[ESOPHAGITIS, CAUSED BY HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS: CASE REPORT].

The clinical observation of the patient at the age of 56 years, with lesions of the esophagus by the herpes simplex virus has been presented. The patient complained of odynophagia and dysphagia. Treatment with proton pump inhibitors in outpatient stage was not effective.

[Endogenous intoxication syndrome in critical states in infants. New diagnostic and prognostic possibilities].

New methods for the diagnosis of the endogenous intoxication syndrome (EIS) in critical states have been developed and tried in 585 infants. A complex of biochemical, hemorheological, biophysical, and optic polarization parameters characterizing the intensity of catabolic reactions and united under the term "endotoxicogram" is offered. Objective assessment of EIS is expressed by an integral index of intoxication which permits a universal assessment of the severity of patient's status, disease course, and efficacy of therapy and helps predict the disease outcome.

[Blood platelet as a test system in the evaluation of neurohormonal imbalance in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus].

A study was made of platelet alpha 2- and beta 2-adrenoreceptors stimulated by adrenaline and alupent as well as of hemostatic system parameters the levels of ACTH, cortisol, glucagon and C-peptide in the blood of women with type I diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, surgical delivery, and the postoperative period. It is shown that the changes in the sensitivity of both subtypes of platelet adrenoreceptors are closely related to the activation of the stress-realizing systems and may serve as a test for estimating the intensity of neurohumoral imbalance both during pregnancy and surgical intervention. The sensitivity of platelet adrenoreceptors to agonists may be examined by a simple retention test allowing rapid information to be derived, which is of paramount importance under clinical conditions.