[Application of bis monitoring in children during intensive therapy of severe traumatic brain injury].

The article presents the experience of the BIS monitoring in comparison with indicators of the pediatric Glasgow coma scale in 20 children with severe traumatic brain injury. Analyzed sample consists of 881 observations that contain two variables that contain high-quality sequence (a score on a scale of Glasgow in grades) and quantitative discrete values (the values of BIS). The Analysis is carried out by the nonparametric statistics with the definition of the relation between quality and quantity of ordinal traits by the rank correlation.

[Hemodynamic correction in children with severe traumatic injuries by the means of transpulmonary hemodilution].

The purpose of the research is t objectify the indications for use of catecholamines and/or change of the infusion therapy volume based on transpulmonary thermodilution in children with severe traumatic injuries. The examined group consisted of 22 children with thermal concomitant or isolated trauma and drowning. All the patents were transferred to the Intensive Care Unit from other hospitals.

[Hypernatremia as a predictor of poor outcomes in children with severe brain injury].

The aim of the study was to elucidate a relationship between the development of hypernatremia and the frequency of poor outcomes in children with severe brain injury (SBI). The retrospective study enrolled 77 children (54 boys and 23 girls) aged 1 month to 18 years, who had SBI in the period of January 2008 to September 2009, and were divided into 3 groups after treatment termination. The admission injury severity criterion was Glasgow coma scale (8 scores or less) rating.