[Streptodecase magnetophoresis in the Polius-3 treatment of post-traumatic intraocular bleeding].

The paper describes drug magnetophoresis, a new treatment for posttraumatic intraocular hemorrhage, which is made by a Polyus-2 devices intended for magnetotherapy and magnetophoresis. It also shows the advantage of the treatment, gives data on its clinical use.

[Equipment design for magnetic therapy and "Polus" devices].

Low-frequency magnetotherapy is among the most original therapeutical techniques since it is effective in treating most diseases and has practically no contraindications. Due to atraumaticity of a low-frequency electromagnetic field, the application of magnetotherapy is indicated in geriatric care, in particular. The VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company has developed a family of the Polyus system equipment for magnetotherapy, whereby all the well-known therapeutical procedures of low-frequency magnetotherapy can be performed.

[Clinical and radiologic characteristics of undeveloped lung in children].

Lung underdevelopment was detected in 60 of the 2487 children aged 1 to 17 with the clinical picture of recurrent bronchitis. Seven patients presented with aplasia and agenesia of the lung or its part, ten with cystous hypoplasia, eight with common hypoplasia, and thirty-five with acquired form of the respiratory system underdevelopment. The efficacies of various methods of radiodiagnosis in underdevelopment of the vessels, bronchi, and the respiratory sections varied.

[Perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of lung hypoplasia in children].

Perfusion scintigraphy was used as a method of screening in children with prolonged and persistent chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases with an obscure x-ray picture of diagnosis of lung hypoplasia. Its scintigraphic sings (considerable reduction of the capillary flow by 50%; a unilateral lesion; a clear locality of a pathological zone on a scintigram, corresponding by its volume to a lobe or the whole lung; relative uniformity of residual perfusion in the affected lobe) were detected in 21 patients. The results of scintigraphy were also used as an objective indicator for bronchopulmonary investigations and angiopulmonography.

[Optimization of computed tomographic studies during the diagnosis of chronic nonspecific lung diseases].

A comparative study was made of computerized tomograms of 115 patients, of them 78 suffered from nonspecific chronic pulmonary diseases (chronic bronchitis, bullous emphysema, spontaneous pneumothorax, and fibrosing alveolitis), and 37 patients were healthy. Of all transverse sections the most informative ones were defined, and anatomical reference points were determined for. A conclusion was made that computerized tomograms at 5 most informative levels were sufficient to diagnose changes in each of the lung segments in their diffuse affection.