The present state and prospects of development of maritime medicine in Ukraine.

In this article the present situation, tasks, and prospects of development of maritime in Ukraine are reviewed. Some information about morbidity and mortality among seafarers is also provided.

[Dynamic radiation telethermometry in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis].

Density was studied of heat flow from the area of the anterior abdominal wall in 167 patients with acute appendicitis. A novel methodological approach has been developed to the diagnosis of acute appendicitis making use of remote thermometry with the unit "Radiation heat flows meter". Recording of heat flows from the region of the anterior abdominal wall helps in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, allows some preliminary judgement about the degree of affection of the organ, permits choosing relevant policy of managing a particular patient.

[The method of integral estimation of a functional status of the hemostatic system].

The instrumental method of the integral assessment of functional state of the hemostasis system using piezoelectric hemoviscosigraphy was elaborated.

[The efficacy of the early diagnosis of digestive tract diseases in flight personnel].

In the Air Force, the alimentary canal (AC) morbidity in flying personnel (FP) ranks second among diseases of the internal organs, as evidenced by epidemiologic studies over six years (1988-1993). Data are submitted of examination of 1438 individuals (pilots, navigators, other aircrew members) under conditions of the flight-surgeon's appraisal division. Procedures of active fibroesophagogastroduodenoscopy permit early detection of AC disorders.

[The use of otsid in treating patients with chronic gastroduodenitis and duodenal peptic ulcer].

Data are submitted of examination of 56 individuals (50 men and six women) in a clinical and diagnostic consultation center setting. The diagnosis was confirmed by results of fibrogastroduodenoscopy, ultrasonography of the abdominal organs, assay of the gastric secretion in endoscopic pH-metry, microscopic examination of smears-imprints for the presence of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa. A comparative evaluation was done of efficacy of the course administration of ocide (omeprasole) in 26 patients with duodenal ulcer and 30 patients with chronic gastroduodenitis presenting with augmented secretion.

[Remote dynamic radiation thermography in the diagnosis of acute inflammatory diseases of the pancreatico-hepato-biliary tract].

The method of the remote radiation dynamic thermometry was elaborated usid information--diagnostic complex "Thermodyn". Among the examined patients there were 55 with cholecystitis, 20--with pancreatitis, 15--with cholecystopancreatitis, 65--healthy people. In chronic calculous cholecystitis in the remission stage the thermal stream density deviation from the mean for the abdominal cavity constituted 2.

[The efficacy of metabolic therapy in chronic gastritis with secretory deficiency in flight personnel].

Overall ninety individuals (all males) of flying personnel 22 to 45 years old were examined under inpatient medical care facility conditions. Diagnosis of chronic gastritis (ChG) was confirmed with the aid of fibrogastroduodenoscopy, histologic, histochemical (periodic acid-Schiff reaction) sections of aimed biopsy specimens of gastric mucosa (GM), as well as by the use of euphyllinum, histamine while studying gastric secretion. Distinguishing features were noted of the ChG course as were their relatedness to the aircrew activity.

[The autonomic mechanisms of the initial manifestations of cerebral circulatory failure and a method for their correction].

Initial manifestations of cerebrovascular insufficiency against the background of atherosclerosis and hypertensive disease were evaluated in 50 sailors. Vegetative dysfunctions in these patients showed different states of the vegetative tone reactivity. It was found that ultraviolet irradiation of the blood produced a positive effect on the course of cerebro-vascular disturbances.

[Ultrasonic dopplerography in the diagnosis of the initial manifestations of insufficiency of the blood supply to the brain].

Sixty-eight patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency received a course of quantum hemotherapy by means of ultraviolet irradiation of the blood. The cerebral hemodynamics was evaluated by ultrasound transcranial dopplerography. It was found that this method may be used for early diagnosis as well as for the control of treatment efficacy.

Influence of cerebro-spinal fluid of picrotoxin kindled rats on seizure susceptibility and locomotor activity of recipients.

Repeated picrotoxin administration (ip) in subthreshold doses in rats resulted in kindling of generalized seizures. Decrease of locomotor activity in kindled rats occurred in interictal periods. Intra-cerebroventricular microinjection to intact recipients of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of kindled but not intact rats or those after acute picrotoxin-induced convulsions, induced a decrease of locomotor activity and severity of acute picrotoxin induced seizures.

[The formation of motor programs during pharmacological kindling].

In Wistar rats with the kindling phenomenon, the number of animals with three or more not stimulus-directed forms of swimming was increased. Obvious changes of swimming behaviour in these animals were also observed after intrastriatal injections of carbachol, apomorphine, haloperidol, muscimol and picrotoxin. These findings are discussed from the standpoint of a latent generator of pathologically enhanced excitation in the striatum which changed the ability of these rats to develop behavioral programs.

[Treatment of experimental suppurative wounds with proteolytic and lytic enzymes immobilized on carbonic cloth].

When in the experiment on rats the jointly immobilized on a carbonic cloth proteases and lytic enzyme complex were used, the reduced period of the suppurative wound cleaning and healing was noted as compared to that in use of the immobilized on a carbonic cloth proteases and jointly immobilized on a gause proteases and lytic enzyme complex.

[Nonspecific lung disease morbidity among the sailors of the Black Sea maritime steamship company].

The authors present an analysis of the general morbidity among sailors. It was established that the leading place is occupied by diseases of the respiratory organs. It is proposed to include in the system of medical choice of sailors examination of the external respiration and immune status.

[Thermographic diagnosis of acute and chronic non-specific pulmonary diseases].

Based on an analysis of the results of the use of mesomorphic thermography, the authors have worked out thermographic criteria for differential diagnosis of pulmonary diseases. Altogether 100 patients with acute pneumonia, 17 with exacerbation of chronic pneumonia, 47 with acute bronchitis and 63 with exacerbation of chronic bronchitis were examined. In acute pneumonia and chronic pneumonia exacerbation, foci of hyperthermia appeared in the projection of a focus of infiltration.

[Characteristics of clinical manifestations of closed abdominal injuries in combined cranio-abdominal trauma].

The analysis of the results of treatment of 818 sufferers with severe craniocerebral trauma was carried out. Among the patients, 102 had associated injuries to the abdominal organs. The difficulties of timely diagnosis were related to atypical manifestation of intraabdominal complications, insufficient pronouncement of clinical symptoms; therefore, the special methods of investigation--roentgenologic, instrumental, the use of liquid-crystal colour thermography acquire special value.