Radiation protection, radioactive waste management and site monitoring at the nuclear scientific experimental and educational centre IRT-Sofia at INRNE-BAS.

This article identifies important components and describes the safe practices in implementing radiation protection and radioactive waste management programmes, and in their optimisation at the Nuclear Scientific Experimental and Educational Centre with research reactor IRT at INRNE-BAS. It covers the instrumentation and personal protective equipment and organisational issues related to the continuous site monitoring. The reactor is under major reconstruction and the measures applied to radiation monitoring of environment and working area focused on restricting the radiation exposure of the staff as well as compliance with international good practices related to the environmental and public radiation safety requirements are also addressed.

[Experience in treating cysticercosis of the brain with azinox].

A case of a patient resident from Tuva who had cerebral cysticercosis is presented. The diagnosis was established on the basis of the available clinical symptoms, brain RCT and NMRI findings and a positive serological reaction (enzyme immunoassay) with C. cellulosus antigen.

[Dilemmas in indications for emergency revision surgery of postoperative complications in abdominal surgery - contribution to the problem].

The percentage of complications following an interval or emergency operative interventions in the abdomen is different and depends on several factors: -Proper indication for surgery -Experience of the surgical team, anesthesia -Extent of pathological changes; -patient's general condition (presence of associated diseases, capacity of the cardiovascular system, a.o.).