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Aim: To determine body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) of the Voronezh city adult population.

Materials and methods: 1108 residents of Voronezh city at the age from 20 to 75 years were examined in 2015 including measurement of their height, body mass, arterial pressure, and BMI calculation. Medical histories were analyzed to reveal arterial hypertension in the preceding period in the following age groups: 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-75 yr and the entire study group (20-75 yr).

Results: The mean BMI of the residents of Voronezh was 28.5 (23.8; 33.1) kg/m. The highest values were found between 40 and 59 years. BMI in women under 40 was lower than in men of the same age. The education level affected the prevalence of obesity in that people with secondary vocational education were more likely to be obese than those given higher education. At the age of 40, the incidence of hypertension among women was lower than among men of the same age, it more frequently occurred at the age of 60-75 years. Both age and BMI were related to the level of blood pressure: higher BMI and blood pressure were recorded at an older age. The prevalence of hypertension also increased with age.

Conclusion: Obesity was detected in 29.7% of the Voronezh population recruited to the study. The prevalence of obesity among young adults (20-29 years) iproved lower than in the middle and old age groups. 30.9% of the residents suffered from AH.

A case of polyorganic insufficiency syndrome associated with coma, convulsive disorder, acute hepato-renal and respiratory dysfunction, hypovolemic shock, and hyperthermal syndrome in a 46 year-old participant ofa marathon competition is reported. The clinical picture was dominated by acute hepatic insufficiency treated with remaxol to activate substrate phosphorylation under effect of exogenous succinate for slowing down the development of energy deficit in mitochondria under condition of oxygen deficit. This case can be regarded as a variant of correction of mitochondrial dysfunction with the use of a mitochondria-targeted medication such as succinate-containing remaxol. This medication reduced AST and ALT activities and utilization of endogenous enzymes for succinate synthesis from alanine and aspartate under hypoxic conditions. Prescription of remaxol as a form of direct substitution therapy was dictated by pathogenetic considerations.

The achievement of early cytogenetic and molecular responses is the major objective of therapy and a main prerequisite for the favourable long-term outcome of the disease. The maintenance of dose intensity and management of adverse events are keys to successful treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with imatinib. Therapeutic monitoring and testing the drug level in blood are the efficient tools for the treatment of patients with CML and can be usedfor analysis of treatment failure or suboptimal response to therapy, suspected noncompliance, drug interactions or unexpected adverse reactions.

Obesity is a serious medico-social and economic problem. Increased body mass index is associated with a rise in the general mortality rate and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases. In this article, modern views of the influence of obesity on the cardiovascular system are considered.

Aim: To monitor the hemostatic system during platelet concentrate transfusions using low-frequency piezothromboelastography in patients with coronary bypass surgery given aspirin therapy.

Materials and methods: The study involved 148 patients with coronary bypass surgery, with 76 ones undergoing intraoperative transfusion of platelet concentrate and 72 treated without transfusion. The control group consisted of 20 healthy individuals. In the perioperative period indicators of vascular-platelet, coagulation, anticoagulant and fibrinolytic components of hemostasis were evaluated by low-frequency pezotromboelastography using the ARP-01M "Mednord" hardware and software system (Russia).

Results: It was shown that the antiplatelet effect of aspirin in the preoperative period was manifest as inhibition of the initial stage of blood coagulation accompanied by increased thrombin potential, the total gain of anticoagulant and fibrinolytic activity of the blood. Heart-lung bypass was accompanied by structural and chronometric anticoagulation, reduction of anticoagulation and increase of blood fibrinolytic activity. In the postoperative period, structural and chronometric anticoagulation was more pronounced in patients who did not undergo transfusion of platelet concentrate than in the group of patients with transfusion. Donor platelets further increased the blood hemostatic potential by neutralizing the antiplatelet effect of aspirin. Perioperative thrombohemorrhagic complications were absent in both groups.

Conclusion: Low-frequency piezothromboelastography provides a tool for real-time monitoring the functional state of hemostasis system. Transfusion of platelet concentrate is not advisable given that the thrombin potential is preserved as confirmed by the results of low-frequency piezothromboelastography.

The patient’s cooperativity is the major factor which determines the patient’s adherence to doctor’s prescriptions and, consequently, the achievement of disease control. We proposed the “Evaluation of the cooperativity in asthma” questionnaire to evaluate the level, components and types of cooperativity in 141 patients with the mixed or atopic form of asthma (94.3 and 5.7%, respectively) at admission to hospital who were aware about their disease. The analysis of investigated parameters depending on the level of patients’ awareness of their condition (according to the “Awareness of patients about asthma” test), severity and duration of the disease, presence of alexithymia and social and economic index was done. It was found out that patients with asthma exaggerate the degree of their compliance. The general indices of cooperativity (GIC=58.1±7.3%) and understanding of danger (35.8±3.3%) in the patients who were aware about their disease were low. Qualitative characteristics of individual cooperativity components in examined patients are presented. Nearly 76% of the patients showed negative cooperativity inversely correlating with the severity of asthma and the duration of the disease. Positive cooperativity appeared to be directly related with the higher educational level, occupation and higher income level of the patients. Generally speaking, low average GIC ratings and low patients’ adherence to asthma treatment suggest their low cooperativity.