Clinical relevance and follow-up of incidental computed tomography imaging and magnetic resonance imaging findings for COVID-19 diagnosis

A.Y. Mehtiyeva Azerbaijan Medical University, Department of Radiology Imaging plays a central role in the detection and monitoring of pulmonary involvement in COVID-19 Aim: To assess the clinical significance and follow-up implications of incidental findings detected on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of…

Diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography for staging liver fibrosis in diabetic patients with NAFLD

V.N. Najafova Azerbaijan Medical University, Department of Radiation Diagnostics and Therapy Aim. To assess the diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography for staging liver fibrosis in patients with diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Results. Our study demonstrates an increase in liver stiffness in diabetic patients with hepatic steatosis (p < 0.05) . In…

The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of spinal stenosis

Prof. S.V. Fedkiv 1, prof. А.G. Oparin 3, prof. I.B. Zelenetskyi 2, assoc. prof. N.S. Lysenko 3, N.O. Oborina 2  1 Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, 2 Kharkiv Regional Clinical Traumatology Hospital, 3 Kharkiv National Medical University The article presents data on lumbar spinal canal stenosis, clinical manifestations of spinal nerve compression at various…

The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of shoulder injuries

Prof. R.Ya. Abdullaev 1, prof. O.A. Oparin 2, assoc. prof. T.A. Dudnik 3, prof. I.O. Voronzhev 1, prof. O.E. Gavrykov 1, S.B. Dovgan 4, K.G. Oganesyan 1 1 Kharkiv National Medical University, 2 Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute, 3 Poltava State Medical University, 4 Kharkiv Regional Clinical Traumatology Hospital This article demonstrates the potential of ultrasound imaging…

Metabolic effects of vitamin D

Assoc. prof. I.P. Dunaieva, assoc. prof. O.L. Yakovenko, prof. N.O. Kravchun Kharkiv National Medical University The article is devoted to the analysis of the metabolic effects of vitamin D, its role in the prevention and treatment of diseases. The metabolism of vitamin D, the mechanisms of influence on various body systems, as well as the…

Construction of a prognotic model of GERD occurrence in overweight people

Prof. A.G. Oparin, assoc. prof. A.E. Novokhatnya, asst. O.M. Kashirttseva, assoc. prof. T.M. Oparina, asst. I.P. Korenovsky, asst. N.A. Yarantseva Kharkiv National Medical University Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute The article reliably recorded high chances of comorbid GERD with obesity with increased blood leptin content (OR = 3.51; 95.0% CI 1.62–612.5; p = 0.023), increased diameter of…

Clinical and anamnestic characteristics and analysis of risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease with concomitant obesity in young people

Prof. O.A. Oparin, prof. A.G. Oparin, assoc. prof. A.V. Blagoveshchenska, assoc. prof. Yu.G. Fedchenko, asst. O.M. Kashirttseva, assoc. prof. L.O. Khomenko Kharkiv National Medical University Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute The article analyzes clinical and anamnestic features of patients with gastroesophageal reflex disease with concomitant obesity in young people. Correlations between clinical manifestations and the presence of…

Social and psychological factors of cheating and divorce during the period of martial state

Аssoc. prof. A.O. Parasiei-Hocher¹, D.Yu. Stepanenko² ¹Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences, Bucha, Ukraine ²Interregional Academy of Personnel Management The article carries out a theoretical analysis of the marital crisis as a psychological problem, highlights the root causes of its occurrence, including: inconsistency of behavior patterns with mutual expectations, loss of mutual attraction, in particular…

Ultrasound imaging of gastric antrum cancer

Prof. R.Ya. Abdullaev¹, prof. O.A. Oparin², Ph.D. I.V. Krizhanovska¹, assoc. prof. A.V. Blagoveshchenska¹ ¹ Kharkiv National Medical University ² Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute The article presents the results of ultrasound examination in the diagnosis of gastric antral cancer in 43 patients. The diagnosis was established as a result of complex endoscopic, radiological, computed tomography and histological…

Vizualization in diagnosis of injuries of the abdominal cavity organs with gunshot wounds

Prof. R.Ya. Abdullaiev1, Ph.D. E.I. Grechanik2, asst. R.R. Abdullaiev1, prof. O.A. Oparin3 1 Kharkiv National Medical University 2 National Military Medical Clinical Center «Main Military Clnical Hospital», Kyiv 3 Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute The article presents the results of radiographic and ultrasound examinations in the diagnosis of injuries to the abdominal organs in the case of…

Sarcopenia: modern views of the problem

Prof. L.M. Pasiyeshvili 1, prof. N.M. Zhelezniakova 2 Kharkiv National Medical University, 1 Department of General Practice – Family Medicine and Internal Medicine 2 Department of Internal Medicine №1 The article describes analysis of modern scientific ideas about the formation and course of sarcopenia. The definition of the syndrome, the issues of etiological factors and…

Features of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease against type 2 diabetes, depending on the presence of obesity

Bondar-Кeleberda O.S. Kharkiv National Medical University The aim: To reveal the peculiarities of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in patients with isolated gastroesophageal reflex disease (GERD), GERD on the background of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and with type 2 DM, depending on the body mass index (BMI). Materials and methods. To participate in the study,…

Relationships between home blood pressure monitoring parameters and plasma catestatin and relaxin-2 levels in patients with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Pankova O.A., prof. Korzh O.M. Kharkiv National Medical University Objective. To investigate the peculiarities of home blood pressure monitoring parameters in patients with essential hypertension (EH) in combination with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to evaluate their relationships with plasma catestatin (CTS) and relaxin-2 (RLN-2) levels. Materials and methods. 106 patients with EH, 55…

Features of arterial hypertension in obesity

Prof. Korzh O.M. Kharkiv National Medical University Hypertension in obesity is a fairly common problem, and it has its own characteristics. Obesity promotes inflammation in the body, which can damage blood vessels and lead to atherosclerosis, which also contributes to increased blood pressure. Obesity can lead to increased resistance to blood flow in vessels through…

Current concepts about influence of thyroid gland hormones on the development and course of gastro-esophageal reflux disease

Prof. Oparin O.A., prof. Oparin A.G., asst Yarantseva N.А., assoc. prof. Novokhatnya А.E., assoc. prof. Chomenko L.O., asst. Korenovskiy I.P. Kharkiv National Medical University The problem of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) remains one of the most relevant in modern gastroenterology. In recent decades, there has been a tendency to increase in the incidence of GERD…

Features of the clinical component of psychological adaptationdisadaptation continuum in patients with a dermatological profile with different levels of vital threat

Prof. Markova M.V., asp. Skrebtsova H.V. Kharkiv National Medical Univercity Purpose: to investigate the state of the clinical component of the continuum of psychological adaptationmaladaptation in patients with a dermatological profile with diseases of various levels of vital threat, in order to develop, in the future, personalized psychocorrection programs for this category of patients. Contingent…

Insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases: focus on common in pathogenesis and treatment

Prof. Zhuravlyova L.V., asst. Rohachova T.A., assoc. prof. Sokolnikova N.V., assoc. prof. Yankevich O.O. Kharkiv National Medical University Department of Internal Medicine №3 and Endocrinology The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes has increased dramatically worldwide over the past 30 years. These diseases have become a worldwide epidemic and the main cause of…

Gastroesophageal reflux disease: current insights into pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

PhD. Yarantseva N.А., assoc. prof. Oparina T.N., assoc. prof. Novokhatnya А.E. Kharkiv National Medical University Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects millions of people worldwide with significant clinical consequences [1, 2]. GERD presents with recurrent and severe heartburn and regurgitation or GERD-specific complications and affects approximately 20% of the adult population in high-income countries [3, 4,…

On the state of laboratory diagnostics of travelers’ diarrhea of protozoal etiology in Ukraine and worldwide

Assoc. prof. Bodnia I.P. 1, PhD Pokhil S.I. 2 1 Kharkiv National Medical University 2 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, I.I. Mechnikov, Ukraine Traveler’s diarrhea is an invasive disease associated with travel. The morbidity rate ranges from 30 to 70% and depends on the destination and seasonality. The epidemiology and clinical features of traveler’s diarrhea…

Functional dyspepsia (according to the materials of the European guidelines)

Prof. Sergienko O.I., prof. Oparin O.A.   Kharkiv National Medical University Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disorder of the interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain, affecting approximately 7% of people in the community. In recent times, significant progress has been made in understanding the complex pathophysiology and new evidence has been obtained regarding…