Volume 4, issue 1

Irina G. Novokreshchenova, Inga K. Senchenco, Quality of medical care for the elderly in out-patient conditions according to the sociological survey
The process of aging is caused by the early development of chronic complications and diversity of morphological and functional changes of organs and systems. Therefore the provision of preventive and curative care of this category of citizens has significant clinical and organizational features.....

Tatyana V. Martynovich, Natalya S. Akimova, Edward A. Fedotov, Yuri G. Schwartz, Polymorphism of genes associated with increased cardiovascular risk and cognitive function in patients with chronic heart failure and in healthy persons: the pilot study
There was studied the relationship between polymorphic variants of APOC3 (rs2854117), PON1 (rs854560, rs662), AGT (rs4762, rs699) and AGTR1 (rs5186) genes with the results of cognitive tests in patients with chronic heart failure (СHF) of ischemic genesis and healthy persons. The general group....

Mansoureh Safizadeh, Elahe Aminizadeh, Hossein Safizadeh, Awareness of osteoporosis among female employees in Kerman, Iran
Background ― Osteoporosis is a chronic multi-factorial disease characterized as low bone density and microarchitecture disturbance of bone tissue. Osteoporosis is known as a major health problem, but it can be prevented and treated in a great extent. Objective ― The aim of the present study....

Alma Akhmetova, Timur Saliev, Gulsim Kulsharova, Talgat Nurgozhin, Sergey Mikhalovsky, Current state of chronic wound care in Kazakhstan: focus on topical treatments
Background — The presence of chronic hard-to-heal wounds significantly affects patients’ quality of life causing pain, discomfort, decrease of mobility and consequently leads to social isolation and depression. This type of wound is more prevalent among older population. It has been estimated....

Suleyman Durmaz, Turkan Toka Ozer, Analysis of epidemics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Turkey
The first cases with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) isolation were reported in 1988 throughout the world, and in 1998 in Turkey. The number of the papers conducted on cases or epidemics in which VRE was isolated is in increase. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate some studies at this....