[Priorities in anaesthesiology].

On the basis of an analysis of published data, the authors draw the attention of medical circles to generally- and little-known facts of using a variety of general and local anesthesia types by Russian doctors. It is pointed out that not the very first application based on a calendar date of using a method but the first contribution made into the medical science and supported by efforts promoting such method should be regarded as genuine priority. Prominent medical figures are listed, i.

[System of provision of quality of health care and evaluation of temporary disability in fuel industry workers].

The article covers materials on improvement of system evaluating, controlling quality of medical care, providing medical examination of temporary disability within medical and sanitary security of workers.

[Predicting the course of the post-infarction period by clinical signs and genetic markers].

The course of the postmyocardial infarction period was studied in 452 patients with previously determined genetic markers of 18 genetic polymorphic systems. Clinical and genetic factors related to an unfavourable course of the disease in male and female patients with myocardial infarction were identified. The data obtained enable development of the systems for long-term prognostication of the high risk of an unfavourable course of a 10-year postmyocardial infarction period.

[Computer analysis of components of general anesthesia].

Monitoring of cerebral evoked potentials during total anesthesia provides objective data on the depth of anesthesia. Somatosensory and auditory evoked potentials (SSEP and AEP, respectively) were recorded in 48 patients (ASA physical status 1-2) before and during surgery. AEPs were assessed using a two-stimulus oddball paradigm under passive ignore conditions.

[The immunocorrective and detoxifying actions of hemosorption, plasmapheresis and enterosorption in pemphigus].

Immunity system changes and intoxication characteristics were studied in two groups of patients with pemphigus treated with traditional methods (group 1, 14 patients) and routine therapy combined with hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis, and enterosorption (group 2, 12 patients). During exacerbation pemphigus patients develop manifest changes in the immunity status in the presence of endotoxicosis. Introduction of hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis, and enterosorption in the complexes of treatment of pemphigus patients activates erosion epithelialization, helps sooner reduce the doses of corticosteroids whose total dose is reduced by 39 percent, improves cell-mediated and humoral immunity parameters, and is conducive to a more favorable time course of the body intoxication parameters.