HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AS A NEW INSTRUMENT IN EXTANDED EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH GI DISEASES

The article provides literature survey of health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) disorders focusing on it's application in pediatrics. The review defines the term of healtharelated quality of life and presents the HRQL questionnaires specially developed for patients with different GI tract disorders indicating possible areas of their use. The article summarizes the reports assessing the healtha related quality of life in adults with GI disorders and disclose the literature survey of the state of the matter in pediatrics.Key words: GI disorders, quality of life, children.</p

HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AS A NEW INSTRUMENT IN EXTANDED EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH GI DISEASES

The article provides literature survey of health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) disorders focusing on it's application in pediatrics. The review defines the term of healtharelated quality of life and presents the HRQL questionnaires specially developed for patients with different GI tract disorders indicating possible areas of their use. The article summarizes the reports assessing the healtha related quality of life in adults with GI disorders and disclose the literature survey of the state of the matter in pediatrics.Key words: GI disorders, quality of life, children

EFFICIENCY OF OXYGEN COCKTAILS DURING THE RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN

The article deals with the data on the mechanism of the oxygen treatment impact on the human body and expediency of its usage during various diseases; here the authors also give a description of the enteral oxygen therapy method by means of the oxygen cocktail intake, which is one of the most available ways to saturate one's blood with oxygen. The authors describe the principle of the medical effect of the oxygen cocktails, application methods and evaluation of their efficiency among children, suffering from the respiratory and digestive diseases. The research findings allow one to recoommend the use of the enteral oxygen therapy in pediatrics.Key words: children, oxygen cocktail, oxygen therapy, cytochemical indicators

SCHEMES FOR THE ERADICATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI STRAINS RESISTANT TO METRONIDAZOLE AMONG CHILDREN

Treatment of the gastroenterological diseases associated with the helicobacterial infection is a complex issue. This is due to the new strains of microorganisms resistant to the medications applied. Based on the data acquired during the examination of 30 children, they showed the high efficacy of the scheme for the triple eradication therapy against helicobacteriosis, which included nifuroxazide suspension (enterofuril) along with omeprazole and clarithromycin. The authors also substantiated the expediency to prolong the treatment up to 10–14 days to improve the eradication efficacy.Key words: children, helicobacter pylori, nifuroxazide, treatment