Vol 66, No 6 (1985)

Impairment of consciousness is one of the essential signs of traumatic brain injury.

The age-related evolution of the spine in combination with the physiological characteristics of a growing organism determines the specificity of the clinical and radiological picture and the treatment of uncomplicated spinal fractures in childhood.

Treatment of dislocations of the shoulder joint is an urgent problem of traumatology due to the frequent formation of intractable desmogenic contracture or habitual dislocations in this type of injury.

Based on modern ideas about the nature of cardiac arrhythmias, about the role in their development of changes in the transmembrane potential caused by shifts in the permeability of cytoplasmic membranes and extra- and intracellular concentrations of the main potential-forming ions, it can be assumed that a high-voltage discharge of a capacitor restores sinus rhythm by affecting the indicated parameters heart muscle.

Literature data on the value of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in certain forms of ischemic stroke are few and contradictory.

Over the past decades, synthetic threads with minimal allergenic properties have been obtained and are being used.

Advances in gynecological endocrinology have significantly narrowed the range of indications for surgical treatment for genital endometriosis.

Until now, many aspects of the problem of diseases of the hepatobiliary system in children remain unresolved, which prompted us to determine the diagnostic value of ultrasound examination of the liver and biliary tract in various forms of damage.

In order to study the rate of progression of alcoholism, an analysis of a large clinical material was carried out: the timing of the appearance and subsequent development of the axial symptomatology of the disease, the duration of the stages and the rate of transition of the initial stage to the late ones, as well as the time of the onset of the consequences and complications of the disease, personality changes and social decompensation.

Persons with spinal fractures make up only 3–6% of the number of inpatients, however, it is they who become disabled in 15–27% of cases, and sometimes a similar injury is the cause of their death [1, 3, 6].

We have analyzed the causes of injuries among agricultural workers in the Bugulma region of the TASSR in 1979-1983.

Primary pulmonary hypertension has long been considered a rare disease, but since the late 1960s, there has been an abrupt increase in the frequency of this suffering.

Donated blood with a shelf life of more than 1-2 days in some cases can cause hypocoagulation in the recipient due to the presence of a preservative, a decrease in the number of platelets, the activity of factors V, VIII and fibrinogen.

We performed 111 lung scans with MAA-1311 in 89 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis.

We studied the clinical features of salmonellosis caused by S. infantis and S. typhimurium.

A common complication after surgery for supravaginal amputation of the uterine body is prolapse or prolapse of the cervical stump, which necessitates a second operation. As the analysis of the case histories of repeatedly operated patients has shown, some imperfection of the generally accepted classical technique of supravaginal amputation of the uterine body leads to the prolapse of the cervical stump.

In modern conditions, the problem of pyoinflammatory diseases caused by staphylococci is one of the most urgent in medical science and healthcare practice due to their widespread occurrence in medical institutions of any profile.

Increased physical inactivity, illness and an increase in the number of injuries lead to early wear and tear and destruction of human organs and tissues.

The authors set themselves the task of providing the heads of health care authorities and institutions with information about social psychology, revealing the most important qualities of a leader, as well as relationships in the "leader-team" system, highlighting the issues of leadership style in the latter.

The possibilities of the tabular method in the differential diagnosis of concussion and minor contusion of the brain are shown

The analysis of injuries of the crew on ships is carried out.

The features of rehabilitation of 88 patients operated on for traumatic retinal detachment are presented.

On the basis of a systematic approach to the analysis of the state of the pulmonary circulation, it is proposed to assess the degree of pulmonary hypertension not by absolute figures of pressure, but in relative values, representing the ratio of pressure in the pulmonary artery to aortic artery, correlated with the proper value.

The long-term results of perivascular decompression of the great vessels of the lower extremities were studied in the treatment of patients with obliterating endarieritis with regional ischemia of II-IV degree, which allow us to consider this operation as one of the hemodynamically adequate methods of surgical treatment of endarteritis.

A survey of 207 puerperas was carried out taking into account the effect of the duration of therapy for late toxicosis on the course of pregnancy and childbirth, fetal development and adaptation of newborns, indicators of humoral immunity in terms of immunoglobulins A, M, G, total IgE and circulating immune complexes.

On May 30, at the age of 86, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Aleksey Vasilievich Kibyakov suddenly died.