[Modern principles of the geriatric analysis in medicine].

The offered methodological principles of the geriatric analysis in medicine enables to plan economic parameters of social protection of the population, necessary amount of medical help financing, to define a structure of the qualified medical personnel training. It is shown that personal health and cognitive longevity of the person depend on the adequate system geriatric analysis and use of biological parameters monitoring in time. That allows estimate efficiency of the combined individual treatment.

[Combined use conventional and videoendosurgery in pediatric oncology].

The autors report original date on the combined use of videosurgery and open surgical intervention in 3 patients. One (1 yr 10 mo) had neuroblastoma in the posterior mediastinum spreading to the retroperitoneal region, another (5 yr) presented with neuroblastoma in the thoracic aperture region spreading to the neck, the third one (14 yr) suffered limphoepithelioma-like cancer of the thymus. The combined treatment permits to optimize the surgical procedure and avoid additional use of thoraco- and laparotomy.

[Effect of the pulse shape on electrostimulation of excitable tissues].

This paper is devoted to the consideration of the mechanisms of electrostimulation of excitable tissues used in remedial medicine. Community of biophysical principles underlying the Weiss-Lapique and Dubois-Reymond laws is emphasized. The action of stimulating pulses on biological tissues and its consequences are analysed with reference to their shape (rectangular, triangular, and exponential).