[Methods of preventing atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease in vocational school students]. / Metody prewencji miazdzycy i choroby wiencowej u uczniów szkól zawodowych.

The authors suggest that identification of high-risk individuals, modification of nutritional habit, preventing the smoking habit, increased physical activity, low salt intake, and early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension should be the most important methods used for atherosclerosis and IHD prevention in youths.

Epidemiology of risk factors of atherosclerosis and preventive program for youth.

In 2208 boys aged 15 to 22 years the incidence of risk factors of atherosclerosis were determined. The risk factors were found in 33.7% of boys. The level of risk factors in youth has increased with age (p = 0.001), especially hypertension (p = 0.001) and smoking (p = 0.001). The authors concluded that the most important methods of prevention of atherosclerosis in youth should be: identification of high-risk individuals (overweight, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, family history of CHD and PAD, ischemic postexercise ST segment depression), health education and motivation for change, modification nutritional habits in cases of hyperlipidemia and overweight (prevention of early atherosclerotic lesions in childhood), early diagnosis and control of hypertension, practice of low salt intake, avoidance of smoking, sufficient physical activity (prevention of atherosclerotic disease mainly in adulthood).

[An hourglass-shaped enteric cyst of the cervico-thoracic region with extra- and intramedullary location]. / Klepsydrowata torbiel jelitowa (cystis enterica) pogranicza szyjno-piersiowego o zewnatrz-i wewnatrzrdzeniowym umiejscowieniu.

The authors report a case of a hourglass dysontogenetic tumour in a 7-year-old girl (enteric cyst) of the spine at the cervicothoracic region coexistent with a developmental anomaly of the spine and posture anomaly. Atypical symptoms (pains) suggesting a disease of the gastrointestinal tract or heart made the diagnosis very difficult. Contrast examination of the vertebral canal made possible a correct diagnosis and appropriate surgical intervention. Microsurgical technique permitted the tumour to be removed radically.

[Early detection of diseases of the circulatory system in vocational school students with particular reference to the prevention of coronary disease and arterial hypertension]. / Wczesne wykrywanie chorób ukladu krazenia u mlodziezy szkól zawodowych ze szczególnym uwzglednieniem prewencji choroby wiencowej i nadcisnienia tetniczego.

A group of 201 boys of vocational schools living in an area of developing industry (Belchatów) and another area of developed industry (Lódz) were examined twice: at the age of 16-17 (I examination) and 14-18 months later (II examination). Incomplete right bundle-branch block and intraventricular conduction impairment have been demonstrated mainly in the resting ECG tracings (Table I). The risk factors of coronary heart disease were increasing with age, especially in boys of Belchatów area (Table II). Five boys with risk factors of coronary heart disease exhibited ischaemic type of postexertional ST segment changes (Table III).

[Health status of the students of elementary mining and power engineering schools with special reference to arteriosclerosis and coronary disease risk factors]. / Stan zdrowia uczniów zasadniczej szkoly górniczej i energetycznej ze szczególnym uwzglednieniem wystepowania czynników zagrozenia miazdzyca naczyn i choroba wiencowa.

The investigations were aimed at an evaluation of the health status of mining-and-power engineering school pupils from the viewpoint of classification to work at a strip mine and power station. Special attention was paid to the detection of possible causes of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease 811 boys aged 14--20 were examined. Their physical development was good. No pathologies in the respiratory tract were found. Hands force was normal. Of six analysed risk factors most frequent were: hypertension and smoking habit. The percentage of pupils affected was increasing with age: arterial hypertension (from 5.5% to 15.7%) and smoking habit (from 6.1% to 43.3%).

[Physical development and health status of students of the Vocational Mining School in Belchatów]. / Rozwój fizyczny i stan zdrowia uczniów zasadniczej szkoly górniczej w Belchatowie.

The paper was aimed at an evaluation of the physical development and health status of pupils of Vocational Mining School -- the future workers of the Brown Coal Mine and Power Station in Belchatów. The study covered 257 pupils aged 15 -- 19. The studies indicated that the physical development of the pupils examined is correct. In some of them the following deviations have been found: arterial hypertension, dental caries, decreased acuity of vision. In most cases the muscular force has been lowered. On the other hand, no pathologies of the respiratory system have been found.