Peculiarities of the Ukrainian model of Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX®) among patients with liver cirrhosis accompanied by impaired bone mineral density: its diagnostic and prognostic value

N. Drobinska, O. Abrahamovych, M. Abrahamovych, S. Tolopko, S. Guta, R. Ivanochko Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. The problem of osteoporotic fractures and the evaluation thresholds for intervention in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) remains obscure so far. Ukrainian model of fracture risk assessment (FRAX®) has never been implemented among patients with LC in Ukraine. Read More …

Diagnostic Value, Predictive Value and Likelihood Ratio of Changes in Some Parameters of Laboratory Syndromes and Their Constellations in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis with Disorders of Bone Mineral Density

N. Drobinska, O. Abrahamovych, M. Abrahamovych, O. Fayura, M. Ferko, I. Korniychuk, R. Ivanochko Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Changes in some laboratory blood parameters, the laboratory syndromes they appoint, and their constellations require investigation of their value for  clinicians to identify or exclude disorders of bone mineral density (DBMD) in patients with Read More …

Features of Changes in Blood Parameters of Some Laboratory Syndromes and their Constellations in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis with Disorders of Bone Mineral Density

N. Drobinska1, O. Abrahamovych1, Z. Bilous1, M. Ferko1, R. Ivanochko1, M. Zavadka2 1Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University 2Network of medical opticians «Optometrist» Introduction. Investigation of changes in certain laboratory blood parameters, and verification with their help of laboratory syndromes, and detection of constellations of laboratory syndromes in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), which is Read More …

Erythrogram Parameters and Their Constellations in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis of Various Etiologies with Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: Their Changes and Diagnostic Value

N. Drobinska1, O. Abrahamovych1, M. Abrahamovych1, O. Khodosevych2, R. Stakh2 1Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University 2Municipal Regional Enterprise of the Lviv Regional Council “Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital” Introduction. There is a need to search for new publicly available methods for screening and diagnosing bone lesions in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), one of which Read More …

Peculiarities of Calcium-Phosphorus Metabolism and Bone State in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Diagnosis and Principles of Differential Treatment (Literature Rewiev and Clinical Case Description)

N. Drobinska, O. Abrahamovych, U. Abrahamovych, M. Farmaha Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. The disorders of calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone tissue state, which are the main cause of spontaneous fractures and motor activity disorders in patients with liver cirrhosis, they require deeper understanding of etiology and pathogenesis, the use of laboratory-instrumental methods of Read More …

Influence of Thyroid Hyperfunction on Bone System Changes

І. Pankiv  Bukovinian State Medical University Introduction. Bone density measurements during the last decade have demonstrated that bone loss is common in patients with overt hyperthyroidism and to a lesser extent in those with subclinical hyperthyroidism, whether caused by nodular goiter or excessive doses of thyroid hormone. Overt hyperthyroidism is associated with accelerated bone remodeling, Read More …