[Study of bioelectrical properties of acupuncture areas].

The research has as a goal the investigation of the bioelectrical behaviour of the acupunctural areas in order to obtain a scientific substantiation of the correspondence between the extreme--eastern medical tradition and the academical medicine. It is obvious that the Chinese traditional medicine knows a certain mechanism of ensurance of homeostasis of the organisms, a mechanism represented, according to the Chinese medical tradition, by the net of acupuncture points and meridians. The experimental data presented in this paper lead to the discovery of the fact that this net works as the fourth system of integration, the electrical--regulator one.

[Utility of QTc interval for the diagnosis of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Unlabelled: Prolonged QTc interval is a rapid objective method for detecting diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN). Diabetic CAN is a well recognized complication of diabetes mellitus type 2, and its incidence has been reported to be 20-40%, but detection of CAN is not a practical screening method for a large number of diabetic patients.

Method: 65 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus with no clinical evidence of cardiac disease were subjected to a battery of 5 non-invasive autonomic function tests as recommended by Ewing; these included deep breath test, orthostatic stress (30:15 ratio), Valsalva ratio, diastolic blood pressure rise with sustained hand grip, and postural hypotension on standing.

[Changes of spirographic parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Unlabelled: Diabetes mellitus (DM), metabolic disease with chronic evolution, affects various organs through its macro- and micro-angiopathic complications which it causes, one of this target organs for diabetes being the lungs.

Objectives: The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the pulmonary function.

Material And Method: 50 non-smoking patients diagnosed with type 2 DM, without respiratory problems were included in this study.

[Visual evoked potentials (VEP) in the diagnosis and monitoring of ophthalmic diseases].

Material And Method: 20 patients were examined (40 eyes) with different ophthalmic affections, age between 57 and 72 years old, 15 female and 5 male.

Results: Visual acuity was evaluated between 0.00 and 1.

[Considerations regarding the treatment of the algodystrophy using the acupuncture].

Material And Method: A team made up of 14 subjects with algodystrophy (AD) was studied at the level of the distal zone of one superior member result of the radius and/or ulna fracture, which needed an immobilization device for 30-40 days, using acupuncture.

Results: The results were compared with those obtained at a witness team treated by electro-physical recovery (ultrasound-therapy, ultrasound-phoresis with hydrocortisone, Bernard diadynamic currents and physiotherapy). Taking into account that AD is the local expression of the General Syndrome of Adaptation, the acupuncture method was used for the improvement of the integration function of the conjunctive tissue.