[Ethical and legal problems in critical medicine].

The major ethical and legal problems in anesthesiology, intensive care, emergency and disaster medicine are discussed. Special attention is paid to violation of patient's rights, limits of intensive care and resuscitation, evaluation of iatrogenic complications and unfavorable outcomes from clinical physiological and legal viewpoints, and legal responsibility of anesthesiologists, intensive care specialists, and emergency physicians. Occupational hazards and protection of specialists in critical medicine are discussed.

[Compliance of the lung-thorax system in pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia].

Compliance of the lungs and thorax was studied in 65 pregnant women during cesarean section. The measurements were carried out in a group of healthy controls and in patients with preeclampsia. The detected changes indicated increased rigidity of the lungs even in normal pregnancy.

[The respirator injector as a possible cause of complications in high frequency artificial respiration of the lungs].

Improper design of an injector can cause pulmonary overdistension, fall in venous return, alveolar hypoventilation, insufficient humidification of inhaled gas and oxygen toxicity syndrome during HFJV. Functional characteristics of widely used injectors were determined and their role in the development of serious complications of HFJV is discussed. Special attention is paid to the flow resistance of the injector, its inner volume, ejection ratio, and maximum inspiratory pressure generated by the injector.

[Therapy in severe forms of pregnancy-induced arterial hypertension].

We have studied types of hemodynamics and results of arterial hypertension intensive care in 136 pregnant women in 32-38 weeks of gestation. Stroke and cardiac indexes, general peripheral vascular resistance, mean arterial pressure, cardiac work and other hemodynamic parameters were investigated by echocardiographic method. We worked out regression equations for each type of hemodynamics.