[Effect of rehabilitation on the parameters of quality of life in children with chronic gastroduodenal pathology].

The objective of this study was to evaluate effect of comprehensive rehabilitation on dynamics of characteristics of the quality of life in children with chronic gastroduodenal pathology. The study included 155 children aged 14-15 years examined in the phase of exacerbation of chronic gastroduodenitis (CGD). Sixty one of these patients were given treatment in the "Detskie dyuny" children's sanatorium rehabilitation centre and the remaining 54 received traditional combined therapy services as outpatients (control group).

[Status of children's health and development of health-promoting measures at preschool educational establishments].

Medical examinations of children from 3 types of preschool educational establishments provided educational and health-promoting measures in addition to their curricula. The measures exerted a positive impact on the children's health.

[Factors affecting onset of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy].

The study of 46 patients suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy has shown that both ventricular tachycardias detected at 24-h ECG monitoring and late ventricular potentials are essential predictors of sudden arrhythmic death. These predictors depend neither on severity of left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction nor on severity of cardiac decompensation.

[Differential assessment of the health status of preschool children in risk groups].

Health status of the underschool children from the second health group, which with having some morphofunctional changes, (503 persons) was studied. The key changes were postural, cardiovascular, neuropsychic changes. The lysozyme level in saliva is the informative index related to the health status of underschool children.

[Incidence of atriogram changes in a Novosibirsk population].

The incidence of an abnormal atriogram was examined in an open male population aged 25-64 years from the survey data on a random representative sample. The abnormalities in the atriogram were revealed in 30.1% of cases.

[Hygienic evaluation of the capacity of preschool institutions in relation to planning and equipment of group facilities].

The area of the group premises in child preschool centers (50 m2) with the existing number of children in a group (25) does not provide hygienic conditions for the organization of regime requirements. Physiological studies of the functional status of children, ergonomic calculations and pedagogical observations made it possible to recommend that the number of preschool groups should be decreased down to 20 children.

[Hygienic significance of environmental factors in the learning process of 6-year-old children].

Body functioning dependence on environmental factors was analyzed for 6-year children attending secondary schools. The schoolchildren attending schools with optimal conditions had the most favourable state of all functions. The most significant conditions were a degree of isolation of the group and also design characteristics satisfying necessary regimen requirements.