[Indigestion syndrome].

Etiological and patogenetic classification of maldigestive syndrome and peculiarities of cavity and membrane's digestion insufficiency clinical features are presented in this paper. The methods of laboratory's and instrumental diagnosis and differential diagnosis of maldigestion and malabsorbtion are discussed. Differential use of different enzyme's preparations and the possibility of reverse pancreatic function suppression during its long use are discussed as well.

[Comparative diagnostic value of data of intestinoscopy with biopsy obtained from different regions of the small intestine].

Aim: To study diagnostic value of intestinoscopy with biopsy of the mucosa from different portions of the small intestine in patients with chronic diarrhea and malabsorption.

Material And Methods: The examination of 116 patients with chronic diarrhea and malabsorption (endoscopic and histological study of biopsy specimens from different portions of the small intestine) detected gluten enteropathy (n = 51), Wipple's disease (n = 8), general variable hypogammaglobulinemia (n = 11), lymphangioectasy (n = 9), lymphangiomatosis (n = 1), lymphoma (n = 2), amyloidosis (n = 3), eosinophilic gastroenteritis (n = 1), duodenoejunitis without atrophy (n = 7). 23 patients had normal mucosa of the small intestine.

[Comparative study of chromatography-mass spectrography of microorganism's chemical markers in blood and intestinal mucosa bioptats].

Fatty acids, that are microorganism's markers in blood and jejunum's, ileum's, and large intestine's bioptats of the patients with irritable bowel syndrome were investigated with gas chromatography. Markers of Cl. perfringens, Cl.

[Laxigal effectiveness in constipation of various etiology].

The efficiency of laxigal (sodium picosulfate) was evaluated in 66 patients aged 38-73 years with the irritated bowel syndrome (IBS), inert colon, and dolichocolon. Twenty-eight patients had defecations twice a week, 26 once a week or less. Twelve patients had no spontaneous defecations.

[Nosocomial pneumonia in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma in intensive care units].

Eighty-three patients with severe craniocerebral injuries (CCI) were treated at Institute of Neurosurgery in 1999. Pulmonary infectious complications occurred in 16 of 25 patients with severe CCI. Early nosocomial pneumonia (NP) was diagnosed in 18% and the so-called late NP (associated with artificial ventilation of the lungs) in 35%.

[The potentials of intestinoscopy and guided biopsy in the diagnosis of diseases of the small intestine].

Aim: To ascertain the role of intestinoscopy in diagnosis of small intestinal diseases.

Materials And Methods: Intestinoscopy with multiple topographic biopsies was made with SIF-10 device (Olympus) in 92 patients.

Results: Of 60 patients with absorption disorders, the diagnosis of gluten enteropathy (GEP), Whipple's disease (WD), general variable hypogammaglobulinemia (GVHG) and small intestinal diverticulum was established in 38, 3, 5 and 1 patients, respectively.

[Blood coagulation analyzer].

A ten-channel coagulometer has been designed. Its operation principle is based on the clotting method using a monitoring ball and magnetic transducers. The coagulometer consists of a recording unit and a unit of a thermostatic switch and a ball dosing apparatus.

[Whipple's disease: results of long-term follow-up].

Aim: To analyze clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of Whipple's disease.

Materials And Methods: Diagnostic and therapeutic data are available for 7 patients registered in 1990-1997. The diagnosis was made using intestinoscope SIF-10L ("Olympus").

[Blood viscosity analyzer].

An analyzer that determines blood viscosity at different shift speed has been designed. Its operation principle is based on the use of rotation viscosity measurement using a rotor freely floating in the sample. A blood sample is placed between the stationary thermostabilized measuring cylinder and a free floating rotor.

[Endogenous intoxication and its treatment with sodium hypochlorite in neurosurgical patients].

Blood plasma levels of medium-mass molecules (MMM), antioxidant activity (AOA), and malonic dialdehyde (MDA) were measured in 51 neurosurgical patients before and directly and 24 h after intravenous drip infusion of sodium hypochlorite (SHC) solution. Preliminary in vitro studies showed the most expressed drop of initially high MDA and MMM levels to be associated with an increase of AOA. It was observed at SHC concentration of 0.

[The blood rheological properties in patients with amputation stumps and concomitant ischemic heart disease].

Blood rheology was compared in two groups of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). In group 1 patients low limbs were amputated. It is in them that rheological properties of blood were changed to the most extent.

A non-linear mathematical model for the in vivo evaluation of the RES phagocytic function.

A new non-linear mathematical model was constructed in order to perform in vivo quantification of the RES phagocytic function. This method is based on the same technical facilities as used for the routine liver-spleen scintigraphy with radiocolloids [1, 2]. But kinetic modeling of dynamic Tc-99m-sulfur colloid data produced estimations of the functional RE-parameters: the clearance rate of the colloidal particles, the rate of phagocytosis, and the RES functional volume, which can not be obtained by classical approaches.

[The epidemic situation re: cholera in the world: a morbidity analysis and trends].

The analysis of cholera morbidity throughout the world over the period of 1988-1992 indicates the existence of a tendency towards an increase in morbidity due to epidemic outbreaks in the countries of South and Central America and in Africa. Using the data of literature, attempts have been made to elicit the causes of the sudden appearance and spread of cholera in South America. The increase of cholera morbidity in Africa is associated with the activization of cholera in endemic foci and intensified migration caused by military conflicts in the countries of Central and East Africa.

[Stimulating effects of a calcium antagonist foridon on absorption detected by segmental perfusion of the small intestine].

A continuous perfusion of the jejunal segment has been performed in 18 patients with chronic intestinal diseases. The addition of 40 mg foridon, a calcium antagonist from dihydropyridine series increased the absorption rate of glucose, Na+ and water by 28.0%, 44.

[Problems of enterology].

Most diagnostic problems in enterology may be solved if X-ray studies, intestino-fibroscopy, colonoscopy, ileoscopy, and current laboratory examinations are properly performed. In clinical practice the value of functional tests aimed at specifying the severity of abnormalities in intestinal digestion, absorption, and motility is underestimated. The paper shows how present-day functional tools (regional perfusion of the small bowel, hydrogen respiratory test, etc.