[Modern approaches to diagnostics of the diseases associated with chronic tonsillitis].

The objective of the present study was to analyse risk factors and the clinical course of general diseases and disorders associated with chronic tonsillitis. We overviewed domestic and foreign periodicals and present the data thus obtained together with the results of our original investigations. The study permitted to elucidate the risk factors of the complicated clinical picture of chronic tonsillar pathology and substantiate the necessity of the active surgical treatment for the prevention of the development of toxico-allergic forms of this disease.

[Peculiarities of clinical and laboratory characteristics of the activity of streptococcal infection in the patients presenting with tonsillar pathology].

The objective of the present study was to characterize peculiar clinical and laboratory features of trivial tonsillitis for the substantiation of the necessity of prescription of antibacterial therapy. A total of 386 patients presenting with various forms of trivial tonsillitis were available for the determination of anti-streptococcal antibody (ASLO, anti-DN-ase B, ASPH) levels. The results of the measurement were compared based on the Centor scale generally used to estimate the necessity of prescribing antibacterial therapy for the treatment of sore throat.

[Neurological consequences following perinatal asphyxia in preschool age children].

Various groups have been addressing the question of whether perinatal asphyxia (PA) affects on newborn health and nervous system. It is widely accepted that severe PA causes motor and cognitive alterations and leads to a variety of brain disorders: cerebral palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation as well as psychiatric deficits. At the same time it was established, that large percentage of children, surviving PA didn't demonstrate apparent sequelae, but mild physical and mental delay in future.

[Physical and neurological state of the newborn after perinatal asphyxia].

Asphyxia neonatorum is the most prevalent birth trauma. Usually it leads to the birth of weak and nonvigorous child. Perinatal asphyxia is the reason of not only postasphyxic hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, but also multiple organ dysfunctions.