[The possible development of non-academic professions in stomatology].

The dental care of the population may be considerably inproved by the further development of non-academic careers in stomatology. Past experience has shown that, in the majority of cases, the dental care of the children is jeopardized if the ratio of dentists to population is low, and the need for care is great. Therefore, the employment of specialized nurses with appropriate duties is of particular importance in paedodontics.

[Biochemical measures in cardiac patients: an analysis of change during rehabilitation (author's transl)].

210 male patients hospitalized for cardiac rehabilitation have been studied. As a result of age matching the sample was reduced to 190 patients: 72 patients with myocardial infarction, 90 patients with functional cardiovascular diseases, and 28 patients with angina pectoris. At the beginning and at the end of the 4 to 6 week rehabilitation program total lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides, phosphatides, GOT, GPT, LDH, HBDH, cholinesterase, aldolase, blood sugar, creatinine, electrolytes, hemoglobin, erythrocytes, leukozytes, and catecholamines were measured.

[Heart size and left ventricular function in coronary artery disease. II. Heart volume, coronary morphology and laevocardiogram (author's transl)].

We have investigated the possible relationship between the radiogically determined cardiac volume and the coronary angiogram and laevocardiogram. There was no relationship between cardiac size and coronary angiogram. Independently from the number of coronary vessels involved, we found normal sized hearts in patients without ECG-evidence of myocardial infarction, and enlarged hearts in patients with ECG-evidence of myocardial infarction.

[Heart size and left ventricular function in coronary artery disease: I. Heart size, exercise tolerance, cardiac output and filling pressures (author's transl)].

The possible relationship between the cardiac volume, as determined radiologically in the supine position in 119 patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease, and the results of ergometry and balloon catheterization was investigated. There was no relationship between the heart size on the one side and the maximum exercise tolerance and the maximum cardiac output on the other, except for the fact, that these parameters tended to decrease with increasing heart size. This was especially true in patients with angina.

[Results of physiological and psychological studies of different body types. A study of 210 patients with cardiovascular diseases and 100 students (author's transl)].

210 male patients with myocardial infarction, functional cardiovascular diseases, and angina pectoris hospitalized in the course of a cardiac rehabilitation program had been studied. Missing data in some anthropometric variables reduced the sample to 199 patients. The body of data included various anthropometric variables and indices, parameters of the circulatory and respiratory systems, biochemical measures, personality questionnaires, and information about the psychosocial background.

Changes in physical capacity, heart size and function in patients after myocardial infarction, who underwent a 4-to 6-week physical training program.

From findings in 1,200 coronary patients after myocardial infarction, it was shown that a stationary course of treatment in a rehabilitation center, where a gradually intensifying, individually adapted physical training program is administered, can lead to statistically highly significant improvements in the functional efficiency of the heart, as well as in physical capacity, in a short period of 4-6 weeks. It should be stressed that these positive effects can be demonstrated in the early stages of rehabilitation from infarction, that is, directly following discharge from the hospital, in the same way as in a late course of treatment of the repeated therapy; it is also important to point out that similar favorable results were obtained for older groups as for younger ones under all parameters, within the same time. A 6-week training period is more effective than a 4-week one.

[Methods and transference in short term psychoanalytic therapy].

The therapist's emotional reactions and attitudes in time-limited short-term therapy are presented. Limitations of time and scope this kind of therapy must be dealt with emotionally by the therapist; emotional reactions and attitudes can be expected to vary according to the therapist's personality structure; schizoid, depressive, compulsive or hysterical. Transference in time-limited short term therapy can be very intense but is easier to indendify.