[Metabolic characteristics, nutritional status and behavior factors in people with obesity, working at industrial plant].

An obesity is the topical problem worldwide, because excessive weight is the reason of metabolic changes that lead to development of serious chronic non-communicable diseases. The examination was aimed to assess clinical and metabolic health, nutritional status and behavior risk factors of obesity in people, working at the industrial plant. Material and methods. In 348 workers of the industrial plant (210 males, 138 females) examination was performed including anthropometry: body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences and their ratio, blood pressure level detection, laboratory blood tests (glucose and cholesterol levels), and questionnaire on nutritional habits and physical activity. All examined were divided in three groups depending on BMI: 1st group - 151 (43.3%) persons with normal body mass, 2nd group - 125 (36%) working people with overweight and 3rd group - 72 (20.7%) people with obesity. Results. More than half of examined workers (mostly females) had overweight or obesity with predominantly abdominal type of fat distribution and I degree. Arterial hypertension was diagnosed in 41% of all working people (predominantly I degree), more frequently observed in obese (62.5%) and in males (45%). Each fourth man and woman had elevated total cholesterol level, which increased depending on BMI raise. Postprandial hyperglycemia was observed in 5.5% of cases, with the same frequency in both genders, predominantly in obesity. A significant part of responded with obesity, especially females, confirmed, that the reasons of excessive weight were stresses and somatic diseases (37%), and they preferred chocolate from confectionery. It was noted a correlation of BMI with egg consumption in males and with the consumption frequency of nuts, seeds and chocolate in females. Physical activity less than 3 times a month or never was observed in most of responded workers with overweight and obesity (73%), especially in males, as well as in females during the last month before the survey (57%). Conclusion. Preventive examination detected not only high prevalence of abdominal obesity, arterial hypertension and fat metabolism disturbances in people, working at the industrial plant, but also allowed to detect the most significant alimentary and behavioral risk factors of obesity.

[Status of the fetus and placental function in women with viral and Mycoplasma infections]. / Sostoianie ploda i funktsiia platsenty u zhenshchin s virusno- mikoplazmennoi infektsiei.

Females with viral and Mycoplasma infection were studied for the fetal and placental status. There was fetal growth retardation; disorders in fetal cardiac performance; placental dysfunction appeared as decreased levels of placental lactogen, chorionic gonadotropin, appeared signs of placental aging, decreased blood flow.

[Radiodiagnosis of traumatic injuries of the kidneys in children]. / Luchevaia diagnostika travmaticheskikh povrezhdenii pochek u detei.

Altogether 35 children (21 boys and 14 girls) with traumatic renal lesions ages 5 to 14 were examined, of them 23 were subjected to operation 2-13 h after injury, 12 patients received conservative therapy. The patients were divided into 3 groups with relation to a degree of severity of injury: mild (12 patients), moderate (20 patients) and grave (3 patients). All the children were given combined clinical, x-ray and radiological examination. Normally the most informative diagnostic method was excretory urography, particularly its infusion variant. Renography, renoscanning or dynamic renoscintigraphy were employed for observation over time to reduce radiation exposure.

[Clinical x-ray diagnosis of retroperitoneal neuroblastomas in children]. / Kliniko-rentgenologicheskaia diagnostika zabriushinnykh neiroblastom u detei.

The clinico-roentgenological picture of retroperitoneal neuroblastomas was studied in 124 children. According to the clinical course of the disease the patients were divided into 3 main groups: a group with asymptomatic course (18 patients), children with local symptoms (63 patients). The roentgenological examination is believed by the authors to be a leading factor in the diagnosis of retroperitoneal neuroblastomas.