Clinical features of chronic pancreatitis at elderly patients with severe mesenteric atherosclerosis by O. S. Shifrin, I. A. Sokolina, T. L. Lemina

“…Patients of this group were characterized by series of features: older age, lower intensity of pain, higher frequency of ischemic heart disease and systemic hypertension. Gastroduodenal erosions with relative resistance to drug treatment were more frequently diagnosed in these patients.Conclusion. …”
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A Late Complication of Postpartum HELLP Syndrome: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Developed at the Postpartum Fourth Day by Ömer Demirtaş, Gülşah Demirtaş, İrfan Tursun, Taylan Şahin, Cevdet Şahin

“…Careful observation and especially rapid and careful management of hypertension can save patients with severe intracranial complications of HELLP syndrome.…”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among all NCDs, hypertension has the highest prevalence (29.2%), showing a significant difference between females (32.7%) and males (25.0%). …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…Our data show no apparent difference in cardiovascular health determinants between men and women, but high BMI in women and overall high hypertension prevalence need detailed investigation. …”
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Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Regional Experience by L. M. Kupkenova, E. N. Belousova, E. S. Bodryagina, D. D. Mukhametova, A. Kh. Odintsova, D. G. Iskhakova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…In patients with IBD, the development of viral pneumonia was influenced by known risk factors for COVID-19: age over 55 years (p &lt; 0.05, odds ratio (OR) 3.153), increased BMI (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.667), hypertension  (p &lt; 0.05, OR 2.724), diabetes (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.489), as well as the use of systemic corticosteroids (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.5).…”
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Primary Terminal Haemochromatosis in a 50 Year-Old Patient by M. I. Gonik, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Kiseleva, E. V. Berezina, Sh. A. Ondos, Yu. V. Lerner, E. A. Kogan, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Clinical diagnosis: Primary disease: haemochromatosis (homozygous variant HFE 845G &gt; A (A/A)): liver cirrhosis, Child-Pugh class C. Portal hypertension: splenomegaly, ascites. Dilated cardiomyopathy. …”
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Pregnancy Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Analysis of Nine Patients by Mert Turğal, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Kemal Beksaç, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…CONCLUSION: Pregnant women who renal transplant recipient have higher risk for preterm labor and hypertension compared normal pregnant women. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…C’est le cas d’une jeune patiente hospitalisée dans le cadre de l’urgence pour un syndrome d’hypertension intracrânienne avec troubles neurologiques. …”
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Single or multiple treatments with lusutrombopag in subjects with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease needing an invasive procedure by Davide Scalabrini, Paolo Sciuto, Cristina Felicani, Antonia Rudilosso, Pietro Andreone

“…This article reports two different cases concerning respectively an 83-year-old female patient suffering from arterial hypertension, aneurysm of the sub-renal aorta, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive liver cirrhosis responsive to treatment with antiviral drugs, and a 2.0 cm diameter hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) nodule localized in the hepatic segment III and a 53-year-old female patient with HCV-positive liver cirrhosis complicated by portal hypertension with splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and F3 esophageal varices at high risk of bleeding. …”
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Current treatment landscape for obesity in Singapore by Phong Ching Lee, Chin Hong Lim, Ravishankar Asokkumar, Marvin Wei Jie Chua

“…However, similar to other chronic diseases such as T2DM and hypertension, lifestyle modifications are often insufficient on their own, hence the importance of other treatment modalities including pharmacotherapy, endoscopic bariatric therapy and metabolic–bariatric surgery. …”
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Male Sexual Dysfunction by Danyon Anderson, John Laforge, Maggie M. Ross, Robert Vanlangendonck, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Risk factors for male sexual dysfunction include age, diabetes mellitus (DM), cancer, stroke, hypertension, penile trauma, depression, anxiety, and disturbance in central serotonin neurotransmission and 5-HT postsynaptic receptor functioning. …”
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Modern concept of bacterial complications at liver cirrhosis by M. S. Zharkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Bacterial translocation even without clinical signs of infection results in deterioration of hemodynamic status at patients with liver function decompensation that causes progression of portal hypertension and hepatorenal syndrome. Proinflammatory response related to bacterial complication stimulates progression of liver failure, encephalopathy, disorders in blood coagulation system, thus triggering gastro-intestinal bleeding.Conclusion. …”
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: clinical and laboratory criteria of diagnostics and up-to-date treatment by L. Yu. Il’chenko, V. I. Reshetn’yak

“…Prescription of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) results in significant decrease of intensity or its complete relief of pruritus, improvement or normalization of biochemical parameters and histological pattern of the liver, suppression of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis progression, and to decrease of portal hypertension. Combined treatment of UDCA and budesonide is proposed.Conclusion. …”
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Design and Construction of a Smart Medicine and Water Dispenser with an SMS Reminder. by Bazanye, Sadat Kamuli

“…The rising prevalence of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Uganda, particularly diseases like diabetes and hypertension, poses a significant challenge to individuals striving to manage their medications consistently. …”
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The association between stress-induced hyperglycemia ratio and cardiovascular events as well as all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy by Boning Cao, Zhendong Guo, Dan-Ting Li, Le-Ying Zhao, Zhen Wang, Ya-Bin Gao, Yao-Xian Wang

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that the effect of spontaneous hypertension on mortality was consistent across all subgroups. …”
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ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation using immunoadsorption columns: First experiences in South Africa by Z A Barday

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Probiotics, metabolism and the functional condition of cardio-vascular system by Ye. A. Kashukh, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Obtained data demonstrate that intake of certain probiotic strains may be applied as a successful treatment of atherosclerosis, systemic hypertension, metabolic syndrome and heart failure. Conclusion. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy with Atypical Symptoms: A Rare Case of Tongue Fasciculation and Facial Muscle Weakness by Shafiq ur Rehman, Saba Zaidi, Mahzareen

“… This case report presents a 55-year-old man, with a history of hypertension, who developed an unusual and atypical presentation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). …”
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Clinico-demographic factors affecting mortality in COVID-19 patients at a health care facility, Western Uttar Pradesh by Swati Singh, Anupam Sisodia, Meghna Athwani

“…Patients with diabetes and hypertension had two times higher hazard of death than patients without these comorbidities. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Progress and Prospects by Feng Zhang, Zhuqing Li, Yanxin Wang, Chao Li, Chengzhi Lu

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of cardiomyopathy that is independent of hypertension and coronary artery disease, and is closely associated with the high incidence and mortality of heart failure in people with diabetes. …”
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