8 research outputs found
CHARACTERISTICS OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 IN ELDERLY AND SENILE PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
The study covered the diabetic patients treated in the Gerontopsychiatric Clinic for the period from October 1991 until April 1996. The patients from this contingent had peculiarities in the clinical manifestations and diabetic complications. The risk of hypoglycemia was especially dangerous for elderly people on a background of a therapy with neuroleptics. A special education was necessary for the patient, his relatives, and the medical staff. The treatment should be based on precise information taken from the patients themselves, their relatives in a very close collaboration with a nurse, endocrinologist, and psychiatrist
MAGNESIUM IN PLASMA AND ERYTHROCYTES OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSIVE EPISODES
The present study covers a total of 13 elderly patients suffering from depressive episodes. They were treated in the Gerontopsychiatric Clinic of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical University of Varna. Magnesium levels in plasma and erythrocytes were estimated. In both compartments Magnesium was measured with atomic absorption "Perkin Elmer" spectrophotometer AAS-3030B. The results were compared with magnesium in age-matched healthy subjects. No significant changes of magnesium in plasma and erythrocytes of control persons and depressive elderly patients were found out
INFLUENCE OF THE SEA-SIDE RESORT FACTORS UPON FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION
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