[The agreed experts' position of the Eurasian Association of Therapists on tactics of management of patients with comorbid pathology infected with SARS-Cov-2].

The agreement of experts of the Eurasian Association of Therapists (EAT) discusses pathogenesis and treatment of COVID-19. Modern data on the characteristics of cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory damage in SARS-infected CoV-2 are presented. The tactics of managing patients initially having cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, chronic kidney disease are discussed in detail.

[Efficacy of metformin in abdominal obesity].

Aim: To study the effect of metformin on metabolic parameters, body weight (BW), and waist circumference (WC) in patients with abdominal obesity (AO).

Subjects And Methods: The results of using metformin 2000 mg daily for 3 months in 46 patients with AO. The comparison group consisted of 50 people.

[Cytokines and their role in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy].

The role of cytokines is estimated in development of diabetic retinopathy. Titer of cytokines is compared in healthy subjects and patients with impaired glucose metabolism. Fundus examination and specific cytokines level assessment allowed us to conclude that cytokines directly take part in pathogenesis of retinopathy before clinical manifestation.

[Mineral bone density and mineral exchange status in patients with chronic generalized periodontitis].

Chronic generalized periodontitis (CGP) development and course are closely related with somatic pathology. Systemic factors (Ca-regulating hormones level including) influence jaw bone tissue metabolism by resorptive processes reinforcing. We determined the degree of skeletal bone tissue mineralization and the level of Ca-regulating hormones in women with CGP of reproductive age and in postmenopausal period.