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Prior to and following surgery, 70 patients were examined for pulmonary tuberculosis who were divided into 2 groups: 1) 27 patients with limited processes (tuberculomas, infiltrating, cavernous tuberculosis in 1-2 segments) and 2) 43 patients with disseminated tuberculosis in 4 lobes or more. A comprehensive examination including studies of pulmonary circulation by radiotracer techniques (scanning, scintigraphy) and an original contactless study of pulmonary circulation (CSPC). There was a correlation between the results obtained by the two methods. The findings indicate a high validity of CSPC6 which makes it possible to recommend it as a screening technique for detection of pulmonary circulatory disorders.
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Pulmonary Circulation , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/surgery , Adult , Electromagnetic Phenomena , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Period , Radiography, Thoracic , Radionuclide Imaging , Software , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnostic imaging , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Of a pressing aspect of pilots' exposure to high levels of head-to-seat accelerations (+Gz) is the high risk of vertebral traumatization. In this connection, mineral saturation of the lumbar vertebral in test subjects systematically exposed to +Gz accelerations on centrifuge over two months and pilots of highly manouevrable fighters has been investigated. Results of the study point it out that systematic flight g-loads bring about an increase in vertebral bone mineralization. Thus, following a series of +Gz exposures of the test subjects the integrated content of mineral substances and the density of structural composition of vertebrals Z2-Z4 showed the average rises by 4.6% and 4.15%, respectively; however, the same parameters in the pilots were higher than in the control group by 8.8% and 10.6%, respectively. The paper discusses possible mechanisms underlying these phenomena.