New information about pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and epidemiology of gout underline the necessity of profound studies of particularities of evolution of the disease in order to improve diagnostics and adequate ...

Frailty is a term widely used to denote a multidimensional syndrome of loss of reserves (energy, physical ability, cognition, health) that gives rise to vulnerability. It appears to be a valid construct, but how exactly ...

Alcohol consumption is wide spread all over the world. Although alcohol causes severe medical and socio-economical problems, in low doses it may prevent or regress the evolution of many diseases and increase life expectation. ...

Hip and vertebral fractures are the most serious complication of osteoporosis, that might require surgical treatment. We evaluated a group of patients admited to the hospital after hip fracture. There was established high ...

Despite medical progress, mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome associated with diabetes mellitus remains at high level. There were studied 72 patients with diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome associated and ...

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by recurrent arterial and/or venous thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity manifested by early or late losses. Laboratory diagnosis of APS relies on the demonstration of a ...

Nervous system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is recognized for over 100 years. American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR) 1997 classification of SLE, include neuropsychiatric (NP) manifestations ...

Psoriatic arthritis has been defined as a unique inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. Its exact prevalence is unknown, but estimates vary from 0.3% to 1% of the population. Increasing evidence for cardiovascular ...

Joint lesions in diabetes produce chronic arthritis and bone tissue damage with significant medical and social costs and an increased rate of morbidity and mortality. The central role in development of joint lesions is ...

Diagnosis problems in neuropsychiatric SLE remains a challenge for clinicians. Our purpose was to study the neuropsychiatric syndromes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and their impact on quality of life. We ...