[The analysis of self-evaluation of stomatological health in patients with partial absence of teeth].

The aspects related to self-assessment of dental health in patients with partial absence of teeth were analyzed using questionnaire survey, clinical examination of patients and extracting data from health questionnaires from patient's medical records were studied. Patients with a partial absence of teeth most often admit to dental medical organization with complaints about impaired chewing function. At the same time, most of respondents with largest number of such complaints belong to older age groups: 45-54 and 55-62 years.

[Biochemical markers of myocardium damage in children with cardiomyopathy.].

The article presents the results of studies of 104 patients with cardiomyopathy hospitalized in the cardiorheumatological departments of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Pediatrics in Tashkent and the Republican Children's Multidisciplinary Medical Center of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. An analysis of the results of the study showed that in children with cardiomyopathy there is an increase in the level of tissue (LDH, CPK) and cardiospecific (CPK-MB) enzymes, regardless of the region of residence and the form of the disease, which indicate myocardial dysfunction. Therefore, these enzymes can be regarded as highly specific biochemical markers of myocardial damage, and an increase in their activity can be used as criteria for the diagnosis of heart disease.

[Impairement of the platelet lipid membrane composition in severe angina pectoris].

Investigation was performed on 54 patients with angina pectoris. The patients were divided into three groups. Group 1 included patients with angina pectoris of functional classes I-II, group 2 consisted of the patients with angina pectoris classes III-IV, and group 3--unstable angina pectoris.

[Hemolytic effect of phospholipase A2 and orientotoxin from venom of the great hornet, Vespa orientalis].

The effect of toxic phospholipase A2 and orientotoxin from the venom of the giant hornet Vespa orientalis on human erythrocytes was studied. It was shown that these venom components are potent hemolytic agents, the efficiency of the latter being by about two orders of magnitude as high as that of phospholipase A2. The hemolytic function of the both components is enhanced in the presence of low concentrations of Ca2+, whereas high concentrations of this cation exert an inhibiting action.