[The correlational analysis assessment of exacerbation in bronchial asthma and treatment efficacy]. / Otsenka s pomoshch'iu korreliatsionnogo analiza obostreniia bronkhial'noi astmy i éffektivnosti lecheniia.

Blood and sputum eosinophils, eosinophilic cation protein (ECP) in the serum and OPV1 were measured in 30 patients with atopic bronchial asthma (BA) of moderate severity showing eosinophilia at the beginning and the end of treatment week 1 and 4, respectively. In exacerbation of BA relative number of blood eosinophils averaged 10.4 + -1.4%, sputum 35.2 + -5.6%. Serum concentration of ECP, OPV1, IgE averaged 42.6% + -11.9%, 66.8 + -6.3%, 753.7 + -114 IU/ml, respectively. In exacerbation a strong correlation is noted between relative number of eosinophils in the blood and sputum, between the levels of IgE and ECP. At the end of the treatment OPV1 was higher while ECP level in the serum went down. Reduced eosinophilia in the blood and sputum correlated with OPV1 increment. In BA patients with high blood and sputum eosinophilia function of the lungs depends on eosinophilic number, while in normalization of blood eosinophil concentration and in a sharp fall of sputum eosinophil number OPV1 changes correlation with changes in ECP in the course of treatment. A close correlation between changes in eosinophil count, FVD indices, IgE and ECP levels during the treatment indicate relief of inflammation in BA patients.

[Use of large-frame fluorography in the diagnosis of stomach cancer]. / O primenenii krupnokadrovoi fliuorografii v diagnostike raka zheludka.

A comparison of the results of non-aimed large-frame fluorography (LFF) and roentgen study of the stomach in 301 patients enabled ascertaining more precisely the opportunities of LFF in diagnosing gastric cancer. It was found by checking (fibrogastroscopy with biopsy or surger) that irrespective of the technic of non-aimed LFF, despite the diagnosis being known previously, cancer of the stomach still far from being in early stage may be recognized only in 62-63%. Therefore use of non-aimed LFF to diagnose gastric cancer during mass prophylactic examinations seems to be not rational.