[An epileptic syndrome in infantile cerebral palsy].

The results of examination of 102 patients with infantile cerebral paralysis (ICP) with epileptic syndrome (ES) at the age from 3 months to 14 years are presented. Epileptic fits predominated in patients with hemiparetic form of ICP (40.8%) and spastic diplegia (32.

[Short-latency brain stem evoked potentials to acoustic stimulation in closed craniocerebral trauma in children].

Twenty-six children with closed craniocerebral trauma (CCCT) of various severity were examined by recording short-latent stem-induced potentials in response to acoustic stimulation. Prognostical authenticity of the method in severe CCCT in children was established, which allowed reversible and irreversible disorders of brain them function to be distinguished. Studies in dynamics made it possible to follow the course of the pathological process and correct the applied therapy in time.

[Crystallographic study of cerebrospinal fluid in closed craniocerebral injuries in children].

The authors examined 65 children with closed head trauma of varying severity and 68 children with other acute neurological diseases. A new method of the diagnosis and assessment of the severity of closed craniocerebral injury, namely, crystallographic examination of the patients' cerebrospinal fluid, was used in the study. The method helped to establish the clinical forms of closed head trauma and to determine its severity and the presence of complications.

[Multiple traumatic intracranial hematomas in children].

Of 32 children with traumatic intracranial hematomas 11 had multiple hematomas. The latter were characterized by a faster development of the compression syndrome with signs of intracranial hypertension and secondary stem symptoms. "Clear intervals" were more frequent in children than adults.

[Cerebral contusions in injuries with fractures of the bones of the skull in children].

The authors analyzed 205 cases of skull fractures in children. Linear, depressed and comminuted skull fractures as well as ruptures of the cranial commissures were revealed. Skull fractures in children were characterized by specific features depending on the age, type of fractures and the mechanism of injury and were always attended with contusions of the brain.

[Subarachnoid hemorrhages in craniocerebral injuries in children].

The authors examined 82 patients, aged from 2 months to 14 years, with traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. In 40 the hemorrhage was complicated by fractures of the skull bones. It was established that subarachnoid hemorrhage in injury is always evidence of brain contusion of different severity.

[Clinical features of cerebral concussion in childhood].

A total of 334 children aged 8 months to 14 years with a history of cerebral concussions were examined. The clinical symptomatology of the acute period was revealed to be dependent on the age and the premorbid state of the child, especially on prenatal and intranatal pathology. Electroencephalographic, ultrasonic and biochemical (concentration of 17-ketosteroids in diurnal urine) findings are taken into consideration in the diagnosis and expert medical evaluation of the patients' status as well as in the determination of the treatment procedures.

[Epileptic syndrome in children with closed craniocerebral injuries (role of genetic and environmental factors)].

An examination of 450 children with closed craniocerebral trauma ( CCCT ) revealed epileptic attacks developing at different time intervals following the injury in 54 children (12%). Hereditary predisposition to the development of the posttraumatic epileptic syndrome (ES) was ascertained. Perinatal adverse events, infections and other detrimental exposures contribute to the formation of the epileptic readiness of the brain.