[The influence of proteolytic enzymes on the antioxidant defensive system in infertile married men].

The causes of male infertility remain unclear in 30-75% cases and are considered idiopathic. The study of influence of free oxygen radicals on the male reproductive function is of outmost interest. Given the important role of hyaluronidase in the penetration of sperm into the egg, we decided to evaluate the drug Longidaza, which has long-acting enzymatic (proteolytic) activity. A total of 48 men with idiopathic infertility were included in the study. All patients were divided into two groups (24 men each). In Group 1 there was a recommendation to attempt to conceive for 1 year without additional treatment. In Group 2, patients were prescribed Longidaza according to the proposed scheme. During the follow-up, there was a significant improvement in the antioxidant defense system of the ejaculate in Group 2, which was accompanied by an increase in the fertilizing ability of the ejaculate and an increase in number of conceptions by 29.1.

[The practice of instrumentation of automated working place of physician in territorial andrology center].

The article presents the design of automated working place of physician andrologist. This working place assists in resolving problems physician and nurse deals with in the everyday practice. This approach enhances the quality of case monitoring in patients with andrologic pathology, significantly expands the possibilities of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of andrologic patients and develops the prerequisites in further development of dispanserization monitoring.

Evaluación in vivo del efecto de los antiácidos y bloqueadores H2 sobre el pH intragástrico en la úlcera gástrica y duodenal / In vivo evaluation of the effect of antacids and H2 receptor blockaders on the intragastric pH in gastric and duodenal ulcer

El objetivo del presente estudio, fue evaluar "in vivo" la acción de los antiácidos y de los antagonistas de los receptores H2, sobre el pH gástrico, en pacientes portadores de ulceras gástricas y duodenales, con el fin de establecer cual es la medicación más efectiva. Se estudiaron 16 pacientes ulcerosos: nueve eran portadores de Ulcera Duodenal, dos tenían Ulcera Gástrica y cinco presentaban Ulcera Gástrica y Duodenal. En cada paciente se obtuvo el contenido gástrico por aspiración mediante una sonda nasogástrica, en forma horaria desde la hora 8 a la hora 20; midiéndose la secreción nocturna por aspiración a la hora 8 del día siguiente, estando el paciente en ayunas y sin medicación. El mismo procedimiento se repitó en cada paciente administrando Cimetidina (a la dosis de 1 g. por día), Ranitidina (a la dosis de 300 mg. por día), Hidróxido de Aluminio y Magnesio (a la dosis de 150 ml por día) y finalmente se repitió el procedimiento asociando la Ranitidina con el Hidróxido de Aluminio y Magnesio en las dosis anteriormente mencionadas. Se realizó un análisis estadístico de los resultados, calculándose la ordenada media de pH. El efecto medio del tratamiento se obtuvo promediando las diferencias individuales (pH tratamiento - pH sin tratamiento). El mismo procedimiento se empleó para la comparación de los diferentes fármacos entre sí. Se realizaron pruebas de Student para muestras dependientes con un nivel de significación de alfa = 5%. La capacidad de neutralización se midió por la proporción del total de muestras con un pH igual o mayor a 4, obtenidos en cada tratamiento y en el total de pacientes, comparándose con los resultados hallados sin medicación. Se utilizó el x2 con corrección de Yates. Todas las medicaciones fueron eficaces (aunque en diferente grado) para neutralizar la acidez gástrica. La combinación del antiácido con la Ranitidina apareció como lo más eficaz, mostrando diferencias estadísticamente significativas con la Cimetidina y el Hidróxido de Aluminio, y Magnesio, no así con la Ranitidina sola (AU)

Evaluación in vivo del efecto de los antiácidos y bloqueadores H2 sobre el pH intragástrico en la úlcera gástrica y duodenal / In vivo evaluation of the effect of antacids and H2 receptor blockaders on the intragastric pH in gastric and duodenal ulcer

El objetivo del presente estudio, fue evaluar "in vivo" la acción de los antiácidos y de los antagonistas de los receptores H2, sobre el pH gástrico, en pacientes portadores de ulceras gástricas y duodenales, con el fin de establecer cual es la medicación más efectiva. Se estudiaron 16 pacientes ulcerosos: nueve eran portadores de Ulcera Duodenal, dos tenían Ulcera Gástrica y cinco presentaban Ulcera Gástrica y Duodenal. En cada paciente se obtuvo el contenido gástrico por aspiración mediante una sonda nasogástrica, en forma horaria desde la hora 8 a la hora 20; midiéndose la secreción nocturna por aspiración a la hora 8 del día siguiente, estando el paciente en ayunas y sin medicación. El mismo procedimiento se repitó en cada paciente administrando Cimetidina (a la dosis de 1 g. por día), Ranitidina (a la dosis de 300 mg. por día), Hidróxido de Aluminio y Magnesio (a la dosis de 150 ml por día) y finalmente se repitió el procedimiento asociando la Ranitidina con el Hidróxido de Aluminio y Magnesio en las dosis anteriormente mencionadas. Se realizó un análisis estadístico de los resultados, calculándose la ordenada media de pH. El efecto medio del tratamiento se obtuvo promediando las diferencias individuales (pH tratamiento - pH sin tratamiento). El mismo procedimiento se empleó para la comparación de los diferentes fármacos entre sí. Se realizaron pruebas de Student para muestras dependientes con un nivel de significación de alfa = 5%. La capacidad de neutralización se midió por la proporción del total de muestras con un pH igual o mayor a 4, obtenidos en cada tratamiento y en el total de pacientes, comparándose con los resultados hallados sin medicación. Se utilizó el x2 con corrección de Yates. Todas las medicaciones fueron eficaces (aunque en diferente grado) para neutralizar la acidez gástrica. La combinación del antiácido con la Ranitidina apareció como lo más eficaz, mostrando diferencias estadísticamente significativas con la Cimetidina y el Hidróxido de Aluminio, y Magnesio, no así con la Ranitidina sola

[In vivo evaluation of the effect of antacids and H2 receptor blockaders on the intragastric pH in gastric and duodenal ulcer]. / Evaluación in vivo del efecto de los antiácidos y bloqueadores H2 sobre el pH intragástrico en la ulcera gástrica y duodenal.

The aim of this work is to establish the best treatment for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcer, by measuring the effects of antiacids and H2-receptor antagonists on gastric pH. 16 patients were studied: 9 of them had a duodenal ulcer, 2 a gastric ulcer and 5 had both. All the patients remained fasting and receiving no drug for 24 hrs. During this 24 hrs., a nasogastric tube was inserted into the stomach and the gastric content was obtained by aspiration each hour from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. Three days after, each patient received a daily dose of 1 g of Cimetidine, and the whole procedure was repeated. The same was done with 300 mg of Ranitidine daily, 150 ml of Al-Mg antiacids daily, and at last, the same procedure was performed with the association of Ranitidine and Al-Mg antiacids at the mentioned dosage. For the statistical analysis of the data, the mean ordinate of the pH was used as a representative value of each individual's pH. Individual differences (pH with treatment minus pH without treatment) were obtained. The mean effect of each treatment was obtained averaging that differences. For comparison among different drugs, the same procedure was used. Student's paired t tests were performed in a signification level. The buffering capacity was measured in the following way: The percentage of the gastric secretion samples with pH equal or higher than 4 in each treatment and in the total number of patients was confronted with the results obtained in the same patients with no treatment. All the drugs were useful for buffering the gastric acidity, but in different intensity. The association of Ranitidine and Al-Mg antiacids showed to be the most efficient statistically when compared with Cimetidine and Al-Mg antiacids; no statistical difference appeared in the comparison with Ranitidine.

Evaluación in vivo del efecto de los antiácidos y bloqueadores H2 sobre el pH intragástrico en la ulcera gástrica y duodenal. / [In vivo evaluation of the effect of antacids and H2 receptor blockaders on the intragastric pH in gastric and duodenal ulcer]

The aim of this work is to establish the best treatment for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcer, by measuring the effects of antiacids and H2-receptor antagonists on gastric pH. 16 patients were studied: 9 of them had a duodenal ulcer, 2 a gastric ulcer and 5 had both. All the patients remained fasting and receiving no drug for 24 hrs. During this 24 hrs., a nasogastric tube was inserted into the stomach and the gastric content was obtained by aspiration each hour from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. Three days after, each patient received a daily dose of 1 g of Cimetidine, and the whole procedure was repeated. The same was done with 300 mg of Ranitidine daily, 150 ml of Al-Mg antiacids daily, and at last, the same procedure was performed with the association of Ranitidine and Al-Mg antiacids at the mentioned dosage. For the statistical analysis of the data, the mean ordinate of the pH was used as a representative value of each individuals pH. Individual differences (pH with treatment minus pH without treatment) were obtained. The mean effect of each treatment was obtained averaging that differences. For comparison among different drugs, the same procedure was used. Students paired t tests were performed in a signification level. The buffering capacity was measured in the following way: The percentage of the gastric secretion samples with pH equal or higher than 4 in each treatment and in the total number of patients was confronted with the results obtained in the same patients with no treatment. All the drugs were useful for buffering the gastric acidity, but in different intensity. The association of Ranitidine and Al-Mg antiacids showed to be the most efficient statistically when compared with Cimetidine and Al-Mg antiacids; no statistical difference appeared in the comparison with Ranitidine.

Renal functional and metabolic studies on the role of preventive measures in experimental acute ischemic renal failure.

In the present study 1 h of total occlusion of the left renal artery in conscious rats was chosen as experimental model of ischemic acute renal failure (ARF), while the contralateral kidney was left intact. Chronic high dietary sodium intake, acute isotonic saline infusion, or administration of saralasin did not protect from ARF. Furosemide, mannitol, and verapamil converted oliguric into non-oliguric ARF in 100%, 75%, and 60% of the animals, resp. Protection from oliguria and preservation of GFR inversely correlated with the depression of cortical ATP-concentration (control: 1.32 +/- 0.07 mumoles/g wet weight) 6 h after ischemia by 16%, 41%, and 58% in mannitol- and verapamil- treated rats and in untreated rats, resp. At this time, Na-K-ATPase enzyme activities in renal cortex and papilla were unaffected, while enzyme activity in outer medulla was suppressed from 15.4 +/- 1.4 to 9.4 +/- 1.0 mumoles Pi/mg protein h in all groups of animals. The results suggest that in this model of ARF renal ischemia not only affects cellular energy supply in renal cortex but also causes severe structural and functional impairment in the outer medulla, probably leading to tubular obstruction and depression of glomerular function. Pharmacological protection from ischemic oliguric ARF cannot be achieved by prior induction of high urine flow rates alone but depends on the degree of metabolic and functional reserve of the injured tubular epithelium.