[T-lymphocyte subpopulations in chronic pancreatitis]. / Subpopuliatsii T-limfotsitov pri khronicheskom pankreatite.

A possibility to diminish the number of recurrences in chronic pancreatitis by using delagil (chloroquine) was shown during investigation of the status of cell-mediated immunity in chronic pancreatitis. The paper is concerned with the results of the determination of the ratio of theophylline-resistant T-cells (helpers) to theophylline-sensitive T-cells (suppressors) in the peripheral blood. The H/S ratio was determined in 49 patients with different patterns of chronic pancreatitis and in 20 controls. Enhanced (greater than or equal to 5) and low (less than or equal to 1.5) indices were characteristics of an unfavorable course of the disease. The H/S ratio is recommended for clinical use in pancreatology for prognostic purposes and to define the need of immune modifying therapy.

[Alimentary factors and cholecystopathy in rural inhabitants of the Latvian SSR]. / Alimentarnye faktory i kholetsistopatiia u sel'skikh zhitelei Latviiskoi SSR.

The role of the chemical composition and regimen of nutrition in the development of cholecystopathy was studied in the rural population (aged 20-60) of the Latvian SSR. The right hypochondrium syndrome (RHS) served as a criterion for the cholecystopathy diagnosis. Mass-questioning (283) and questioning (6374) methods were used to register data on nutrition. The chemical composition and energy value of the diets were determined from the data obtained by the mass-questioning method, while the composition of diets and food taking characteristics were assessed using the questioning method. All the subjects investigated were distributed into four groups: clinically normal subjects with normal body weight (NBW); subjects with obesity; those with RHS and NBW; subjects with RHS and obesity. It was found that the nutrition of the rural population was imbalanced and characterized by a high content of animal fats and cholesterol, and a low carbohydrate content, deficiency of unsaturated fatty acids, phospholipids, ballast substances and ascorbic acid as compared to physiological standards. The diets of obesic subjects contained a higher amount of fat and higher energy value as compared to those of the NBW subjects. No statistically significant difference was found in the content of the main nutrients in the food taken by the subjects with RHS as compared to those who had no RHS. This fact indicates the determinant role of obesity in the development of cholecystopathy. The subjects with RHS received less amounts of eggs, vegetables and fruit than those with no RHS. The most manifest abnormal diets were recorded in the subjects with RHS and obesity.

[Prognosis of chronic stomach ulcer according to the results of gastrochromoscopic morphologic evaluation of the gastric mucosa]. / Prognoz khronicheskoi iazvy zheludka po dannym gastrokhromoskopicheski-morfologicheskoi otsenki slizistoi obolochki zheludka.

Histochemical studies with Congo red (to determine the size of an acid forming area) and methylene blue (to detect enterolization foci) were carried out in 46 and 45 patients with chronic ulcer in the stomach body, respectively. Gastrobiopsy specimens from the fundal and pyloric gland portions were subjected to a morphological study. A follow-up over a course of disease showed prognostically unfavorable significance of the acid forming area value exceeding 1/6 of the stomach area, the presence of unchanged gastric mucosa in these portions and the absence of enterolization foci with respect to both cicatrization and frequent recurring of the ulcer crater. The spreading and deepening of gastric changes in the gastric mucosa were regarded as sanogenetic factors in patients with chronic peptic ulcers.

[Effect of a "green" diet on various clinical and metabolic indicators in patients with gastrointestinal diseases]. / Vliianie "diety s zelen'iu" na nekotorye klinicheskie i obmennye pokazateli u bol'nykh s gastrointestinal'nymi zabolevaniiami.

The authors recommend that patients with all chronic diseases of the alimentary organs, particularly with colonic function abnormalities should receive, with the exception of patients with disease exacerbations, salads from raw vegetables (100 g 3 times a day) before meal being a constituent part of the balanced diet. The diet containing salad from raw vegetables was received by 93 inpatients with different chronic diseases of the alimentary tract, gastroduodenal ulcer included. The patients did not exhibit intolerance provided the salad was made properly. Pain and meteorism disappeared or were relieved, intestinal evacuation returned to normal in the majority of patients.