[The organization of medical nurse support of patients of elderly age in geriatric practice].

In recent years, the concept of nursing process has been actively introduced. It is especially important in geriatric practice, where the issues of nursing support prevail over those in the young and middle age. There are forms of organization of care, where it is the average medical staff is leading in the provision of medical care (hospices, nursing care hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc.). In these conditions, the responsibility of nurses in making and implementing medical decisions in the event of emergency conditions increases.

[Analysis of cytokines in seminal plasma and blood sera of patients with chronic prostatitis during immunotherapy with natural complex of cytokines and antimicrobial peptides].

Levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (TNFalpha, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10) were studied in blood sera and seminal plasma of healthy volunteers and patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) or chronic abacterial prostatitis (CABP). Assessment of effect of immunotropic drug Superlymph with direct antimicrobial action for treatment of mentioned groups of patients was performed. It was shown that seminal plasma of patients with CBP and CABP contained higher levels of IL-6 compared with healthy subjects. IL-8 level was increased in small part of patients with CBP and CABP. Changes in cytokine status of patients with CBP and CABP that occurred during treatment and manifested in decrease of proinflammatory cytokines levels (IL-6 and IL-8) and increase of antiinflammatory cytokine level (IL-10) point to reduction of inflammatory process in prostate. Clinical effect of complex treatment in patients with CBP considering eradication of pathogen and shortening of duration of antibacterial treatment amounted 95%. Monotherapy of patients with CABP with Superlymph was effective in 72%.