[Pharmacotherapy of acute tonsillitis-pharyngitis in ambulatory practice: results of a multicenter pharmaco-epidemiological study].

Aim: To analyse current practice of pharmacotherapy (PT) in outpatient treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis (ATP) in different regions of Russia.

Material And Methods: Case reports for 1333 outpatients (493 male and 840 female, age 16-76 years) with ATP from 7 cities of Russia have been studied. Each ATP case was documented on a special chart to contain the following information: demographic data, history of the disease, bacteriological findings, PT regimens, complications, treatment outcomes.

[Analysis of parameters of the antibacterial treatment of acute otitis media in adults: results of a multicenter study].

The programme was aimed at audit of the parameters of antibacterial therapy for acute otitis media in adult outpatients in 8 cities of Russia (Smolensk, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Tyumen, Ryazan, Vladivostok). The information sources were the case records. The data from the records were structurally fixed in specially designed individual registration charts for further computer processing.

[Spirapril - a new long-acting ACE inhibitor: efficacy and safety in patients with arterial hypertension in combination with diabetes mellitus and impaired kidney function].

Aim: To examine effectiveness and safety of quadropril.

Material And Methods: Changes in blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), levels of glucose, potassium and creatinine, creatinine clearance were studied in 120 patients (48 males and 72 females, mean age 60.6 +/- 0.