Publications by authors named "S T Matskeplishvili"

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to progress against the background of an increase in risk factors and the emergence of new ones, such as postcovid syndrome. Due in part to this influence, the progression of the atherosclerotic process and deterministic cardiovascular diseases is observed. In this regard, the aggravation of NCDs remains alarming against the background of the influence of six leading risk factors «25 × 25».

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Screening or its synonym medical check-up is the result of a health indicator, representing results of a medical examination and an effective tool of disease prevention. The concept of the term screening in European countries implies active detection of a disease or a premorbidity in people who are considered or consider themselves healthy. Medical check-up is a set of measures that includes preventive medical examination and additional methods of examinations conducted in order to assess the state of health and carried out in relation to certain groups of the population.

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The article is devoted to an urgent problem - primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Modern approaches to management tactics depending on age and the appointment of antiplatelet therapy with acetylsalicylic acid in low doses from 75 to 150 mg/day are presented. At the same time, the relatively high effectiveness of the use of ASA for primary prevention in men 40-69 years old without an increased risk of bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract is shown.

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Significance: Edema occurs in the course of various skin diseases. It manifests itself in changes in water concentrations in skin layers: dermis and hypodermis and their thicknesses. In medicine and cosmetology, objective tools are required to assess the skin's physiological parameters.

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Aim      To evaluate clinical efficacy of the proactive anti-inflammatory therapy in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with pneumonia and a risk of "cytokine storm".Material and methods  The COLORIT study was a comparative study with randomization into 4 groups: colchicine (n=21) 1 mg for the first 3 days followed by 0.5 mg/day through day 12 or discharge from the hospital; secukinumab 300 mg/day, s.

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