[Ocular hypotensive effect of systemic beta-blockers in patients with primary glaucoma and arterial hypertension].

Aim: to evaluate the ocular hypotensive efficacy of systemic beta-blockers in primary glaucoma patients suffering from arterial hypertension (AH).

Material And Methods: The study included 29 patients with POAG (58 eyes) aged from 47 to 83 years. Patients with stage I-III POAG received instillations of prostaglandin analogs and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.

[Life expectancy of patients with primary glaucoma, residents of a large industrial city of Siberia].

Purpose: To investigate life expectancy and the structure of causes of death in patients with primary glaucoma, residents of a large industrial city of Siberia.

Material And Methods: The database of the Novokuznetsk Public Health Department information analysis center on registration forms 025 (outpatients) and 066 (inpatients) for 2004-2011 was analyzed.

Results: A total of 5424 primary glaucoma patients were registered during 2004-2011, of whom 441 (8.

[The influence of depression on the aggregate state of blood in elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases].

The work is dedicated to the effects of the psychoemotional status of patients older than 65 suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) and arterial hypertension (AH) on the aggregative status of blood. Sixty-eight patients with mild stable stenocardia accompanied by AH and comorbid depression (CD) were examined; 28 elderly patients with CAD, AH, and no CD constituted the comparison group. The study found that CD in elderly patients with stable stenocardia did not only lower the quality of life, but also worsened hemodynamic parameters.

[Development of microencapsulating measles live vaccine].

Designing of non-injection methods of immunization against measles has recently turned into a topical issue. Development of mucosal vaccines ensuring the "entry gate" immunity, which is highly effective in airborne infection, is in the focus of attention. The authors developed a method of microencapsulating the viral particles into the matrix of pH-dependent polymers.

[Specific epidemiologic features of Crimean haemorrhagic fever in Stavropol' region in 1999-2000].

The results of the epidemiological analysis of morbidity in Crimean haemorrhagic fever in the Stavropol Territory in 1999-2000 are presented. The epidemiological features, specifically characteristic of the manifestations of this infection in the territory, have been determined.