[Infusion prevention of fat globulaemia during total hip arthroplasty].

Aim: To assess the effect of the modified infusion therapy regimen on the frequency of development of laboratory and clinical manifestations of fat embolism syndrome in patients after hip replacement.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted in 80 patients (70 men and 10 women) who were admitted for planned revision hip arthroplasty. The criteria for not inclusion in the study were the presence of a traumatic brain injury, episodes of acute disturbance of blood supply (stroke) and diabetes mellitus in history.

[Epidemiology of malignant tumors of the brain and other parts of the CNS in the North-West Federal District of Russia].

For the first time in Russia the dynamics of morbidity and mortality from malignant tumors of the brain and other parts of the CNS in the North-West Federal District of Russia is presented. A precise elaboration of data on cases is performed according to the database of the Population-based Cancer Registries of St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk region.

[Problem in the rehabilitation of patients with acute chemical poisonings in the toxicological hospital].

Follow-ups of 693 patients treated at the rehabilitation toxicological department for poisonings with psychopharmacological agents (n=549), cauterants (n=72), and opium narcotics (n=72) were summarized. Moreover, factors, such as the development of complications and the prehospitalization psychosomatic status of patients, influenced the length stay in a unit. Treatment of such patients should be aimed at eliminating at once a few causes that negatively affect the course of recovery for which it is expedient to use the methods of physicochemical hemotherapy, mesodiencephalic modulation, intestinal lavage, and hyperbaric oxygenation.

[Transcranial electrical stimulation in the treatment of toxicohypoxic encephalopathy at the early stage of inpatient rehabilitation].

The authors studied the time course of clinical and neuropsychological changes in the use of transcranial mesodiencephalic modulation in the complex treatment of patients with acute poisoning by neurotropic toxicants, which were complicated by toxicohypoxic encephalopathy. The findings suggest the beneficial impact of this technique on the autonomic functions of the brain stem, on the body's adaptive capacities and the psychoemotional sphere, which makes it possible to recommend the programmed use of this method in such patients.

[Designing and manufacturing of medical equipment by OAO MNPK "Avionika"].

The paper is dedicated to the activity of Research and Production Enterprise "Avionika", a leader in the field of designing and manufacturing of medical equipment. Technical data of medical suction units produced by the enterprise were comparatively analyzed versus those made by other manufacturers. Additionally, failures of suction equipment were analyzed and technical solutions enhancing the operational safety are suggested.