Efficacy of multidisciplinary epidemiological screening in the primary prevention of essential arterial hypertension.

An epidemiological screening of 8011 industrial workers and 7090 pupils made possible the active detection of some risk factors carriers and of those individuals with borderline essential arterial hypertension (BEAHT) and essential arterial hypertension disease (EAHTD). It was noticed that the association of 2-4 risk factors is more common in the subjects with BEAHT or EAHTD, fact indicating their increased aggressivity in the various types of associations present in the same carrier. In the worker series a prevalence of 16.

[Antimicrobial activities of organic zinc compounds].

Taking into account the competitive action of zinc towards other ion essential for pathogenic germs metabolism, the complex erythromycin-zinc, zinc salts of sulfamethoxydiazine, sulfanilamide, sulfacetimide, sulfathiazole as well as the Mannich basis of sulfamethoxydiazine were synthetized. The antimicrobial action towards gram-positive, gram-negative pathogens and fungi was tested by the classic diffusiometric method. An increased antimicrobial action for the Mannich basis of sulfamethoxydiazine and for the zinc salt of sulfamethoxydiazine, alone or in association with metronidazole--chemotherapeutic agent used in the infections with anaerobic organisms was found.

[Epidemiological observations on alcohol consumption as a risk factor in essential arterial hypertension].

The results of the epidemiological investigations in industrial environment in view of demonstrating some relations between alcohol and salt consumption, tobacco smoking, over weight and prevalence of essential arterial hypertension are presented. The obtained data indicate that in 471 workers in smelting the prevalence of alcohol consumers (1-3 intakes/day of strong alcohol) was of 15% as compared to 28.4% in 559 workers in an unit for building equipment, 4% in the 1188 women, working in ready-made and knitted wear mills and 19.

[Epidemiological observations on the significance of the relations between elevated values of essential arterial pressure in schoolchildren and their parents].

The results of an epidemiological screening of 1,228 parents and 614 children, pupils in the V-XII forms of 12 schools of different types, are presented. It is suggested that when parents present elevated blood pressure values their children, although normotensive, are at high risk, especially in case more risk factors are present. The relation hypertensive parents--hypertensive offsprings was strongly significant.

[Intervention associated with risk factors for essential arterial hypertension. II. Epidemiologic observations of schoolchildren].

Based on an epidemiological screening of 6411 pupils from 7 schools of different types, the frequency and intensity of the association of 8 risk factors for essential hypertension in a series with increased blood pressure values and in a normotensive one was compared. The frequency of the various studied risk factors was significant especially in the pupils with increased blood pressure values. The average number of risk factors in the two series was unsignificant.

[Epidemiology of essential arterial hypertension in collectives of schoolchildren. The prevalence of blood pressure changes].

7,917 pupils in schools, between 10-19 years old, of both sexes, were investigated within an epidemiologic screening, performed in the school milieu, for detecting the prevalence of some risk factors (RF) and of the AT modifications with a view to work out the programmes for the essential arterial hypertension (EAHT) primary prevention. 84.4% of all the pupils in the Vth--VIIIth forms and 93.

[Interventions associated with some risk factors for essential arterial hypertension. I. Epidemiologic observations in adults].

The results of an epidemiological screening followed by the investigation of 9 risk factors for essential hypertension in 1218 individuals with increased values of blood pressure are presented. Stress, overweight and dietary preferences for fats and eggs had the incidence especially in, the age groups over 40 years. Both the individuals with borderline hypertension or arterial hypertension and the controls presented 2, 3 or more associated risk factors of variable intensity, the higher values being recorded in the greater than or equal to 40 years age group.

Urinary follicle stimulating hormone treatment for luteal phase defect.

A deficiency in follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle has been shown to result in luteal phase defect (LPD). A short course of human urinary FSH (uFSH) (Metrodin, Serono Laboratories) was given for a maximum of six cycles to 18 women with endometrial-biopsy-proven (EBX-proven) LPD. Adjunctive therapy in the form of midcycle human chorionic gonadotropin was given after the third therapy cycle.