[Sicca syndrome in sarcoidosis and involvement of the salivary and lacrymal glands].

Aim: To present differential-diagnostic signs of sarcoidosis with affection of the salivary and lacrymal glands and Sjogren's disease.

Material And Methods: The examination of 620 patients with affection of the salivary and lacrymal glands revealed sarcoidosis in 19 of them. The diagnosis was verified histologically.

[Prognostic implications of mixed monoclonal cryoglobulinemia in Sjogren's disease].

Aim: To specify the risk of severe systemic manifestations and transformation into malignant lymphoma in Sjogren's disease (SD) patients with monoclonal mixed cryoglobulinemia (MMC).

Material And Methods: A prospective study performed in 1985-1990 included 248 SD patients followed up after the initial detection of monoclonal immunoglobulins (Ig) with serum active rheumatoid factor (RF). The patients' cryoglobulins (CG) were examined.

[Principles of prevention of pneumonia associated with the use of artificial ventilation of the lungs in resuscitation and intensive care units].

Pneumonia ranks among the most incident complications associated with forced ventilation of the lungs (FVL). Its incidence depends on FVL duration and according to published reports varies from 9 to 70%. Pneumonia deteriorates the prognosis and essentially increases the mortality in intensive care wards.

[The hemodynamic effects of lomir and adalat in patients with postoperative arterial hypertension].

Comparison of the hypotensive effects of lomir (isradipine) and adalat (nifedipine) in 36 patients showed lomir to be more effective after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Normalization of arterial pressure started 5-10 min after lomir infusion, followed by a 24.5% increase in cardiac output and decrease in peripheral vascular resistance by 43.

[Use of software "Aggregate state of the blood" in staged diagnosis and correction of disorders of blood coagulation and rheology].

The "Aggregate State of the Blood" software was created at the National Research Center of Surgery in 1994. The software is intended for comprehensive assessment of the blood fluidity under different conditions of clotting, rheology, and acid-base balance and shows deviations of the detected values from the norm, predicting the risk of thrombotic and/or hemorrhagic complications. From 1994 to 1996, the program was used in more than 1000 patients subjected to cardiopulmonary bypass surgery with complicated and uneventful peri- and postoperative period.