[Fibrophysematous lung changes and microbiota changes in senile persons.]

Research on the condition of the lungs in senile people is an urgent task. This is due to the fact that degenerative or age-associated changes in the respiratory system play an important role in the formation of senile asthenia syndrome and a decrease in the age-related viability of the body as a whole. CT-scans of patients aged 80-90 years were analyzed (n=31). Age-associated changes were evaluated: the presence of linear fibrosis, increased pulmonary pattern by the type of reticular (reticular) changes, the presence of gross fibrous reticular changes with cystic cavities and air bullae (by the type of «cellular lung¼), as well as the presence of pulmonary emphysema. Most naturally, senile people show changes characteristic of linear pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. The progression of the process leads to diffuse reticular changes in the interalveolar and intersegmental septa and, in adverse cases, to the formation of gross changes in the type of «cellular lung¼. Fibro-emphysematous changes are significantly more common in men. A microbiological study of the microbiota of the lower respiratory tract in elderly people was also carried out (n=16). When studying the microbiocenosis of the lower respiratory tract in elderly people, the following data were obtained: resident microflora was found in 71% and clinically significant microorganisms were found in 29%.

[Age-related issues of the quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure middle range ejection fraction of elderly and senile age against the background of pharmacotherapy.]

The article deals with the issues of changing the quality of life of elderly and senile people with chronic heart failure with middle range ejection fraction (CHFmrHF) during long-term (12 months) pharmacotherapy. 377 patients were examined, including 129 people aged 45 to 59 years (middle age), 128 people aged 60 to 74 years (elderly), and 120 people aged over 75 years (senile age). The diagnosis was made in accordance with the Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of CHF (2013, 2016). The quality of life was assessed according to the MLHFQ questionnaire. There was an improvement in the quality of life after 12 months of therapy in all groups of patients, but the most pronounced results were obtained in old age. The maximum decrease in the level of anxiety was observed in men in the middle age group, in women - in the elderly. In the elderly and senile age, there was a comparable decrease in the scores on the Zung depression scale in both men and women.