[The radionuclide diagnosis of pathology of the cerebrospinal fluid tract in posttraumatic states]. / Radionuklidnaia diagnostika patologii likvornykh putei pri posttravmaticheskikh sostoianiiakh.

Radionuclide cisternomyelography performed in 324 patients with posttraumatic injuries revealed the abnormality of the brain liquor tracts. The radiological picture of craniocerebral injury sequelae showed a great diversity of radionuclide signs, detected both morphological changes in the liquor tracts, and liquorodynamic disorders. The morphological disorders recorded by radionuclide cisternomyelography appeared as hydrocephalus, porencephalitis, arachnoidal cysts and liquorrheas. The liquorodynamic disorders recorded by this tool manifested themselves as altered liquor circulation and resorption. Radionuclide cisternomyelography provides valid data on the performance of the drainage system during operations on the liquor tracts of the brain and spine.

[Radionuclide diagnosis of pathology of the cerebrospinal fluid system in post-traumatic conditions]. / Radionuklidnaia diagnostika patologii likvornoi sistemy pri posttravmaticheskikh sostoianiiakh.

Radionuclide cisterno-myelography was conducted in 155 patients in the posttraumatic period. Five variants of the radiological picture of liquordynamic disorders were distinguished. The signs of open internal hydrocephalus were determined. The authors note the frequency of the liquor path radiological sign--registration of radiopharmaceutical beyond the liquor channels, which points to the presence of nasal or auricular liquorrhea. Various changes of liquor circulation and resorption were revealed in posttraumatic periods. Disorders of resorption were manifested either by its acceleration or by its reduction or by sharp deceleration. Children most frequently had a radiological picture of open internal hydrocephalus. Signs of liquorrhea were a frequent component of a posttraumatic state in children. Different variants of the radiological picture were revealed in adults in the posttraumatic period: diminished draining function of the cerebral submeningeal space with compensatory drainage of the liquor in the form of nasal liquorrhea was a constant finding. Signs of open hydrocephalus were a commonly encountered component of the pathological picture of posttraumatic state in adults.

[Neurological and electrophysiological disorders in children with bronchial asthma]. / Nevrologicheskie i élektrofiziologicheskie narusheniia u detei s bronkhial'noi astmoi.

The authors have studied neurological and electrophysiological (REG, EEG, Echo-EG) disorders in 50 children (4-14 years) with atopic bronchial asthma in the post-attack period. The changes identified were more frequent in 5-6-year-olds and in cases where the disease persisted for 3-4 years. Multiple modality treatment should be preferably conducted under the observation of the pulmonologist and neuropathologist.

[Correlation between the circulation of the hemispheres and brain stem regions, the peripheral circulation and bioelectrical activity of the brain in the dynamics of the acute period of cranio-cerebral injury]. / Sootnoshenie mezhdu krovoobrashcheniem polusharii i stvolovykh otdelov mozga, perifericheskim krovoobrashcheniem i bioélektricheskoi aktivnost'iu golovnogo mozga v dinamike ostrogo perioda cherepno-mozgovoi travmy

Polygraphic recording of rheoencephalography, rheovasography and EEG was used for a dynamic examination of 45 patients with severe (28 cases) and moderate (17 cases) craniocerebral injuries. In 13 patients, of the former group intracranial haematomas were noted, in 15--contusion foci. A method of rheoencephalography recording from the brain stem with the aid of a basal electrode was developed, and it permitted to obtain valuable information on the degree of the haemodynamic shifts in the brain stem. A persistent reduction of the CBF was observed in the basalocciptal lead found to be proportional to the severity of the craniocerebral injury. The results of mathematical processing of the obtained data demonstrated a clear correlation of the clinical state of the patient, the bioelectrical activity of the brain and the indices of the tonicity and blood filling of the cerebral vessels: along with re-establishment of the normal alpha-rhythm and reduction of a slow pathological activity of the EEG, a clear increase in the cerebral blood flow value was observed.