Vol 26, No 5 (2015)

All colorectal patients should be assessed carefully to rule out the presence of concurrent tumors and adenomas, since missed lesions can result in additional surgery and poor prognosis, particular to the high-risk group.

The change in the blood concentration of sFas antigen, the function of which is aimed at maintaining systemic homeostasis, reflects the activity of pathological processes occurring in the body. The findings may suggest that the serum level of sFas antigen is of obvious prognostic and monitoring value.

The paper considers different procedures for the prevention of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroid surgery, including a radically new approach to intraoperative prevention.

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic continuously recurrent skin disease with early onset. Nowadays the pathogenesis of many local inflammatory processes is studied rather well and diagnostic and treatment techniques are thoroughly worked out. However, in a number of cases the disease still progresses: the periods of short remission are followed by flare-ups. Why do we sometimes fail to induce long-lasing remission? What causes severe AD? We have tried to answer these and some other questions by analyzing recommended and applied treatment methods and employing Russian and foreign professional publications. We have proved that anti-relapse therapy supported with the usage of cosmetics gives assurance in AD effective treatment.

In the clinical example demonstrates a case of benign tumors of the pancreatic head, which was a rare cause of the development of secondary biliary cirrhosis. The short characteristic of the biliary cirrhosis, benign tumors of the pancreatic head. Discusses the disease, analyzed laboratory and instrumental data, sectional and histological material.

The polyclinic’s diagnostic service used the breast imaging reporting and data system in 2013-2014 to identify groups of patients in whom puncture verification of changes was indicated, which enhanced the accuracy of opinions on breast abnormalities.

The paper considers whether the cytoprotector Thiotriazoline® may be used in the combination therapy of patients with coronary heart disease.

Discusses the clinical manifestations of respiratory disorders, due to the celiac aortic trunk compression. Propose an algorithm for the diagnosis of this disease is often encountered in practice physicians, pulmonologists, pediatricians, family physicians, but in due time the correct diagnosis is extremely rare.

Worldwide, more than half of pregnant women have anemia. The latter causes functional disorders in various organs and systems, worsens quality of life, diminishes working capacity, and increases a risk for complications during labor. The absence of timely and adequate therapy may induce iron deficiency in the fetus too.

The paper deals with the problem of health improvement in the context of the theory of biosystems, the concept of evidence-based medicine, and the use of natural biomodifiers. By unveiling the fine mechanisms that regulate the body, the author shows the capabilities and algorithms of health improvement by biotherapy.

The paper presents the data of sociological assessment of a three-level primary healthcare system. It shows its advantages and disadvantages, by demonstrating this with outpatient centers and their branches, which serve the adult population of the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow.