Belarusian State Medical University

About: Belarusian State Medical University is a education organization based out in Minsk, Belarus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 536 authors who have published 513 publications receiving 4635 citations.

Alcohol-related glucose-dependent functional system of error processing.

Abstract: Background Ridderinkhof and colleagues in 2002 [1] reported that moderate “acute” alcohol intake reduces the amplitude of the ‘error-related negativity, a negative deflection in the electroencephalogram associated with error commission in speeded response time tasks. Their work is however, subject to a great deal of criticism. To consider arrow flank tasks responses generally, as cognitive functions as a whole is practically non-informative and to say that blood alcohol concentration of 1.0 per mile is a moderate alcohol dose, when legally it is already intoxication is not correct. Ridderinkhof and colleagues were rather careful in analyzing their results. Their study own our respect since it showed that error commission is related to the functions of the monitoring response system in the mediofrontal brain. The mechanisms for Ridderinkhof’s and colleagues’ work was defined by Holroyd et al [2].

From juniors to seniors: pattern of rise of alcohol problems among university students in Belarus

Abstract: Background The paucity of data concerning the problem of alcohol use among young adults (especially the students’ population) in Belarus has contributed partly to the increase in the prevalence of alcohol use and related problems, as no intervention program is carried out The cases of alcoholic liver cirrhosis, psychoses have been shown to increase in middle adulthood, and this is a major problem to public health A screening that will address the rate of rise of alcohol use and related problems in relation to both the age and year of study in the university will be of great importance Besides, the students’ population is easily accessible, and since every data suggest that screening for the prevalence of alcohol use in the student’s population, and subsequent intervention is of great benefit to public health [1-3], we therefore, screen for the prevalence of alcohol use and related problems in the general Belarusian students’ population and trace the rate of rise of alcohol use and related problems in course of study in major universities in Minsk, Belarus

Clinical and morphological features of malformations of the mitral valve complex

Abstract: The mitral valve complex is a multicomponent anatomically and functionally coordinated formation, ensuring the activity of the left ventricle and, in general, the heart. Congenital disorders of the structure, quantity, and form of the mitral complex components can be asymptomatic or cause hemodynamic changes that require surgery. Often, clinical signs of mitral complex abnormalities are manifested as mitral stenosis, regurgitation or its combination and contribute to misdiagnosis. To identify the morphological features of abnormalities by echocardiography, it is necessary to know the possible structure aberrations. The article describes the normal anatomy of the mitral valve complex and abnormalities of the fibrous ring, valve leaflets, papillary muscles and chordae tendineae.