[Ultrasound diagnosis of rare variants of acute urinary tract infection in children].

The diagnosis of acute urinary tract infection and acute pyelonephritis in children is based on a set of clinical and laboratory manifestations. This paper analyzes the role of renal ultrasound study in patients with the first episode of pyelonephritis. A total of more than 1,000 children admitted to hospital with urinary tract infection were echographically examined.

[Mesadenitis in children with acute abdominal pain syndrome: clinical and echographic parallels].

The paper pools the experience of ultrasound assessment of acute mesadenitis in children with acute abdominal pain syndrome. It reviews the literature on its etiology, pathology, and diagnosis and treatment principles. B-mode and Doppler echograms made by general practice ultrasound diagnosticians are shown.

[Hemodynamics in the orbital vessels in patients with diabetes mellitus during medical treatment].

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems in the 21st century. Diabetic retinopathy resulting in complete vision loss and disability is an early vascular complication in diabetes mellitus. Therefore, the treatment of diabetes has become a priority of modern medicine worldwide.

[Laryngeal ultrasound studies: potential, prospects, limitations].

In the last years, laryngeal ultrasound has been finding increasingly wide application due to the growing availability of relevant up-to-date equipment, apparent technical simplicity and non-invasive character of the study. However, poor knowledge of the physical basis of this method coupled to ungrounded self-confidence of the operators and uncritical treatment of the obtained findings may lead to the overestimation of the diagnostic potential of this sonographic technique. This paper is focused on disadvantages of ultrasound examination of the larynx and associated acoustic artefacts that can be taken for true abnormal structures.

[Radiation diagnosis for tuberculous gonitis in children].

Tuberculous knee joint lesion in children is the most common form of articular pathology. The high sociomedical significance of this disease in modern society is determined by not only its prevalence, but also economic losses caused by high disability rates in children. The purpose of the study was to determine the possibilities and place of a comprehensive radiation study in the diagnosis of tuberculous gonitis in children.

[Diagnosis and treatment of renal injuries in children].

A total of 154 children with renal injury have been treated in 1994-2004. In addition to standard examination all the children have undergone ultrasound examination with doppler investigation of renal flow. By severity of renal damage, the patients were divided into three groups.