[Social stress as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease].

Aim: To study dynamics of ischemic heart disease in exposure of the population of an industrial city to social-economic stress.

Material And Methods: Official annual records of Saratov city Health Administration for 1989-1998. In public health evaluation, cardiovascular morbidity is the index rapidly reacting to social-economic changes.

[Therapy of fundus oculi vascular pathology by solcoseryl].

Long (for more than 17 years) therapy of 2331 patients (3122 eyes) with vascular conditions of the fundus oculi by a retinotropic drug solcoseryl showed its high efficacy as a monotherapy and in complex with other traditional and symptomatic treatments. Solcoseryl improved the visual function and hemodynamics of retinal vessels, promoted a more stable and longer stabilization of the treatment results, and accelerated the rehabilitation of patients.

[Erythrocyte deformability in patients with toxic forms of diphtheria and its role in the prognosis of the outcome of the disease].

Changes in the deformability of erythrocytes in patients with toxic forms of diphtheria were studied. The study was carried out by the filtration method every 7-10 days (starting from the day of hospitalization and until discharge). The evaluation of the results obtained in this study revealed that in patients with toxic forms of diphtheria the deformability of erythrocytes decreased in comparison with the control group.