Objective. To estimate annual expenditures attributed to diabetes mellitus (DM) per patient in
Russia based on data from epidemiologic studies and to analyse DM cost drivers. Methods…

Background: Common, but often poorly diagnosed and, consequently, not treated obstructive
sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in asthma patients - frequent cause of poor …

Background: The rare but disturbing consequence of the severe COVID-19 pneumonia is
progressive degradation of lung tissue as bullous-emphysematous changes or vanishing lung …

Background: COVID-19 predispose patients (pts) to secondary viral, bacterial and others
infections that may have a worse outcome than COVID-19 on its own. Aim: to evaluate the …

Background: One of the disturbing symptoms in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome,
especially in asthmatics, is dyspnea. In some cases a depressing feeling of shortness of breath …

Background: Bronchial obstruction as characteristic feature of bronchial asthma (BA) can
lead to gas exchange disorders. The distinction of asthma is that even in patients without …

Background:. Patients with “overlap syndrome” (COPD+OSAHS) often have structural and
functional pathology of upper airways, that aggravate course of COPD and decrease their …

The aim: to study the interrelation between aerodynamic peculiarities of upper airways and
24-hour Holter monitoring data in severe COPD patients. Patients and methods: 60 patients (…

Background: Bronchial obstruction as characteristic feature of bronchial asthma (BA) can
lead to gas exchange disorders. The distinction of asthma is that even in patients without …

The paper focuses on the sociological adaptation and development of the mental mapping
method within the study of national identity. ‘Mental map’ is defined as a spatial image or …