Mirror writing in a patient with frontal lobe epilepsy.

During the postictal period, the left cerebral hemisphere was affected by the seizures, and consecutive epileptiform discharges and disinhibition of the right cerebral hemisphere could have occurred, which may explain the observed behavior.

[Antibiotic therapy of mild community-acquired pneumonia in inpatients].

From the clinicoeconomic viewpoints the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in patients without risk factors under hospital conditions with aminopenicillins was more appropriate, whereas for the treatment of patients with risk factors the following scheme of antibiotic therapy was advantageous: a beta-lactam (cefotaxime/ceftriaxone) in combination with a macrolide (azithromycin). The recommended therapy provided statistically lower percentage of negative pneumonia processes and decreased the treatment expenditures.

[Pharmacogenetics of community-acquired pneumonia].

The rate of acetylation of xenobiotics affects the course and prognosis of infectious diseases. The efficacy of antibiotic therapy of community-acquired pneumonia in RA-patients is lower than that in LA-ones. In order to ensure the best antimicrobial effect on the onset of the disease it is required to use regimens with the maximum permissible dose of antibacterial drugs in the regions where the rapid type prevails.

[Antibiotic therapy of severe community-acquired pneumonia].

Combined antibiotic therapy, including the use of intravenous cefotaxime (a beta-lactam) and azithromycin (a macrolide) was shown advantageous from both clinical and economic viewpoints in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia.

[Tanatogenesis in patients with caseous pneumonia in relation to sex].

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the composition of patients with caseous pneumonia (CP), its causes, and fetal outcomes in relation to sex. A hundred and ninety-eight patients, including 139 males and 59 females, were examined. There was a high proportion of socially dysadapted persons particularly among males.

Fuzzy sets applications for cancer risk assessment.

The method of cancer risk assessment on the basis of the Fuzzy Set Theory is presented. The method is based on a multifactor risk assessment of cancer diseases. The individual risk of cancer disease is evaluated as the probability of disease multiplied by the value of an individual dose.

The quality of self-concept in old age.

Self-concept in old age was investigated. The goal of the work was to reveal the contents of self-concept, that is, what is included in the sphere of self-assessment, and also to analyze the traditional parameters of self-assessment: its height, stability, adequacy. Specific features of self-concept in old age were found.

[Hypolipidemic effect of gevilon].

The drug gevilon that produces hypolipidemic effects has been clinically tested. The drug was used to treat 53 patients suffering from coronary heart disease, hypertensive disease with severe lipid metabolic disturbances. Gevilon has been found to have a hypolipidemic effect in reducing the levels of total cholesterol, beta-cholesterol, triglycerides, increasing alpha-cholesterol levels and normalizing the atherogenicity coefficient.

[Different effects of peptides and their amino acids on antibody production and phagocytic activity of the neutrophils in mice].

The effects of some natural polypeptides fragments and amino acids which were incorporated in them on the thymus-dependent SRBC immune response and on the phagocytosis of Staphylococcus by murine peritoneal neutrophils were compared. It was found that the peptides LGIP and PYIK which consisted of those amino acids that stimulated phagocytosis but did influence the immune response (K, P, Y, L) did not change the immune response as well as phagocytosis. The peptides TKPR, TTKD and LGIPE which included those amino acids that were able to stimulate both immune response and phagocytosis (T, E, D) enhanced both activities.

[Methodological problems of evaluation of electrolyte intake in the clinical and population studies].

The paper deals with methodological problems of electrolyte intake in clinical and population-based studies. Marked inter- and intraindividual fluctuations were found to substantially affect the reliability of assessing the intake of electrolytes, which should be borne in mind in practice. Specifically, individual-based reliable characteristics of electrolyte intake (excretion) may be obtained after examining at least 8 daily urinary collections.

[Status of thrombocyte membranes and lipid peroxidation in patients with unstable stenocardia].

Platelet and plasma lipid peroxidation (LPO) activity, and possible effect of LPO products on platelet membrane structure were examined in patients with unstable angina, an acute form of coronary disease. All parameters of LPO were increased both in the platelets and the plasma. It was demonstrated by spinning probes that platelet membrane S degree of order was increased significantly, an evidence of increased microviscosity, in patients with unstable angina.