[Video capsule endoscopy in the diagnostics of small intestine diseases].

Video capsule endoscopy is a safe and noninvasive, well-endurable method of the direct visual inspection of the whole of the small intestine. The most frequent indications for video capsule endoscopy are the diagnostics of latent gastro-intestinal bleedings, angiodysplasias, Crohn disease, celiac disease, syndromes of hereditary polyposis and tumors of the small intestine. The authors describe the first experience of using this new method in the domestic clinical practice. Data concerning the diagnostics of lesions of the small intestine by the method of video capsule endoscopy as well as the wide range of lesions of the mucous membrane in different diseases of the small intestine are presented.

[A functional-morphological study of the mucociliary system at stages in the disease in patients with chronic bronchitis]. / Funktsional'no-morfologicheskoe issledovanie mukotsiliarnoi sistemy na étapakh bolezni u bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.

Combined morpho-functional study of the mucociliary system in patients with chronic bronchitis at different stages of its development was made. Regional mucociliary clearance was evaluated by dynamic aerosol scintigraphy and electron microscopy. Radiography of bronchial biopsies was performed, rheological properties of bronchial content were also determined. Special characteristics of mucociliary main chains were established at each stage of chronic bronchitis development as well as depending on the type of bronchitis, bronchial tree level and phase of the disease. New hypothesis on chronic obstructive bronchitis genesis was substantiated.