[Priority directions of specialized neurological care of patients in a hospital].

The article presents main stages of becoming and improvement of specialized neurological aid in the 3rd CMCH of Vishnevsky A.A. since its opening (1968) to now-day.

[Neurological and neurophysiological aspects of the alcohol abstinence syndrome].

The clinical neurological and electroneuromyographycal examination were performed in 75 patients with chronic alcoholism including 15 patients with abstinence (withdrawal) syndrome. The abstinence period without any alcohol consumption did not last more that 6 days before observation time. The clear, specific neurological symptoms were revealed in alcohol abstinence syndrome (AAS), exactly: the general brain disturbances in the form of headache, dizziness, horizontal small-swinging nystagmus, dynamic ataxia, the increase of tendinous reflexes preferentially from upper limbs, the tremor of head, tongue and of streched out arms fingers, the sympathic adrenal type vegetative disturbances.

[Electroneuromyographic study of alcoholic polyneuropathies and the possibilities of using anticholinesterase drugs].

The efficacy of anticholinesterase (ACE) drugs was studied and compared in patients with alcoholic polyneuropathy (AP) subjected to electroneuromyographic (ENMG) studies. ENMG makes it possible to identify AP, to define the degree of the involvement of different components of the neuromotor apparatus into the pathological process. It has been established that ACE drugs may have individual action selectivity in patients afflicted with AP.