[Comparative characterization of changes in visual perception after ketamine and brietal anesthesia in children].

Visual perception is disordered in children aged 10-15 years subjected to surgery under ketamine and brietal anesthesia in an outpatient setting. Psychological testing was carried out during 24 h after intervention. Results of the Rorschach's test indicate that ketamine impairs the quality of visual perception (inadequate evaluation of the size, shape, velocity, etc.

[Comparative characterization of damaging mental effect of general anesthesia using fluothane and ketamine in surgery of the face in children with congenital facial and palatal clefts].

The status of the higher nervous activity after two most common variants of total anesthesia (with ketamine and fluothane) was assessed in 33 children with cleft lip and palate aged 7 to 15 subjected to rhinocheiloplasty. Memory, attention, emotional and motor spheres were examined for 3 months after surgery. The effect of total anesthesia with ketamine on the mental status was found more detrimental.

[Anesthesiological support during reconstructive surgery of the upper lip and palate in children].

Two thousand cases of anesthesiological support during reconstructive facial surgery in children aged from 1 to 15 have been reviewed. Gas exchange, heart rate, hemodynamics and neurological status have been assessed. The most frequent and severe complications have been outlined.

[A case of the successful treatment of an 11-year-old child with a fulminating form of tetanus].

A case of a successful treatment of a patient with an extremely severe tetanus form is described. The management of the patient included massive specific antibacterial and infusion therapy, hemoperfusion, standard and high frequency controlled lung ventilation. The problems of patient activation and respiration recovery have arisen in the course of treatment.