MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WHO DIED OF SARS-COV-2 IN THE SPECIALIZED INFECTIOUS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SUMY DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE EPIDEMIC.

Objective: The aim of the article is to analyze demographic indicators, clinical symptoms, concomitant pathology, and the course of acute respiratory viral infection (ARVI) caused by SARS-CoV-2 in patients with a fatal outcome of the disease.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: To achieve the goal, a statistical method, an analytical method, and a method of retrospective analysis of the medical histories of patients with fatal cases who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of ARVI caused by SARS-CoV-2 were used.

Results: Results: Mortality among patients who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of ARVI caused by SARS-CoV-2 was 8.

MENINGO-ENCEPHALITIS IN A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-19.

Objective: The aim: To pay attention of clinicians to possible lesions of the central nervous system (encephalitis) in patients with COVID-19.

Patients And Methods: Case presentation: A 44-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic because of 2-month-history of mild fever, bilateral lower lobe pneumonia, respiratory failure, generalized weakness, and some neurologic symptoms. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in nasopharyngeal swab.

APPLICATION OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS INSIGHTS TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF COVID-19.

Objective: The aim: To determine the level of public awareness of COVID-19 and information needs, as well as level of public confidence in both official information on COVID-19 and to develop recommendations for communication policy on longer-term awareness in pandemic settings COVID-19, using principles of behavioral economics.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: 4 focus group interviews were conducted in residents of Ukraine, with a total quantity of 48 people aged 16-70 years questioned and an anonymous questionnaire was conducted in 1,700 respondents, representing the adult population aged 18 years and older from all over Ukraine. The representative error of the study with probability of 0.

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND PROSPECTS FOR THEIR APPLICATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

Behavioral economics is a branch of economic theory that studies the influence of psychological factors on people's decisions in various life situations. At the same time, much attention is paid to situations where people behave differently than predicted by classical economic theory with its assumption of rationality and selfishness. Interesting possibility of application of behavioral economic in various spheres of human life and society, for example, reforms introducing, insurance system, public health and medicine (healthy living, disease prevention, following-up to the doctor's recommendations, improving the quality of care, etc.

Subacute enterovirus-associated encephalitis in a young adult coinfected with borrelia burgdorferI.

Objective: The aim: To pay attention of clinicians to sterile encephalitis in adults, which in fact may be caused by EVs.

Results: Results: A young woman was admitted to our clinic because of 3-month-history of mild fever, left-sided soft facial paralysis, and generalized weakness. MR brain imaging in T2W, FLAIR, and T1W mode showed focal hyper intensive abnormalities in various parts of the left hemisphere.

A rural-based medical and sociological study on the results of the primary care reform.

Objective: The aim: To study the results of a medical and sociological research as to the attitude of rural population in amalgamated hromadas (AH), i.e. united territorial communities, of Sumy region to the results of primary care reform.

Identification of human herpesvirus 7 in the cerebrospinal fluid of adult ukrainian with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. A case study.

Objective: Introduction: In this study, we investigated the possible involvement of Human herpesvirus 7 in multiple sclerosis. The aim: To contribute to clarifying the controversy on the association between Human Herpesviruses 7 (HHV-7) and multiple sclerosis (MS) studying patient with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS).

Patients And Methods: Case study: Young female admitted to adult tertiary referral, infectious diseases hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine, with signs of a focal neurological deficit.

Epstein-barr virus-associated encephalitis in a case-series of more than 40 patients.

Objective: Introduction: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection can present with neurologic manifestations including encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and many others. Most reported cases have been in children. Little is known about EBV encephalitis in adults.

Development of informational-communicative system, created to improve medical help for family medicine doctors.

Objective: Introduction: Today mobile health`s protection service has no concrete meaning. As an research object it was called mHealth and named by Global observatory of electronic health`s protection as "Doctor and social health practice that can be supported by any mobile units (mobile phones or smartphones), units for patient`s health control, personal computers and other units of non-wired communication". An active usage of SMS in programs for patients` cure regimen keeping was quiet predictable.

Algorithm of adenoiditis treatment in adults, depending on the pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy stage.

Objective: Introduction: Implementation of the endoscopic technologies while the upper airways diseases gave opportunity to diagnose the adenoid vegetation in adults. The aim: Тo offer effective algorithm of curing adults for adenoiditis, depending on the degree of pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: 43 patients aged 18 - 55 with hypertrophy of pharyngeal tonsil were examined.