[Diagnosis of tropical malaria by express-methods]. / Diagnostika tropicheskoi maliarii s pomoshch'iu ékspress-metodov.

An examination of a thick blood drop and of blood smear for the presence of plasmodia is a classic and indisputable diagnostic test for tropic malaria. However, express-methods, based on the immune-enzyme analysis, have been introduced into the health-care practice primarily in developing and underdeveloped countries. The diagnosis of tropic malaria by using the discussed methods enables, in the non-laboratory settings, a rapid and reliable detection of PI. falciparum in blood. This is important because an untimely diagnosis of tropic malaria increases the risk of the lethal outcome.

[Effects of captopril on microcirculation and tissue oxygen balance in patients with hypertension]. / Vliianie kaptoprila na mikrotsirkuliatsiiu i kislorodnyi balans tkanei u bol'nykh gipertonicheskoi bolezn'iu.

Bulbar conjunctival microcirculation, aggregation of platelets and red blood cells, skin oxygen balance were studied in 22 patients with Stage II hypertensive disease. Captopril was found to decrease not only blood pressure, but aggregation of platelets and red blood cells and to improve tissue oxygen supply. With inadequate doses of the drug, an extreme lowering in blood pressure resulted in deteriorated skin oxygen supply along with unaltered aggregation of cellular elements.