[Depressive disorders in elderly and senile patients in the period of rehabilitation after acute ischemic stroke].

To definite the probability of occurrence of depression after suffering an ischemic stroke in elderly and senile age and the impact of depressive disorders on the results of the rehabilitation treatment the comparative study of 186 patients aged over 70 and 110 patients at the age of 33-60 years was carried out. The results testify that the frequency of occurrence and severity of post-stroke depression do not depend on age. But the depression has a more significant impact on the results of the rehabilitation treatment in the elderly than in patients of the young and middle age, which is explained by a long existence in the period prior to the stroke of the emotional-volitional disorders, characteristic for the elderly and senile age.

[Features of bioelectric activity of the brain in epilepsy patients of elderly and senile age].

89 patients of elderly and senile age with various epilepsy forms have been examined. The general characteristic features of bioelectric brain activity of the elderly patients, suffering from epilepsy have been defined. Features of electroencephalographic (EEG) picture depending on the form of the disease, age of debut, expressiveness of cerebrovascular pathologies are revealed.

[Efficiency of rehabilitation of elderly and senile patients after an ischemic stroke].

Productivity of a wide medical rehabilitation in 296 patients who have had an ischemic stroke was studied. In the period of rehabilitation treatment 186 patients of 70-84 years composed the basic group, 110 in the control group were of 33-60 years. Clinical, social, psychological indicators in dynamics were compared; results of variety of tool and laboratory researches were estimated.