[Evaluation of the possibility of diagnosing purulent-septic rhinogenic complications of the orbit and eyelids in children based on the analysis of clinical and laboratory data].

Objective: To study the features of clinical and laboratory parameters of rhinogenic complications of the orbit (RCO) and eyelids depending on the blood leukocyte shift index (LSI) to create a predictive model in pediatric patients.

Material And Methods: The study included 50 patients who were treated at the Regional Clinical Hospital No. 2 of Tyumen with inflammatory pathology of the paranasal sinuses.

[Recurrent epistaxis associated with Randu-Osler disease, requiring ligation of the external carotid arteries on both sides].

A rare clinical case of recurrent nosebleeds associated with Randu-Osler disease, in which drug, hemostatic, transfusion therapy and combined nasal tamponade were ineffective, required ligation of the external carotid arteries on both sides, is presented.

[Traditional and innovative technologies of the pedagogical process in medical universities].

The article discusses a set of innovative forms of teaching the pedagogical process in the form of business games, round tables, webinars, distance learning, a module-rating system and the use of Internet resources designed to improve the training of specialists in medical universities.

[The mathematical approaches to differential diagnostics of acute pharyngeal diseases].

The objective of the present study was to elaborate the program for differential diagnostics of acute pharyngeal diseases based on the 'ENT-Neuro' artificial neuronal network. The study group was formed by means of sampling patients with acute pharyngeal diseases from a set of case histories of the subjects presenting with acute inflammatory diseases. The data thus obtained were employed to develop the expert system to support the decision making process with the use of the 'ENT-Neuro' artificial neuronal network that allows to carry out diagnostics of various inflammatory diseases of the pharynx including the following nosological entities: paratonsillitis, parapharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, and acute pharyngitis, with the minimal probability of erroneous diagnosis (4%).

[A rare case of thalassemia concomitant with chronic decompensated tonsillitis].

The present paper reports a rare combination of Cooley's disease (thalassemia B) and the decompensated variant of chronic tonsillitis in a 14-year old girl. The patient presented with the severe form of hypochromic anemia and degenerative changes of erythrocytes. She was treated by means of bilateral tonsillectomy associated with the high risk of postoperative hemorrhage.