[Disruption of the electrolyte and microelement composition of gastric juice and bile in patients with chronic diseases of the hepatobiliary system].

A study is presented of 403 patients with chronic diseases of the stomach and biliary tract. It was established that these patients showed disorders of the electrolytic and micro-element composition of the gastric juice and bile depending on the functional state of the stomach and liver.

[Respiratory and dysuric disorders in hiatal hernia].

In the period of 1973-1987 the authors followed-up 1053 patients with hiatal hernia with different types of a clinical course. Various respiratory symptoms (cough, attacks of asphyxia, etc.) were observed in 181 patients, dysuric symptoms (dysuria, urethral colics, etc.

[Immunological reactivity of patients with suppurative lung diseases and the effectiveness of immunocorrective therapy].

Patients with acute lung abscesses and bronchiectatic diseases manifested deep changes in the immune responsiveness, which were largely of compensatory (elevation of IgA content to over 2 mg/ml), immunosuppressive (decrease of lymphocyte blast transformation with PHA down to 52.2 and 48.6%) or autoimmune (increase of spontaneous lymphocyte blast transformation up to 8%) character.

[Pancreatic exocrine function in stomach cancer after a gastrectomy].

Pancreatic secretion was studied using a fractionated-kinetic technic in 32 gastric cancer patients prior to surgery and in 106 patients following partial gastrectomy within the period of 2 weeks, 1 year, from 1 to 3 years longer. The immediate postoperative period showed the greatest changes in the exocrinous function of the pancreas. An improved exocrine function during a period over 3 years after gastrectomy indicates the pancreas taking part in the compensatory-adaptation process after the operation.