[Current issues of resuscitation].

Reanimatology is a science dealing with prevention and correction of severe homeostasis disorders, nonspecific reactions of the organism to disease, injury, wounding, with general regularities of vital functions fading in the course of dying and their recovery after resuscitation. Five main sections of reanimatology are formulated: resuscitation, intensive care, anesthesiology, urgent medicine, and medicine of disasters. Specialization in reanimatology is determined by methods of treatment. Four trends are distinguished among the pressing problems of reanimatology: fundamental studies, development of methods for prevention and treatment of critical, terminal, and post-reanimation states, ethical and legal problems, and management. Results of recent studies are presented and prospects for the future are discussed.