[Treatment of patients with food toxinfections in middle and old age].

Altogether 320 elderly and old-aged patients with alimentary toxinfections suffering from essential hypertension (65.9%), coronary heart disease (39.3%), atherosclerosis (29.3%) were observed. A severe course of toxinfection was noted in 5.9% of the patients, an average severe course in 94.1%. The patients received intravenously the "quartasol" solution in full volume (25.7%) or the ORS solution with sodium hydroxycitrate per os (74.3%). Therapeutic efficacy was high. Antihypertensive therapy and antianginal drugs were simultaneously administered. Neither complications nor side effects were observed during therapy of the elderly and old-aged patients with alimentary toxinfections. In addition to the above therapy all the patients received sparing diet and enzyme preparations.