[Efficacy and safety of anticoagulant treatment for non-valvular atrial fibrillation in multimorbid patients].

Objective: Assessment of the safety and efficacy of anticoagulant treatment in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) in a multimorbidity setting.

Materials And Methods: The cross-sectional study included 104 patients diagnosed with nonvalvular AF and followed in the medical facilities of Yekaterinburg. The subjects were interviewed, anthropometric measurements were made, and the risk of thromboembolic complications was evaluated using the CHA2DS2-VASc score.

[Transhepatic drainage in focal liver diseases complicated by mechanical jaundice].

Results of using transhepatic drains in 43 patients with focal alterations of the liver complicated by a mechanical jaundice are described (55 operations). Transhepatic drains allowed widening the degree of surgical interventions in this group of patients. Risk of the operative interventions and lethality among these critical patients which were earlier thought to be inoperable became lower due to stage operations using the transhepatic drains.