Plasma oxalic acid and cardiovascular risk in end-stage renal disease patients: a prospective, observational cohort pilot study.

Background/aims: It was hypothesized that oxalate might be strongly involved in atherogenesis and the inflammatory pathway that could result in an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Therefore, this study aimed to address two primary research questions: to characterize the lipid profile and the pattern of pro-inflammatory cytokines according to plasma oxalic acid (POx) concentration in ESRD patients; to evaluate the potential role of elevated POx concentration in the development of CVD risk.

Methods: A total of 73 participants were enrolled in this prospective, observational cohort pilot study.

[POSITIVE EFFECTS OF MODERN IMMUNOCORRECTION ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS OF CYTOKINES AND SLPI IN PATIENTS WITH PYELONEPHRITIS].

The peculiarities of cytokines as compounds of immunogenesis are shown in the patients having acute (A) and chronic (Ch) pyelonephritis (PN). The combination of antibacterial therapy with Nukleinat and Galavit promotes the positive changes of cytokin-producing ability of immunocompetent cells and decrease in the level of proinflammation cytokines in blood and urine, secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) in urine. In children with PN and adult patients with diagnostically elevated titres of antibodies (IgG) to Herpes simplex virus, Cytomegalovirus are shown the positive effects of Kanephron® H and Proteflazidum, accordingly.

[ANALYSIS OF MUTATION IN CODON 531 rpoB GENE, ASSOCIATED WITH RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE AMONG SAMPLES OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS THAT WAS ISOLATED FROM THE PATIENTS].

In the conditions of high relative density of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Ukraine, rapid diagnostics of M. tuberculosis susceptibility to antituberculous drugs is the important tool in treatment of patients with lung tuberculosis. 78 patients with lung TB that were treated in TB dispensary in Kharkiv during 2004-2005 years were analyzed.

[Crohn disease in the emergency surgery].

The authors discuss the results of their personal observations over patients with Crohn's disease (57 males and 88 females). Preoperative diagnosis of the disease is extremely difficult. A purposeful and carefully taken medical history, and dynamic observation may help in recognizing the disease.