Distinct modulation of tracheal and laryngopharyngeal cough via superior laryngeal nerve in cat.

Unilateral and bilateral cooling and bilateral transsection of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) were employed to modulate mechanically induced tracheobronchial (TB) and laryngopharyngeal (LPh) cough in 12 anesthetized cats. There was little effect of SLN block or cut on TB. Bilateral SLN cooling reduced the number of LPh (<50 %, p < 0.

[Participation of base hospital in regional trauma system].

The authors demonstrated the ability effective work of base hospital in a regional trauma system as a specialized patient care clinic with polytrauma. An experience of the hospital in the treatment of combat injuries, using scales of objective assessment of the severity of injury was applied.

[Aneurysms of the aorta and its visceral branches as a cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage].

From 1993 till 1999 6 patients with aneurysmointestinal fistulas complicated by bleedings were operated. In 4 cases the aneurysmointestinal fistulas were primary, in 2 cases--secondary. Gastroduodenoscopy, ultrasonic examination of abdominal organs, retroperitoneal space and duplex scanning of main vessels were used.