Biomedical subjects

E I Shmelev

Publications and source records attributed to E I Shmelev.

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PubMed1992

[The potentialities and results of the etiologic diagnosis of acute pneumonias].

The paper deals with the results of the joint Soviet-Hungarian study for the determination of etiology of acute pneumonias. Study included 617 patients. The bacteriologic and serologic methods were used to reveal the causative agent of the disease. Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (33-49%) in the etiologic structure of acute pneumonias was established both in the USSR and Hungary. In many cases pneumonia is also caused by Haemophilus influenzae (21-22%). In 15-31% of the cases the causative agent of pneumonia is gram-negative microorganisms. A protracted course of acute pneumonia is due to the complex associations of microorganisms including S. pneumoniae. A conclusion has been drawn to the effect that the initial antibacterial therapy should be started with administration of antibiotics that act effectively on S. pneumoniae.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed1991

[Use of plasmacytapheresis in combined modality therapy of patients with fibrosing alveolitis].

The authors describe the results of examination of 67 patients with exogenous allergic and idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis. Of these, 42 patients underwent plasmocytapheresis in addition to corticosteroid therapy. The clinical improvement, positive x-ray dynamics of pulmonary lesions, normalization of the altered laboratory indicators were noted in 39 out of the 42 patients treated with the use of plasmocytopheresis and in 15 out of 25 who received pharmacotherapy alone. The use of plasmocytapheresis at the inpatient stage of the treatment enabled the dose of corticosteroids to be reduced by 26% of the initial on the average in 3/4 of the patients and subsequent hospitalization requirement to be noticeably decreased. Plasmocytapheresis did not produce any complications.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗

PubMed1990

[An analysis of the dysentery epidemic process in Blagoveshchensk].

The retrospective analysis of dysentery morbidity in Blagoveshchensk for the period of 1960-1987 was made. The regularities linking general natural and biological factors triggering the epidemic process with dysentery morbidity among the population are emphasized. The study revealed that under the conditions of Blagoveshchensk dairy products were of major epidemic importance among factors contributing to the transmission of dysentery. Such a factor as flies also had a definite influence on the epidemic process of dysentery. Another risk factor was drinking water which influenced the epidemic process both directly and indirectly through dairy products and, probably, other foodstuffs. Reliable correlation between dysentery morbidity among the population and the quality of dairy products, tap water and the number of flies was established.

Animals↗

PubMed1989