[Physical work ability in patients with type 1 diabetes].

Physical work ability was assessed in 128 patients with a long duration of type 1 diabetes mellitus and 36 practically healthy people by K. Wasserman stepwise standard loading test with permanent monitoring of the load, oxygen consumption, and respiratory coefficient. Oxygen consumption was calculated per 1 kg body mass, and anaerobic metabolism threshold was determined.

[The condition of external respiratory mechanics in patients with type 1 diabetes].

External respiratory mechanics was studied in 141 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) and 36 healthy controls using computed analysis of flow-volume loop and total body plethysmography. The DM1 patients were divided into 4 groups: group 1 consisted of patients without clinical signs of microangiopathic complications; groups 2 and 3 consisted of patients with initial and advanced manifestations of late diabetic syndrome (LDS), respectively; group 4 consisted of patients suffering from severe endocrinopathy with end-stage chronic renal failure. The velocity and volume parameters in groups 1 and 2 did not differ significantly from those in the controls.

[Essential measures of an organizational-medical character aimed atdecreasing the incidence of diseases of the circulatory system and mortality caused by them in modern Russia].

Mortality caused by diseases of the circulatory system is analyzed on the basis of files of the Ministry of Health and of the State Statistical Committee of Russia and the results are correlated to the objective parameters reflecting the potentialities of cardiological service in Russia and the actual status of prophylaxis, including regular check-ups. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations offered.