[Adrenal cortical carcinoma: an autopsy case].

In the review are available literature data about different types of adrenal cortical carcinomas. The case described for the first time diagnosed incidentaloma in an 86-year-old man has been characterized. This observation is valuable because of the rarity of pathology and the difficulties of clinical diagnostics.

[Macroergic phosphates in the brain under hypoxia]. / Makroégicheskie fosfaty golovnogo mozga v usloviiakh gipoksii

Acute hypoxic hypoxia ("height" 7000 m) did not cause distinct alterations in content of adenyl and guanyl nucleotides from brain tissue. Negative alterations in the pool of macroergic phosphates occurred in a deficit of oxygen ("height" 8000 m). Short-term training with hypoxia prevented the alterations in nucleotide pool even if the extreme hypoxia was applied ("height" 9000 m). Pre-cooling of animals promoted the maintenance of nucleotide pool at the "height" of 8000 and 9000 m. Hypothermia did not protect against the distinct alterations in content of both adenyl and guanyl nucleotides under conditions of oxygen deficit ("height" 9500 m and 1100 m).

[Metabolic effect of gutimine on the myocardial tissue in blood loss]. / Metabolicheskii éffekt gutimina v tkani miokarda pri krovopotere.

A rate of hemorrhage accounted for 31 mg/kg in 80 adult dogs premedicated with promedol and atropine. After circular-hemic hypoxia caused by the hemorrhage, single intravenous administration of gutimine (35-40 mg/kg) transformed the carbohydrate metabolism in heart muscle: activated glycolysis and accelerated the rate of its products oxidation, maintained the free amino acids concentration at the level similar to that of intact animals, reduced the rate of creatine phosphate synthesis.

[Effect of sodium oxybutyrate on macroergic phosphates, function and ultrastructure of the myocardium in blood loss]. / Vliianie oksibutirata natriia na makroérgicheskie fosfaty, funktsiiu i ul'trastrukturu miokarda pri krovopotere.

Experiments on dogs with long-term hypotony caused by blood loss have demonstrated irreversible lesions in the majority of cardiomyocytes and hypodynamic condition of the heart with a high content of macroergic phosphates in the myocardium. Intravenous injection of sodium hydroxybutyrate in a dose of 180-200 mg/kg after 60 min of hypotony seems to improve energy transport and utilization in the ischemic myocardium. It increases the working capacity and power of the heart muscle, pump function of the heart and makes longer the period of ultrastructural changes in cardiomyocytes.