[Current issues of disability and rehabilitation of elderly and senile patients with lower limb loss due to vascular pathology.]

The majority of patients with amputation defect of the lower extremities are elderly citizens with high co- and polymorbidity, the presence of several geriatric syndromes, which adversely affects the prognosis, reduces the rehabilitation potential, in some cases leads to the development of cardiovascular complications, amputation of the second limb, severe disability and high postoperative mortality. The key link in the rehabilitation process of disabled people with a lower limb stump is to provide them with a functional prosthesis. The article provides an analysis of morbidity, primary disability in the period from 2015 to 2019, gender, age and clinical characteristics of patients living in St. Petersburg who underwent amputation of the lower limb due to obliterating artery diseases is presented. It was found that there is no information on the survival rate of patients after amputation at various times of the post-hospital period in St. Petersburg. We have identified a pronounced imbalance between the number of lower limb amputations performed and the number of applications of disabled people to the bureau of medical and social expertise for providing technical means of rehabilitation and referral to primary prosthetics.

[Age-related specifics or diseases and disability caused by digestive disorders among adults in Saint-Petersburg in 2013-2017.]

The paper presents the retrospective analysis of the structure and dynamics of diseases and disability caused by digestive disorders in Saint Petersburg citizens. The paper presents the results of the comparative analysis of disability among people of active working and pension ages living in Saint Petersburg, versus Russia's average 2013-2018 data. As a result, regularities and differences in the structure and dynamics of digestive disorders in people 18 years old and older, which manifested themselves in after-surgery complications, death rate, and disability rate. The results may be used as reference for making federal or regional-level decisions on developing the system for preventing and early diagnosis of digestive disorders and integrated rehabilitation of disabled persons.

[Clinical and experimental study of the peculiarities of cardiac activity disorders during poisoning by combustion products in persons of different age groups.]

The work is carried out to clarify the mechanisms of cardiac activity disorders and assess the severity of cardiotoxicity in acute poisoning by combustion products in the age aspect. 71 patients with severe carbon monoxide poisoning were examined. The comparison group consisted of 22 patients with acute severe opiate poisoning. The methodological basis of the clinical study was daily monitoring of ECG. The studies were performed in 1 and 3-4 days. Residual cardiac dysfunction was estimated at 12-14 days. The comparison group selected 14 patients with acute myocardial infarction at this stage. Pathomorphological changes were studied on the cadaveric material of 24 experimental animals exposed to carbon monoxide at a dose of 16 g/m3 for 5 minutes on 31 days from toxic injury. It is established that acute poisoning by combustion products leads to the development of severe electrophysiological disorders classifying cardiotoxic effect as severe or extremely severe. Expression of signs of cardiotoxicity is higher in middle-aged and elderly patients. In the outcome of the poisoning, all the victims have formed a toxic cardiomyopathy.

[Evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation of elderly patients with metabolic syndrome, taking into account the provisions of International classification of functioning, disability and health.]

The article contains data on rehabilitation measures in elderly patients with metabolic syndrome. Individual-oriented treatment and rehabilitation programs implemented in primary health care allow to reliably reduce the severity and risk of progression of restrictions of life, increase the independence of patients The elderly, having metabolic syndrome, complicated the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is proposed to assess the effectiveness of rehabilitation, taking into account the provisions of the International Classification of functioning, restrictions on life and health and by drawing up an individual geriatric profile.