EVALUATION OF D-DIMER LEVEL AS A BIOMARKER OF DISEASE SEVERITY AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19.

Objective: The aim: To examine risk factors and evaluate the use of D-dimer as a biomarker of disease severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: Data from a large NYU Langone Health system were analyzed to examine the prevalence of elevated D-dimer levels at first detection and the trend. A retrospective cohort study of 2,377 patients (NYU Langone Health) with severe COVID-19.

The capacity of HIV in the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid depending on antiretroviral drugs.

This study aimed to determine the capacity of HIV in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients, depending on the reception of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Paired blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples were examined in 116 HIV-infected patients to determine the level of viral load in both biological fluids and the number of blood CD4+ lymphocytes. In patients receiving ART, the difference between the load of HIV in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was significantly smaller than in untreated patients.

The peculiarities of immunological indicators in hiv-infected persons with tuberculosis.

Introduction: Epidemics of such dangerous diseases as HIV infection and tuberculosis continue to develop annually. Tuberculosis has become the main cause of mortality in AIDS patients. Both diseases have a negative effect on the state of the immune system, affecting the cells of the lymphatic system.

Fulminant meningococcemia in adult caucasian male.

Meningococcal infection remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Based on the sequence of pathophysiological mechanisms and the agent and host factors, a wide spectrum of presentations may be seen. Here we report a non-fatal case of fulminant form of meningococcemia beginning as food poisoning complicated with shock I degree due to partially adrenal hemorrhage in Caucasian adult male.

Clinical-laboratory analysis of hiv-infections at a chronic disease of kidneys.

Objective: Introduction: One of the most important problems of our time is the HIV epidemic. Over a 30-year history of this disease, more than 75 million people were infected with HIV, nearly of which 30 million adults and children died [1, 2]. In the coming decades, they will continue to play a significant role in world premature mortality rates.

Aspects of development of leader creative thinking of medical student at the undergraduate level of medical education.

Introduction: Current issue deals with analysis of possible ways to develop leadership in medical students. Taking into consideration the reforming in National Ukrainian educative system and contemporary tendencies of world integration, the development of skillful personality is the prioritize task. The aim of study is to emphasize on the best-used ways for a development of leader creative thinking at the first basic level of medical education.