The role of nutritional support with probiotics in outpatients with symptomatic acute respiratory tract infections: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dietary study.

Background: A number of laboratory data and clinical studies have shown that probiotic bacteria may be beneficial in respiratory viral diseases. We investigated the role of probiotics in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID -19), post-disease symptoms, and humoral immune responses to viral antigens.

Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective, multicenter study.

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION OF THE LUNGS IN THE NEONATAL PERIOD: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.

It is observed a correlation between the administration of artificial ventilation in the neonatal period and the subsequent formation of bronchopulmonary pathology. Aim - to study the frequency and the features of the course of broncho-pulmonary pathology in young children who were on artificial ventilation of the lungs in the neonatal period. The directions of the selection of medical histories were conducted, which was carried out by artificial ventilation of the lungs for pulmonary causes.

HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO FOOD ADDITIVES IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: TWO CLINICAL CASES.

The article presents analysis of causes of occurence and own diagnostic search for hypersensitivity to food additives in children. Food additives are substances of natural and artificial origin, purposefully added to food products for certain technological effects (color, resistance to spoiling, maintenance of the structure and appearance). It has been shown in the article that most frequently "harmful" food additives are present in meat, dairy and confectionery products, beverages, sauces, canned products, spices.

[OPTIMIZATION OF ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: SELECTION FEATURES, PATIENT MONITORING AND EFFICACY].

The aim of the study was to optimize the method of selecting patients with bronchial asthma for the use of allergen-specific immunotherapy with allergens of house dust mites and to evaluate its effectiveness. The research was carried out based on the Municipal Non-Commercial Enterprise «City Children's Clinical Hospital» in Lviv. The study included 120 school-age children (aged 6-17) with bronchial asthma and sensitization to house dust mites.