[Alcohol abuse in soldiers of the Herzegovina Corps of the Republic of Serbia Army during the 1992-1994 war].

The frequency of alcohol abuse in the soldiers of Herzegovinian corps of the Republic of Srpska Army during the 1992-1994 war, who took part in combat action was investigated by retrospective analysis of medical documentation. The same procedure was performed in the members of Yugoslav Army for the same period who did not take part in combat actions. By comparing the obtained results, it was concluded that the alcohol abuse was 3.

[Standards of physical fitness in Yugoslav military personnel].

With the aim to develop the standards of aerobic capacity as one of the basic elements of physical fitness of the military personnel, the authors worked out an original method, based on determination of energy requirements for different military activities, and on WHO principle for estimation of working capacity. According to the data on application of these standards in the group of 176 officers in the Yugoslav Armed forces, shown in the paper, even 53.4% og the officers have the aerobic capacity less than required for the duties they perform.

[Evaluation of physical fitness in military personnel using the 1600 meter running test].

Validity of 1600 m running test in estimation of physical fitness of Yugoslav Army personnel was examined through the degree of correspondence between the results achieved in the test and the values of maximum oxygen consumption. The coefficients of linear correlation between these two indices are not statistically significant, and amount to -0.36 (in 87 cadets) and -0.

[Effect of small doses of aspirin on thrombocyte aggregation].

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid--ASA) inhibits pletlets thromboxane (TXA2) synthesis as well as endothelial prostacycline (PGI2) synthesis. Aiming to prevent PGI2 synthesis attempts have been made to reduce ASA doses. Here are presented results of ASA effects in daily dose of 100 mg given to 26 patients with mean age of 54 years who suffered from myocardial infarction and were on rehabilitation.