[The concept of patient-oriented approach as a key tool of social economic development].

The article considers the need for a new model of health care. In the provision of patient care, individual needs and desired outcomes are the driving force behind all decisions in health and quality measurement. Medical care should correspond to individual preferences, needs and values of patients and take into account patient's wishes when making clinical decisions.

[Scoring of severity of patients' condition with acute surgical diseases and injuries of the abdominal cavity].

Ten of the most frequent symptoms that do not require special methods of their determination except general clinical examinations established by any health care professional on pre-hospital stage were determined on the basis of analysis of more than one thousand records of patients with acute surgical abdominal diseases and clinical symptom load. The authors performed an assessment of each symptom depending on severity of patient's condition ranging from 1 point (satisfactory condition) till 5 points (critical condition). Information has been obtained: in case of satisfactory condition--up to 10 points, moderate--up to 20 points, heavy--up to 30 points, extremely heavy condition--up to 45 points and terminal condition--more than 45 points.

[Synergetic basis of the system of specialized medical care, specialized treatment and medical rehabilitation of minimally injured and minimally ill].

The article is devoted to analysis of the current system of specialized medical care, specialized treatment and medical rehabilitation of military casualties of minor nature. The author suggested a synergistic approach to combination of the given system with the aim of determination of development conception. Two main schemes of organization of specialized medical care are considered: medical care during the military conflict and local war; medical care during the regional and large-scale war.

[Combined and multifactorial burn injuries in military conflicts: tactical approaches to diagnosis and treatment].

The article reflects the experience of the treatment of the servicemen with combined burn injuries got in the Chechen Republic (1994-1996, 1999-2001). 266 causes of medical treatment for combined injuries where the burn was decisive were analyzed: 141 of which were got in the Chechen Republic in 1994-1996, 10 - in Daghestan in August-September of 199 and 125 - in the Chechen Republic in 1999-2001. In the structure of sanitary losses with surgical profile the burnt amounted to 4,1%, and 6,4%.

[The "air pouch" model in mice and a study of the wound fluid proteolytic activity].

The experimental model of a cutaneous wound in mice has been offered, aimed to study the proteolytic activity of the wound fluid produced at early stages of wound healing, and to examine the continuous inflammatory state. The presence of metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the wound fluid matrix was found to correlate with the existence of neutrophils and macrophages in the tissue.

[The therapeutic properties of an alcohol extract of plasma in a combined radiation-thermal lesion].

The intravenous injection of an alcoholic plasma extract to mice after the combined exposure to radiation and heat decreases lethality, restores the investigation-and-orientation activities and oxygen consumption, favors the growth of body mass and healing of burns. The antioxidant effect of the extract manifests itself by the decreased rate of formation of lipid peroxidation products in the liver and the suppressed spontaneous and latex-induced chemiluminescence of neutrophils.

[Atherosclerosis and its complications as a cause of hospital mortality in the Tashkent population in 1982-1986].

Atherosclerosis and coronary disease incidence rate specific for age, sex and nationality has been estimated at 7108 autopsies performed at city hospital in 1982-1986. The analysis suggested this rate to be on the increase, being 2.4% for 1920s, 29.