcela (advisor) ; Konečná, Klára (referee)
7 2. ABSTRACT Title of Bachelor thesis: Meningococcal infections Student: Markéta Malá Supervisor: Mgr. Marcela Vejsová, Ph.D. Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Backround: The aim of this bachelor thesis was to summarize the findings about meningococcal infections and their originator - Neisseria meningitidis. Further this bachelor thesis should provide infomation about progression in meningococcal vaccines development, treatment and diagnostics. Main findings: N. meningitidis spreads into the human body from nasopharynx, through the epithelium it travels into the bloodstream. Severity of meningococcal infection depends on a strain of meningococcus and on strenght of immune system on the side of a host. Meningococcus has got efective tools for invading human body, they are called virulence factors. Quick recognition of clinical signs and rapid confirmation of infection originator are important when the infection breaks out. Nowadays we can prevent meningococcal infection by effective vaccination - combining meningococcal tetravalent conjugate vaccine and meningococcal serogroup B vaccine. Conclusions: Infections caused by N. meningitidis varies from ordinary nasopharyngitis to bacteremia and severe acute meningitis. N. meningitidis...
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The role of the nurse is to aid in the improvement of the quality of life for children who have been through meningitis
ŠPAČKOVÁ, Jana
The role of the nurse is to aid in the improvement of the quality of life for children who have been through meningitis. In recent years, the issue of quality of life has become of interest in many disciplines and the general public. In health care, the quality of life is known as HRQoL - Health Related Quality of Life - loosely translated as ?the quality of life related to health?. The term of ?diagnostic quality of life in children and adolescents? is primarily used for the area of professional health care and it is an important indicator of disease severity and the outcomes of provided care. The objective of this thesis was to assess the quality of life of children who have been through meningitis, to identify the main areas in which the quality of life of these children is reduced, and to suggest nursing interventions aimed at improvements. The data collection took place in the period November 2009 - June 2010 at the Clinic for Childhood Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Brno. A qualitative research used the technique of studying written documents and, subsequently, non-standardized in-depth interviews with respondents were carried out. Prior the beginning of the qualitative survey, five research questions were established. Question 1: What kind of care and what interventions do children expect from nurses? Question 2: What kind of care and what interventions do parents expect from nurses? Question 3: How to evaluate subjectively the quality of children?s? life after meningitis as compared to the state prior the disease? Question 4: How do parents see the quality of life of their child after meningitis as compared to the state prior the disease? Question 5: In which areas is the quality of children?s life reduced most? Question 6: What nursing interventions can help nurses to improve the children?s lives? All of the questions were answered using a quantitative research method involving a standardized questionnaire named ?HEALTH AND SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE?. This questionnaire is used in the project ?QOLOP? ? Quality of Life Longitudinal Study of Paediatric Oncology Patients. Hypothesis H 1 was defined prior the start of the quantitative research: The quality of life of children who have been through meningitis is lower than in healthy children. This hypothesis was not confirmed. It is clear, from what has been mentioned above, that the objective of this thesis has been met. This project will be useful in practice. The generated ?Algorithm of Initial Care for a Child with Meningitis? and ?Subsequent Care of a Child with Meningitis? should help nurses orientate and identify the basic needs of children with this disease. Moreover, this thesis can be used as a theoretical basis for the education of nursing students.
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