FEATURES OF COVID-19 PNEUMONIA DIAGNOSIS.

Objective: The aim: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the clinical and laboratory features of COVID-19 pneumonia course, the diagnostic significance of laboratory methods for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus based on a retrospective analysis.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We studied the case histories of 96 patients who were treated at the Municipal Non-Profit Enterprise "Lviv Clinical Emergency Care Hospital" for the period from 01/07/2020 to 31/07/2020 with a diagnosis of pneumonia, which corresponded to 5 points on the CO -RADS scale. We analyzed the clinical and laboratory signs of COVID-19 pneumonia depending on the results of the Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR) tests to the SARS-CoV-2 infection (positive result of RT-qPCR was observed in the first group and negative - in the second group).

CLINICAL СASE: 41-YEAR MAN WITH NEUROLOGICAL SIGNS AND BACK PAIN AFTER PHYSICAL EXERCISES AND UNUSUAL IMAGING APPEARANCES.

The aim was to describe the uncommon cause of back pain with successful treatment, precise diagnostic and good outcome. Lower back pain is prevalent among all the age groups and can derive from many potential anatomic sources. Here is presented the case of atypical course of back pain and neurological signs with point on importance of astute visualizations technics.

Assessment of the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation as a technique for destroying small renal tumors in patients older than 70.

Introduction: During the past few decades, the percentage of older people in the population has been steadily growing due to the tendency of extended life expectancy. The efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and tumor enucleoresection (TE) in the treatment of selected older patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) T1aN0M0 sized ≤4.0 cm has been a popular topic in many recent studies.