[Evaluation of the clinical significance of determining the level of plasma fibronectin in acute poisoning]. / Otsenka klinicheskoi znachimosti opredeleniia urovnia plazmennogo fibronektina pri ostrykh toksicheskikh porazheniiakh.

Changes in plasma fibronectin (FN) levels in acute toxic conditions have been studied in 24 patients. A significant reduction of FN concentration was found within the first days of the disease; further changes in the FN levels are related to the disease outcome and have a prognostic value. An inverse correlation was found between the FN concentration and other blood biochemical parameters (LDH, creatinine, and urea). Developed renal insufficiency in the presence of hypofibronectinemia suggests a poor prognosis of the disease.

[Functional methods of examination of the victims of the earthquake with crush syndrome in the Armenian S.S.R]. / Funktsiona'lnye metody issledovaniia pri sindrome sdavleniia u postradavshikh ot zemletriaseniia v Armenii.

The authors have developed a complex of measures including the known (tetrapolar rheoplethysmography, liver and kidney radiography) and the new tests (soft tissue scintigraphy) that have been used for the first time in this condition. Employment of these tests for the examination and monitoring the treatment of patients who were injured in the earthquake in Armenia has helped quantitatively assess the structural and functional shifts in the vital organs and injured limbs in the crush syndrome, thus being valuable for the organization and monitoring the efficacy of therapy and for predicting the outcome of injury.

[Use of infrared ray laser irradiation in the rehabilitation treatment of patients with long-term crush syndrome in an emergency care hospital]. / Primenenie infrakrasnogo lazernogo izlucheniia pri vosstanovite'l- nom lechenii bo'lnykh s sindromom dlite'lnogo razdavlivaniia v usloviiakh statsionara skoroi pomoshchi.

The principle 'rehabilitation starts in a resuscitation ward' has been realized in the resuscitation treatment of 34 patients with the prolonged crush syndrome (PCS) who were injured during the earthquake in Armenia. Laser therapy has been fairly effective, normalizing the external respiration function and central hemodynamics and reducing the blood coagulability. Instrumental vibration massage and acupuncture are recommended to be added to rehabilitation treatment of PCS patients.