Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) often accompany each other, as they share similar risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms. AF in patients with HF is known to increase hospitalizations and worsen prognosis. A combination of AF and HF translates into high risks of thromboembolic complications, which renders anticoagulants an important aspect of therapy for these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study was designed to analyse the effectiveness of combined treatment of chronic adenoiditis in the children with the use of rinorin (Orion, Finland) in comparison with the traditional methods for the management of this condition either combined with irrigation therapy or without it. The results of the study indicate that the application of rinorin enhance the effectiveness of the treatment due to the substantial reduction of the manifestation of clinical symptoms and the frequency of relapses. The patients describe rinorin as a modern convenient-to-use preparation superior to the traditional medicines for the treatment of adenoiditis which improved medication compliance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors analyse the efficacy of anti-relapse therapy of juvenile recurring respiratory papillomatosis in 87 children aged from 2 to 15 years with the use of indole-3-carbinol. Prior to inclusion into this study, the patients underwent from 2 to 86 (mean 12 +/- 14) surgical interventions for the ablation of papillomas. The average interval between successive relapses of papillomas ranged between 2 weeks and 12 months (mean 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA prospective non-randomized trial was made to evaluate incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pharyngolaryngeal reflux (PLR) in children with chronic laryngeal pathology. A total of 46 children aged 6 to 15 years were examined including 16 patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, 15 patients with acquired laryngotracheal scarry stenosis and 15 patients with vocal nodules and functional dysphonia. Combination of GERD with PLR is a factor of risk for scarry laryngostenosis in a child with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study of indinol efficacy in antirecurrence therapy of respiratory papillomatosis was performed in 46 children aged 2-14 years. The treatment lasted at least 12 weeks. Duration of a recurrence-free period before and after indinol administration was analysed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapillomatosis of the trachea, bronchi and lungs was investigated in 40 children with papillomatosis of the lower airways in comparison with 408 children with laryngeal papullomatosis. All the patients were operated in 1988-2003 with histological verification of the diagnosis. Papillomas involved the lower airways because of tracheotomy (92.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To compare the clinical course of tracheal, bronchial, and pulmonary papillomatosis with clinical course of laryngeal papillomatosis in children.
Study Design: The records of the 448 children with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis treated in St. Vladimir Moscow Children's Hospital between 1988 and 2003 were reviewed.
The type of human papilloma virus (HPV) was determined in 26 children aged between 1 year 10 months to 15 years 5 months suffering from recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). Polymerase chain reaction identified DNA of HPV type 6, 11, 16 and 18. HPV DNA was detected in all the patients including fifteen patients infected with HPV type 11; seven patients infected with HPV type 6; four children infected with HPV type 6 and 11.
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