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The paper unveils the concept of medical rehabilitation and defines its place in clinical medicine. It underlines the inextricable link and interaction of different components of a rehabilitation system. The value of the psychological aspect of rehabilitation is considered. ⋯ The factors influencing the process of psychological readjustment in patients and the disabled are analyzed. The psychological rehabilitation system for patients and disabled persons is considered in detail. Data on its medical and socioeconomic efficiency are presented.
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The review gives data on the clinical manifestations, complications, and epidemiological characteristics of herpes zoster. It discusses prospects for and foreign experience with vaccination against chickenpox and exacerbations of herpes zoster.
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The recent proceedings of congresses and forums on sepsis were used to write this review. The available definitions of sepsis and ideas on its etiology and pathogenesis are critically analyzed. There is information on new concepts of sepsis and data on a search for new targets, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and biomarkers. It is hypothesized that there is a mechanism of action of bacteria on mitochondrial dysfunction and human hormonal regulation with low-molecular weight exometabolites, namely aromatic microbial metabolites.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by symmetric, chronic, and erosive arthritis (synovitis) of the peripheral joints and systemic inflammatory involvement of the viscera. Lung pathology, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), is one of the common extra-articular manifestations in RA. ILD is considered to be present in almost 25% of the RA patients. ⋯ The pattern of ILD may be determined by high-resolution computed tomography and may be a major prognostic marker; the development of UIP is worst. The material is dedicated to the successes recently achieved in the diagnosis and therapy of RA-associated ILD. The state-of-the-art of investigations in this area is discussed.
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The paper deals with the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI). It considers the currently available methods of etiotropic treatment and the tactics of antiviral therapy. Taking into consideration the fact that ARVI treatment is so far a considerable challenge associated with both the unreasonably widespread use of antibiotics and the giant market saturation with pharmaceuticals for the symptomatic therapy for ARVI, the author gives a critical analysis of medications used for the pharmacotherapy of respiratory viral infections.