[Medical support of the Persamo-Kirkenes Offensive].

Medical support of the Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive. W consider the organizational aspects of the healthcare support of Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive in the Arctic. The conditions and factors that influenced the preparation and conduct of operations are analysed. It is shown that success and effectiveness of medical support of the operation are based on good planning, build-up of forces and means of medical service and manoeuvre, timely evacuation of the wounded and sick, experience of interaction and mutual reinforcement of the Army Medical Services, and the fleet can be used in the development of plans for medical support of diverse groups of troops (forces) in the Far North of Russia.

[Combined mechanical-cold and mechanical-burn injuries in patients injured in maritime disasters].

On the basis of analysis of 372 medical histories and total amount of victims (2691 people) of marine accidents it was revealed that 303 (83.1%) survivors suffered from combined mechanical-cold injuries, combined two-factor mechanical-burn injuries were diagnosed in 115 of wounded (15.7%), combined three-factor mechanical-cold-burn injuries were diagnosed in 162 of wounded (22.5%). It was established that in case of capsizing and shipwrecking chest and abdomen injuries prevail in wounded (22.4%). Pelvic fractures, injuries of the lower extremities and spine traumas prevail in wounded evacuated from the crash area after explosion and fire on the ships (43.3%). The above-mentioned injuries prevail due to mine-blast nature of injuries. Typical injuries in wounded survived in maritime disasters are in non-severe combined mechanical-cold, mechanical-burn, and mechanical-cold-burn injuries, minor and moderate hypothermia, mild burn injuries and mild carbon monoxide poisoning.

[Arkhangelsk Military Hospital celebrates 200th anniversary].

Military hospital in Arkhangelsk is the branch No 1 of 1469 naval clinical hospital of Northern Fleet. This hospital is the basic medical and preventive treatment facility and also clinical, training centre for students of Northern state medical university. Annually 3, 5 thousand people receive treatment in the hospital. The hospital has governmental licenses for 56 types of medical activities. There are 2 department of surgery, 1 surgery block. Patients can receive the therapeutic treatment in 4 medical departments.

[Present-day advantages of computerized tomography in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory changes in paranasal sinuses in flying personnel]. / Sovremennye vozmozhnosti komp'iuternoi tomografii v diagnostike khronicheskikh vospalitel'nykh izmenenii okolonosovykh pazukh u letnogo sostava.

The paper demonstrates the diagnostic effectiveness of computer tomography for discovering chronic productive sinus in flying personnel. On the evidence mounted from 190 patients with paranasal sinus, the computer tomography semiotics of various chronic inflammatory processes in sinus has been developed and the comparative analysis of computer tomography and classic X-ray and ultrasonic scanning of sinus has been fulfilled. The computer tomography appears to have high diagnostic potentials for revealing pathology in paranasal sinus in flying personnel. It was confirmed that the technique enables to examine normal anatomy of paranasal sinus, support or invalidate previous diagnosis, and to ascertain the spread and the character of process, visualize alterations in soft and bone tissues and plan surgery.

[Effect of nitrogen sources on the kinetic growth parameters of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture oxidizing quinoline]. / Vliianie istochnikov azota na kineticheskie parametry rosta kul'tury Pseudomonas aeruginosa pri okislenii khinolina.

The object of the work was to study the kinetic parameters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa P1 growth. Quinoline could be used as a sole nitrogen source during growth of the organism in a mineral medium. Reduced nitrogen forms were shown to be preferable for the growth.

[Microbiological transformation of pyridine]. / O mikrobiologicheskoi transformatsii piridina.

The purpose of this work was to study the conditions for the reaction of co-oxidation of pyridine by seven strains of Pseudomonas using succinic acid, glucose, and sodium salicylate and benzoate as a growth substrate. The structure of a growth substrate was shown to influence pyridine oxidation. The dependence of co-oxidation on the nature of a growth substrate seems to stem from the electron structure of substrate and cosubstrate molecules.