Dissemination of an efficacious antenatal smoking cessation program in public hospitals in Australia: a randomized controlled trial.

This study investigated the impact of a behaviorally based intervention designed to increase the number of hospitals that routinely provide effective smoking cessation programs for pregnant women. In Queensland, Australia, 70 publicly funded hospitals were matched on numbers of births and maternal socioeconomic status and randomly allocated to an awareness-only intervention group or a behaviorally based intervention group. Success was defined as the routine offer of an evidence-based smoking cessation program to at least 80% of the pregnant clients who smoke.

[The cardioprotective action of quercetin in experimental occlusion and reperfusion of the coronary artery in dogs].

In experimental myocardial infarction in dogs caused by 60-minute occlusion of the coronary artery with the subsequent 24-hour reperfusion, the administration of quercetin solution (50 mg/kg) was found to improve the contractile function of the left ventricular myocardium, to decrease the incidence of heart rate and conductivity disorders, to contribute to limitation of the ischemic damage area, to exert the protective effect on the ultrastructure of the coronary arteries that can promote the preservation of the vessels' integrity, the improvement of the coronary circulation and the prevention of intravascular thrombus formation.

[The use of a solution of quercetin for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the parotid glands].

The possibility to use 0.1% quercetin solution for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the parotid glands was studied. The effectiveness of treatment of 26 patients was estimated according to the data of clinical examination and cytologic study of the saliva.