The role of permanent invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure in the treatment of infants with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation after intraventricular haemorrhage (case report).

Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) is a major complication of intraventricular haemorrhages in very preterm infants. Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation is associated with a high rate of disability, multiple impairments and adverse effects of shunt surgery for hydrocephalus. It may lead to an impaired neurological prognosis, caused by a raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and concomitant decreased cerebral blood perfusion.

[Comparison of PIM and SOFA scoring systems for mortality risk prognosis in critically ill children with sepsis].

The task of the study was the comparison of 2 scoring systems SOFA and PIM for mortality risk assessment in intensive care units. SOFA score is evaluated on admission and thereafter 72 and 120 h until ICU discharge in Children's Central Clinical Hospital from 2001 to 2005 years. Total 200 patients were studied.

Adaptive imaging system for phase-distorted extended source and multiple-distance objects.

We introduce an incoherent adaptive imaging system based on optimization of an image quality metric measured using a coherent optical system. Experimental results and numerical simulations are presented that demonstrate adaptive correction of phase-distorted extended source images containing objects located at multiple distances.