[Results of surgical treatment of generalized emphysema of the lungs].

An analysis of examination and treatment results was made in 123 patients with generalized emphysema of the lungs and respiratory failure of II-III degree. The patients were divided into two groups according to the age: younger than 40 years old (group A - 9 patients),40 years old and older (group B - 114). A surgical reduction of lung volume was performed to correct the respiratory failure in 69 patients.

[Use of inhaled tobramycin in patients with cystic fibrosis].

The results of a few studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of nebulized tobramycin solution used in patients with cystic fibrosis have been published to date. Pulmonary deposition of inhaled tobramycin and its lung produced concentrations are rather high (10-25 times greater than the minimum suppressing concentration) and systemic absorption is extremely low. The treatment makes it possible to improve external respiratory function, to lower the colonization of the bronchi with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and, in many cases, to achieve its eradication.

[Correlation of results of immunocytochemical, electrophysiologic, and molecular studies in patients with cystic fibrosis].

In 13 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients of 5 to 23 years of age with a known mutation spectrum of gene CFTR, sweat chloride values and nasal-potential differences (NPD) were measured and localization characteristics of the protein product of gene CFTR in the cells of nasal epithelium were studied. Sweat Chloride values were normal or boundary (24 to 62 mM/l) in six CF patients. In seven CF patients, these values were significantly above the estimates for the control group.