Publications by authors named "O B Korzh"
Importance: Since the full-scale Russian invasion, hospitals in Ukraine have been compelled to close or operate at reduced capacity due to inadequate supplies, damage, or destruction caused by war.
Objective: To analyze hospital services in Ukraine during the period before and after the Russian invasion.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Of the 450 hospitals currently functioning in Ukraine, a cross-sectional survey was carried out with the participation of 74 hospitals from 12 oblasts.
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed plasma relaxin-2 (RLN-2) levels in 106 patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and compared them to 30 healthy controls.
- Results indicated that RLN-2 levels were significantly lower in hypertensive patients, especially those with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and were negatively correlated with blood pressure, body measurements, and various metabolic parameters.
- The findings suggest that decreased RLN-2 levels could serve as a potential biomarker for diagnosing AH in patients with T2DM, highlighting its association with glucose metabolism and lipid profiles.
Catestatin (CST) is a pleiotropic peptide with cardioprotective and metabolic effects. CST is involved in the pathogenesis of both arterial hypertension (AH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which are the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the plasma CST levels in hypertensive patients, especially with T2DM, as well as compare those with healthy volunteers, and explore the relationship between CST levels and clinical, anthropometric and laboratory parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study was to investigate the relationships among health behaviors and quality of life (QOL) and to test a proposed model among people with hypertension and concomitant chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. In addition, the mediation effect of modifiable risk factors between self-care health behaviors and QOL was examined.
Methods: This study was prospective, conducted in the centers of primary medical care in the period from January 2018 to January 2020.