Vol 25, No 5 (2014)

The larger number of used drugs, the more complexity of a treatment regimen, and the higher cost of treatment usually deteriorate its adherence in hypertensive patients. Therefore, one must try to maximally simplify the treatment regimen. Thus, preference should be given to long-acting agents for the number of used drugs and their administration frequency to be reduced, as well as to fixed-dose antihypertensive drug combinations.

Polyfascicular osteosynthesis is a new mini-invasive method to treat fractures, which is safe for patients and accessible to the majority of traumatologists. This technology combines the benefits of wire and rod external fixators.

The paper considers measures to prevent a food transmission route for acute enteric pathogens, namely, to prevent microbial food contamination and to eliminate microorganisms that can penetrate food.

The paper describes a clinical case in which the use of acetozolamide (Diacarb) in a patient with chronic headache caused by impaired cerebrospinal fluid circulation could reduce the frequency and intensity of headache.

The paper describes a new method for surgical rehabilitation in patients after abdominoperineal extirpation for rectal cancer with the further creation of a controlled anal sphincter from the tender muscle of the thigh.

The given clinical observation considers the diagnosis of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and its surgical treatment.

The aim of the research was to reveal the influence of low-energy laser radiation of blood on the cytokine’s dynamics of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and to compare the changes in the group that received drug therapy only. We studied the parameters 100 patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. The low-energy laser radiation of blood significantly successful dynamics of the studied cytokines of patients with GERD.

Ultrasound study (USS) (sonography) is a simple, non-invasive technique of investigating the locomotor apparatus, which enjoys wide application when examining children and adolescents as it is not associated with the use of ionizing radiation that is harmful to the growing organism. At the present stage, sonography is a practically compulsory study in the examination of patients with joint inflammatory lesions and in the monitoring of their treatment results, including those in rheumatoid arthritis. USS enables one to visualize a minimum of joint effusion, to detail the magnitude of changes in the synovial membrane, and to diagnose tendon pathology.

The effect of semax on hormonal activity was studied in 118 patients with psoriasis associated with metabolic syndrome during combination treatment.

The prevalence of occupational contact dermatitis in medical specialists is an acute sociomedical problem. The dermatitis is caused by hand skin exposure to aggressive chemical and physical agents. The use of new-generation nanoliposomal emollients can solve this problem promptly. The results of observations show the good tolerability, efficacy, and health workers’ high appraisal of new-generation Laboratoire 3S GmbH hand skin care products.

The paper describes clinical cases of bile duct diseases (including cholangiocarcinoma) resulting from chronic pancreatobiliary diseases. Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (PCLE) was first used to diagnose this pathology, which could specify and verify the diagnosis. The authors conjecture that PCLE can be of critical importance in the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary diseases if other techniques are ineffective or low informative.

Medical goods and services crediting is gradually increasing in the Russian Federation under market economy conditions. Health care loans do not conflict with the current legal frame work and could promote an increase in accessibility and public demand for paid medical services. Both for banks and for medical organizations (private and public) high-interest and profitable lending programs could be generated based on the analysis of international experience and of the Russian market of paid medical services.