[The social hygienic characteristics of ENT pathology in children attending preschool institutions in Saint Petersburg].

The examination of 1519 children aged 1-7 years attending kindergartens has revealed ENT pathology in 46 of 100 examinees. Pharyngeal diseases were encountered in 74.3% of cases with ENT pathology.

[Therapeutic drug monitoring and the pharmacokinetics of carbamazepine in children with a convulsive syndrome].

An analysis of maximal and minimal serum concentrations of carbamazepine was performed in 40 children with convulsive syndrome. All the patients received the drug for a long period. Considerable case-to-case differences of serum concentrations in spite of practically equal doses were revealed.

[The enkorat treatment of infantile spasms and the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome].

The drug encorat, an analogue of valproic acid (Sun, India) was given to 16 children aged from 4 month to 5 years suffering from resistant forms of early infantile epilepsy. Twelve of them had infantile spasms, four Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. The treatment produced good results in 75% of the patients.

[A system of advanced training of administrators in the field of maternal and child health].

The article summarizes the first experience gained by the Chair of Social Pediatrics established in 1986 at the Faculty of Postgraduate training of Physicians to LPHI. More than 500 pediatric public health administrators have been trained. The educational programme with due regard for peculiarities of different population groups is provided.