[FIRES Syndrome in a Preschool Child]. / Sindrom FIRES u doshkol'nika.

Severe epileptic syndromes of childhood are an urgent problem for pediatric neurologists and neuroresuscitators. The article presents a clinical observation of FIRES syndrome in a pediatric patient, which is a form of severe drug-resistant epilepsy in children of preschool and school age, the development of which is caused by hyperthermia, probably associated with herpesvirus (human herpesvirus type 6) infection. The features of the progressive course and the difficulties of diagnostic search are reflected. An empirical approach to etiotropic therapy is described, since the disease manifested itself with respiratory manifestations and fever. The tactic of pathogenetic treatment is described, in which drugs of polyfunctional action, such as Cytoflavin, have a priority, many years of experience in the use of which allows the authors to recommend it as a starting intensive therapy.

[Structural epilepsy or herpes simplex encephalitis relapse: diagnostic problems]. / Strukturnaya epilepsiya ili retsidiv gerpeticheskogo entsefalita: diagnosticheskie trudnosti.

The article gives the clinical case of herpes simplex encephalitis relapse with the resistant seizures in a child. What we describe is a clinical approach towards the differential diagnostic of the seizures in structural epilepsy, which are resistant to anticonvulsants, or late herpes simplex encephalitis relapse. Good clinical perspective may be the indication of the intratecal synthesis of the IgG-specific antibodies to the herpes simplex type 1 and 2. Conducting etiotropic treatment with the appointment of acyclovir and pathogenetic therapy with the use of Cytoflavin contributed to the rapid and stable remission of epileptic seizures and regression of neurological deficit.

[Problems of differential diagnosis of acute symptomatic infectious seizures and epilepsy in children]. / Problemy differentsial'noi diagnostiki simptomaticheskikh pristupov pri ostroi infektsii i epilepsii u detei.

Viral encephalitis, its complications and the newly diagnosed epilepsy in children require a complex approach to the differential diagnosis using laboratory and instrumental examinations. Possibilities of MRI in the differential diagnosis of seizures in children and in detection of ischemic-hypoxic and metabolic disorders in the suspected epileptic focus are demonstrated in the clinical observation.

[Possibilities for optimizing the pathogenetic therapy of purulent meningitis in children]. / Vozmozhnosti optimizatsii patogeneticheskoi terapii gnoinykh meningitov u detei.

AIM: To assess an effect of the combined use of Cytoflavin and Sulodexide on the course and outcomes of purulent meningitis in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty children with purulent meningitis, aged from 5 to 17 years 11 month, were studied. Thirty patients of the treatment group (n=30; mean age 6,8 ± 2,2 years) received Cytoflavin (0,6 mcg/kg once a day) during 5 days with the following treatment with Sulodexide (250 LSU/day in children 5-12 years, 500 LSU/day in children above 12 years). Patients of the comparison group (n=20), aged 5,9±1,8 years, received standard antibacterial treatment. Duration and persistent of fever, cerebral, meningeal symptoms, the recovery period of CSF, the normalization of the number of desquamated epithelial cells (DEC), D-dimer were estimated. Outcomes of purulent meningitis were assessed using a working scale representing a modification of Rankin's, Fisher's, and Glasgow scales. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The combination of drugs reduces the duration of cerebral and meningeal symptoms, leads to the normalization of hematological parameters (the level of leukocytes, desquamous epithelial cells, D-dimer) and improves outcomes.