Cervical screening within HIV care: findings from an HIV-positive cohort in Ukraine.

Introduction: HIV-positive women have an increased risk of invasive cervical cancer but cytologic screening is effective in reducing incidence. Little is known about cervical screening coverage or the prevalence of abnormal cytology among HIV-positive women in Ukraine, which has the most severe HIV epidemic in Europe.

Methods: Poisson regression models were fitted to data from 1120 women enrolled at three sites of the Ukraine Cohort Study of HIV-infected Childbearing Women to investigate factors associated with receiving cervical screening as part of HIV care.

Previous reproductive history and post-natal family planning among HIV-infected women in Ukraine.

Background: Ukraine has the highest antenatal HIV prevalence in Europe. The national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) programme has reduced the MTCT rate, but less attention has been given to the prevention of unintended pregnancy among HIV-positive women. Our objectives were to describe the reproductive health, condom use and family planning (FP) practices of HIV-positive childbearing Ukrainian women and to identify factors associated with different methods of post-natal contraception.

[Preservation of liver mitochondria function in hemorrhage-resistant rats during severe long-term hypotension].

In contrast to the reported data evidencing early impairment of the liver mitochondrial function in the Wiggers model of hemorrhagic shock at the arterial blood pressure 30-40 mm Hg, lasting not over 6 h, a group of hemorrhage-resistant rats was discovered. In these rats, the lifetime was about 20 h, with the blood pressure being the same as indicated above. Rectal temperature decreased to 24-25 degrees C during shock.