Clinical, biological, echocardiographic and therapeutic determinants of the length of hospital stay of patients with acute heart failure.

Hypothesis: The length of hospital stay (LOS) is a unanimously accepted measure of risk and treatment efficacy for in-patients.

Purpose: Our aim was to identify the parameters with predictive value for the LOS of patients with acute heart failure (AHF).

Methods: We analyzed 125 patients consecutively admitted to our clinic with a slight male predominance (54.

Metabolic syndrome and mean platelet volume variation in patients with chest pain and negative cardiac enzymes.

Introduction: The mean platelet volume (MPV) is an easily measurable parameter directly correlated with platelet aggregation function, proven to be increased in acute coronary syndromes, but also in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors such as the metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension.

Objective: This study intended to assess the role of the metabolic syndrome in MPV variation in patients presenting with chest pain.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 122 patients with chest pain and negative cardiac enzymes admitted consecutively to our clinic from September 1st 2011 to January 30th 2012.

[Substantiation of cyclophos MPEL in the soil].

On the basis of studies aimed at the substantiation of MAC for cyclophos in soil it was established, that subthreshold amounts of cyclophos according to the water-migration and air-migration indexes of harmfulness equal 0.03 mg per 1 kg of absolutely dry soil, according to the general sanitary index--0.1 mg/kg.