Publications by authors named "L A Firsova"

Background: Anxiety and depression occur in a significant number of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The prevalence of anxiety and / or depression is 13-44.4% in patients with IBD compared to 4.

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Aim: To comparatively analyze clinical manifestations in patients with primary esophageal spasm (ES) and its concurrence with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and the results of their instrumental examinations and psychodiagnostic tests.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 104 patients with the clinical and manometric signs of ES were examined and divided into two groups: 1) 42 patients with primary ES; 2) 62 patients with ES concurrent with GERD. The examination encompassed esophageal manometry, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, 24-hour pH metry, and an interview using a questionnaire to identify autonomic disorders, and the Mini-Mult test.

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In the presented clinical case the theme of the need for an integrated therapeutic intervention has been disclosed, including nutritional support on the various links of the pathogenesis of esophagospasm to the effectiveness of the patient's treatment.

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The aim of the work was to evaluate the esophageal motility in patients after distal gastrectomy of different sizes. It was found that in patients after gastrectomy with erosive and ulcerative lesions of the esophagus innofective esophageal motility often registered and this correlates with the reduction clearance indicator of the esophagus according to the pH-impedance monitoring.

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