[The efficacy of «School of Health: social and psychological rehabilitation of children with renal disease» within the framework of comprehensive medical rehabilitation].

Unlabelled: The constantly high incidence of urinary system pathology in children, in which the pyelonephritis plays a leading role, requires to search the new approaches to the comprehensive medical rehabilitation of children, suffering from chronic pyelonephritis.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of comprehensive medical rehabilitation of children with chronic pyelonephritis, that includes lessons in «School of Health: social and psychological rehabilitation of children with renal disease» (thereafter - «School of Health»).

Material And Methods: A prospective monocentric controlled randomized study has been conducted.

[On the assessment of medical rehabilitation effectiveness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the resort setting].

Unlabelled: Despite significant successes of health resort rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the assessment of rehabilitation effectiveness remains challenging for resort physicians in Russia.

Objective: To perform a comparative analysis of methods for assessing the medical rehabilitation outcomes in COPD patients in the resort setting.

Material And Methods: The study involved 71 patients with stage I-II COPD, with bronchitis (66.

[Continuous-cycle technology of rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on an outpatient basis].

Aim: Of this study is to substantiate the effectiveness of continuous-cycle technology of rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on an outpatient basis.

Material And Methods: 140 patients with moderate to severe (stage II-III) COPD were examined: 82% with chronic bronchitis phenotype and 18% - with emphysema phenotype. 44% of patients had frequent exacerbations.

[Evgeny Fyodorovich Levitsky is a physician, organizer, and scientist (On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his birthday)].

The paper presents the creative biography of Professor E.F. Levitsky, a famous Russian scientist, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Director (1990-2009), Principal Researcher, Tomsk Research Institute of Balneology and Physiotherapy, Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia; Head, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapy and Balneology, Faculty for Advanced Training and Professional Retraining of Specialists, Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) (1995-2012).

Features of the current of bronchial asthma in the presence of komorbidy allergic rhinitis.

Aim: Aim - study of the influence of komorbidy allergic rhinitis (AR) on the course of bronchial asthma (BA).

Materials And Methods: Clinical research, single performed by a survey of 96 patients divided into two groups: the main - 73 patients with BA combined with AR and a group of comparison-23 patients who do not have allergic rhinitis. The data of clinic, bronchial passableness, level of control of asthma, severity of inflammation in bronhopulmonary region on content of nitrogen oxide in exhaled air and in nasal flushes of a number of biochemicals were studied in comparative aspect.