Relationship of adipokines with immune response and lung function in obese asthmatic and non-asthmatic women.

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for asthma. Studies in mice suggest that the adipokines leptin and adiponectin affect asthmatic responses. The purpose of this study was to determine if adipokines associated with obesity are (1) altered in obese women with asthma compared to controls and (2) associated with increased cytokines and chemokines involved in allergic inflammation.

[Laparoscopy in the differential diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis and acute gynecological diseases].

Laparoscopy was used in differential diagnostics of acute appendicitis in 524 female patients. Acute gynecological diseases were diagnosed in 123-of them, inflammatory processes in appendages being most frequent. The laparoscopic technology allowed not only to avoid diagnostic errors in all the cases, but also to take all necessary surgical measures.

[Laparoscopic appendectomy in acute appendicitis].

Laparoscopic technology was applied as diagnostic method in 608 patients, 50 patients have undergone laparoscopic appendectomy. There were no diagnostic errors in laparoscopy application. Laparoscopic technology allowed to perform appendectomy quite safely and without any complications.