[The effect of etiopathogenetic therapy of COVID-19 on the severity of the disease: results of a multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial].

Aim: The search for etiopathogenetic agents to prevent the development of severe and extremely severe COVID-19 remains relevant. A placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the antibody-based biological drug (Raphamin).

Materials And Methods: 785 outpatients 18-75 y.

[The effect of characteristics of patient on satisfaction with medical care rendered by general practitioner and district therapist].

The patient satisfaction is one of the key criteria of quality of medical care and indicator of patient-oriented approach and factor determining competitiveness of medical organization. The purpose of the study - the comparative analysis of patient satisfaction with primary health care provided by general practitioner and district physician, taking into account their gender, age characteristics, frequency and goals of visiting polyclinic. Sociological study was carried out on the basis of out-patient medical organizations in Moscow, Kemerovo and Belgorod.

[The rise of attractiveness of specialty "General Practice" for graduates of medical universities].

The choice of specialty by graduate of medical university can be promoted by particular social, demographic and personal characteristics. Purpose of the study is to investigate demographic, social and personal characteristics of students in residency on specialty "General Medical Practice" in the Russian Federation. The sociological, statistical and analytical methods are applied.

[The influence of gender, age and length of service on educational preferences of general practitioners in Russia].

In conditions of active development of medical and pharmaceutical sciences and dynamically changing work environment the education of physician is to be both continuous and personalized. Purpose of the study. To investigate effect of gender, age and work experience on educational needs and on preferences of forms and methods of training in the system of continuing medical education of Russian general practitioners.

On the origin of finger enslaving: control with referent coordinates and effects of visual feedback.

When a person tries to press with a finger, other fingers of the hand produce force unintentionally. We explored this phenomenon of enslaving during unintentional force drifts in the course of continuous force production by pairs of fingers of a hand. Healthy subjects performed accurate force production tasks by finger pairs Index-Middle, Middle-Ring, and Ring-Little with continuous visual feedback on the combined force of the instructed (master) fingers or of the noninstructed (enslaved) fingers.

Histamine-dependent changes in free radical processes during coronary heart disease.

Histamine is involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, intensifies generation of reactive oxygen species by blood leukocytes, and causes mobilization followed by exhaustion of antioxidant reserves. The prooxidant effect of histamine on free radical processes in patients with coronary heart disease determines the rate of recurrences and is associated with poorer prognosis and more severe course of the disease.

[Results of simultaneous 24 hour pH and ECG monitoring in patients with cardialgias].

Simultaneous 24-hour pH and ECG monitoring is suggested as a method for differential diagnosis of cardialgias. Fifty-four patients were examined, complaining of retrosternal and precardial pain, retrosternal burning, heartburn, and belching of unknown origin. Four groups were distinguished.