[Pathology of the upper respiratory tract as a manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia in children]. / Patologiia verkhnikh dykhatel'nykh putei kak proiavlenie pervichnoi tsiliarnoi diskinezii u detei.

This paper presents the results of examination of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. It has been found that ENT pathologies form an obligate characteristic of this lesion. Primary ciliary dyskinesia can be reliably diagnosed with the aid special examination methods. Adequate treatment by an ENT doctor and a pulmonologist yields good results.

[Radionuclide evaluation of the mucociliary function of the mucosa of the nasal cavity in chronic lung diseases]. / Radionuklidnaia otsenka mukotsiliarnoi funktsii slizistoi obolochki nosovoi polosti pri khronicheskikh zabolevaniiakh legkikh.

The authors presented their first experience of radionuclide assessment of the nasal mucosal transport (NMT) in 39 patients with chronic bronchopulmonary pathology (14 adults and 25 children) to detect patients among them with suspected syndrome of primary ciliary dyskinesia (SPCD). In 18 patients the test was positive excluding SPCD as a cause of a chronic inflammatory pulmonary process. In 21 patients NMT was absent, 2 of these patients had Kartagener's triad serving as a kind of model confirming the data on NMT. The authors proposed the method as a screening test due to its non-invasiveness and simplicity in patients with chronic inflammatory pulmonary diseases in order to detect among them patients with suspected SPCD for further examination using invasive methods.

Aircrew medical standards and their application in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Aircrew selection and health maintenance are key factors in the Aviation Medicine Program of the Royal Australian Air Force. The physical standards employed by the RAAF in selecting aircrew are reviewed. The aircrew selection process for the 5 years 1969 to 1973 are presented with emphasis given to medical causes for rejection. A careful analysis of reasons for failure to complete aircrew training was conducted. The results of this analysis are presented with special emphasis being given to medical wastage. The process of medical evaluation of trained aircrew is discussed along with the 1969-1973 experience with aircrew duty restrictions and waivers granted for medical conditions. The RAAF experience with medical wastage of trained aircrew is similar to the experience of other nations, both as to wastage rates and body systems involved.