[Nitrogen and oxygen levels in placenta - a predictor for retinopathy of prematurity].

Purpose: To study the distribution of chemical elements in the placenta of pregnant women at 24-35 and 39-40 weeks of gestation, and to assess the possibility of using data on the levels of principle chemicals for predicting clinical manifestation of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Material And Methods: The study examined 375 placenta tissue fragments of pregnant women for levels of the following chemical elements: carbon (C), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), calcium (Ca), chlorine (Cl), potassium (K), sodium (Na) and phosphorus (P). Subjects were divided into 3 groups: 1st group consisted of 41 pregnant females (205 fragments of placenta tissue) at weeks 24-35 of gestation, whose children would not develop ROP; 2nd group included 14 mothers (70 fragments of placenta tissue) at weeks 39-40 of gestation; 3rd group - 20 pregnant (100 fragments of placenta tissue) at weeks 24-35 of gestation, whose children would be diagnosed with ROP.

[Anatomical parameters of emmetropic and varyingly myopic eyes].

This article summarizes the results of a study on ocular anatomy in emmetropia and different degrees of myopia conducted in the Smolensk State Medical Academy. Data of 233 patients (408 eyes) is presented. Five size parameters were measured in all cases.