ORIGINAL ARTICLES
We studied the condition of the blood proteolytic systems (activity of kallikrein (К) and level of prekallikrein (PK), the total proteolytic activity of serine proteinases and elastase-like activity, the leukocytic elastase (LE) activity, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity, and the inhibitor activity of the α1-proteinase inhibitor (α1-PI) and α2-macroglobulin (α2-MG) in 36 patients after radical prostatectomy (RPE). Group I was composed of 28 patients without biochemical recurrence (BR) after RPE. In this group, 18 patients had locally limited cancer, and 10 patients had рТ3. Group II included 8 patients after RPE with development of BR. The prostate cancer stage in Group II was as follows: рT3 in 7 patients, and pT4 in one patient. The average age of the patients in the groups was 61.44±1.39 years. The median PSA before RPE was 8.05 ng/ml (LQ=5.01; UQ=12). The average prostate volume in the groups was 52±2.74 cm3 . The median of observations was 18 months. The control group consisted of 20 healthy males. In Group II patients at 1 month after the RPE, the ACE activity was 136.5% (p1<0.001) higher, and the LE activity was 29.0% (p1<0.05) lower than the corresponding indicators in Group I. The median PSA in Group I at that time was 0.02±0.01 ng/ml, and in Group II it was 0.2±0.04 ng/ml. Thus, increased activity of ACE against the background of the reduced antiproteolytic potential of the blood in patients after RPE is the metabolic basis for development of biochemical recurrence, and can be a marker of its progression. Increased activity of ACE and reduced activity of EA are predictors of BR development as early as at 1 month after RPE, when the PSA level is not yet elevated.
This article analyzes the structure of the example receiving outpatient urological Cabinet city polyclinic №26 Novosibirsk. Revealed a clear predominance of inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system, benign prostatic hyperplasia and urolithiasis. This group of diseases should be given due attention in the medical examination of the population.
CLINICAL CASES
The article describes the clinical observation of toxic chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis due to prolonged use of herbal drug Agrimonia Eupatoria. The toxic effects of A.Eupatoria more associated not with specific toxicants, and the presence of a large number of coumarin glycosides and its metabolites. Earlier in the literature descriptions of nephrotoxicity A.Eupatoria ordinary does not. In conducting the study of the morphological characteristics were described tubulopathy, characterized by a pronounced hydropic dystrophy tubular epithelium up to vacuolization, weak and small focal diffuse interstitial fibrosis. Special attention in the clinical picture itself drawn the progressive increase in proteinuria, hypertension due to lower filtration function of the kidney and renal tubular dysfunction. Key words: toxic nephropathy, Agrimony ordinary, Agrimonia Eupatoria, coumarin, phytotoxins
REVIEWS ARTICLE
LECTURES
The lecture gives an overview and comparative analysis of the original alpha-1-blockers and their generics, as well as the choice of drug for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the light of prospects of the Russian pharmaceutical industry.
STATEMENTS OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
The article presents a report on the international conference «Urogenital infections and tuberculosis», held in Novosibirsk from 24 to 26 October 2013.