[Neurologic manifestations of HIV infection].

The sole universally recognized diagnostic criterion for the affection of central nervous system by immunodeficiency virus is AIDS-dementia complex. Its main pathognomonic feature is progressive intellect failure although most patients do not experience intellect deficit. Instead, they present with other disorders in the central nervous system. This article focuses on their early diagnosis.

[The sociological monitoring as a tool to evaluate preventive activities].

The monitoring of conditions of HIV-infection spreading includes qualitative research methods to reveal specified information from people relating immediately to the problem of HIV-infection prevalence. The acquired information can be used both for monitoring of the conditions of HIV-infection spreading (morbidity, prevalence, mortality) and adjustment of preventive activities at the level of specific administrative territory.

[Use of transcutaneous electroneurostimulation for enhancing the effectiveness of conduction anesthesia in dental polyclinic practice]. / Primenenie chreskozhnoi élektroneirostimuliatsiia dlia povysheniia éffektivnosti provodnikovogo obezbolivaniia v poliklinicheskoi stomatologicheskoi praktike.

The efficiency of mandibular conduction anesthesia was assessed in patients with inflammatory disorders in the area innervated by the mandibular nerve. In patients with conduction anesthesia induced after an electroneurostimulation session, the efficiency of anesthesia was considerably higher than in those operated on under mandibular anesthesia only.