[Antiulcer prevention in urological practice].

This article is a detailed analysis of the studies of Russian and foreign authors on the epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, risk factors of stress-induced disease of the mucosa of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Also in the article the approaches to drug prevention of this complication are considered. Currently, there are several groups of drugs are suitable for use for this purpose.

[Empiric treatment of pyelonephritis].

The article analyses the most typical clinical situations in empirical treatment of pyelonephritis including situations with comorbid severe diseases: decompensated diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, HIV-infection. Choice of antibacterial medicines for empiric treatment of pyelonephritis is based on the results of the latest studies of antibioticoresistance of pyelonephritis pathogens as well as on specific features of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibacterial drugs.