[Periodic medical examinations of workers during annual mass screening of the population]. / Periodicheskie meditsinskie osmotry rabochikh v usloviiakh ezhegodnoi dispanserizatsii naseleniia.

The system of preliminary and periodic medical examinations of workers is a traditional component of the annual prophylactic medical examination of the population. The introduction of the Regulations on the latter issue makes it possible to broaden the scope and elevate the quality of prophylaxis among workers, thus to contribute to periodic examinations as part of the overall system of preventive measures. The most important problems of improving mass examinations as the first stage of the overall system, lie in the elaboration of the criteria of occupational diseases early diagnosis, adoption of uniform medical programmes for subsequent use of automation systems, as well as in a more substantial involvement of labour hygiene medical experts into current prophylactic examination programmes.

[Morphogenesis of emphysema in occupational lung diseases (clinico-anatomical comparisons)]. / K morfogenezu emfizemy pri professional'nykh zabolevaniiakh legkikh (kliniko-anatomicheskie sopostavleniia).

The distinction of pneumoconiosis and occupational (dust) bronchites in the clinic of occupational lung pathology required morphological justification of such divisions. Examinations of 37 fatal cases with dust pathology of the lungs showed that in two thirds of the cases predominantly obstructive bronchitis forms of emphysema and compensatory perinodular forms of emphysema in silicosis could be diagnosed morphologically. A less marked diffuse character of emphysema in focal forms of pneumoconiosis is conducive to the inclusion of compensatory mechanisms preventing the development of pneumonial and cardial insufficiency.