Clinical case of longterm artifi cial ventilation of the lungs in a patient in a chronic vegetative state.

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-304
Author(s):  
E. I. Kharkov ◽  
N. Yu. Tsibulskaya ◽  
D. I. Ustyugov ◽  
I. S. Pavlova ◽  
Yu. V. Omylova ◽  
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The article presents a clinical observation of long-term (18 years) artifi cial ventilation in a patient in a chronic vegetative state.

Author(s):  
R. V. Bocharov ◽  
K. G. Varlamov ◽  
E. A. Semchenko ◽  
R. R. Gayfullin ◽  
A. V. Mun’kin ◽  
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Purpose. To describe the clinical observation of white spirit toxic effect resulting from an accidental fracture in a 2-year-old child. Materials and methods. Medical card retrospective analysis. Clinical and laboratory data were examined to estimate the functional state of a patient’s basic systems. Results and discussion. The cerebral and respiratory systems were rapidly affected in the acute period. Somatogenic stage of poisoning was complicated by the course of acute respiratory distress syndrome, toxic encephalopathy with a convulsive disorder, intestinal failure, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Conclusion. White spirit toxic effect in a child was manifested through long-term cerebral, respiratory and intestinal failure.


2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Kluger ◽  
A Kirsch ◽  
M Hessenauer ◽  
M Granel ◽  
A Müller ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
S. Sh. Kakvaeva ◽  
M. A. Magomedova ◽  
A. N. Dzhalilova

One of the most serious problems of modern medicine is sepsis. The number of patients undergoing this complication is 20–30 million (WHO) annually and has no tendency to decrease. Sepsis is characterized by severe multiple organ failure due to a violation of the response of the macroorganism to an infectious agent. Moreover, it is dangerous with high mortality. Sepsis often develops in patients with immunodeficiency conditions, which primarily include pregnant women. The article presents a clinical observation of a case of periostitis in a pregnant woman complicated by a septic state.


Author(s):  
M.A. Frolov ◽  
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P.A. Gonchar ◽  
V.A. Biletskaya ◽  
E.S. Belyaeva ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
V. Rameev ◽  
L. Kozlovskaya ◽  
A. Rameeva ◽  
P. Tao

The article discusses the current possibilities of postinfectious AA-amyloidosis treatment with dimexide on the example of clinical observation, discribes in detail the problem of functional amyloid and debates the prospects of the principle of amyloid resorption in the treatment of systemic amyloidosis. The history of the use of dimexide in medical practice is given, thenecessary dataon the pharmacology of dimexide are presented.


NeuroSci ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-265
Author(s):  
Jihad Aburas ◽  
Areej Aziz ◽  
Maryam Butt ◽  
Angela Leschinsky ◽  
Marsha L. Pierce

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of loss of consciousness, long-term disability, and death in children and young adults (age 1 to 44). Currently, there are no United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pharmacological treatments for post-TBI regeneration and recovery, particularly related to permanent disability and level of consciousness. In some cases, long-term disorders of consciousness (DoC) exist, including the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) characterized by the exhibition of reflexive behaviors only or a minimally conscious state (MCS) with few purposeful movements and reflexive behaviors. Electroceuticals, including non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS) have proved efficacious in some patients with TBI and DoC. In this review, we examine how electroceuticals have improved our understanding of the neuroanatomy of consciousness. However, the level of improvements in general arousal or basic bodily and visual pursuit that constitute clinically meaningful recovery on the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) remain undefined. Nevertheless, these advancements demonstrate the importance of the vagal nerve, thalamus, reticular activating system, and cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical loop in the process of consciousness recovery.


2020 ◽  
pp. 0957154X2096806
Author(s):  
Marianna Scarfone

In the late 1930s, when colonial psychiatry was well established in the Maghreb, the diagnosis ‘psychosis of civilization’ appeared in some psychiatrists’ writings. Through the clinical case of a Libyan woman treated by the Italian psychiatrist Angelo Bravi in Tripoli, this article explores its emergence and its specificity in a differential approach, and highlights its main characteristics. The term applied to subjects poised between two worlds: incapable of becoming ‘like’ Europeans – a goal to which they seem to aspire – but too far from their ‘ancestral habits’ to revert for a quiet life. The visits of these subjects to colonial psychiatric institutions, provided valuable new material for psychiatrists: to see how colonization impacted inner life and to raise awareness of the long-term socio-political dangers.


2021 ◽  
Vol LIII (3) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Elena G. Mendelevich ◽  
Alsu A. Saifeeva ◽  
Artur I. Kurbanov

Background. The article presents an observation of the clinical case of orthostatic hypotension that developed after an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The issues of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis are outlined. The complexity of diagnosis at the stage of clinical observation is due to the comorbidity of possible mechanisms and the difficulty of determining the primary factor. Taking into account the study of variants of direct and indirect action of this 2019-nCoV, the description of the clinical observation of orthostatic hypotension supplements the data on the spectrum of manifestations of this disease. Aim. Analysis of the clinical case of the development of orthostatic hypotension in the post-acute period of COVID-19. Material. When conducting a literature review on the selected topic, various sources were considered. The search depth was over 7 years. For the recruitment of literature, Internet platforms UpToDate, PubMed, Medscape were used. Russian and foreign sources were studied. Methods. Anamnesis collection, objective research, specialized tests, laboratory and instrumental research methods, study of disease history, literature sources on orthostatic hypotension and the effect of COVID-19 on the autonomic nervous system. Results. The analysis of this case with the determination of the leading mechanism of orthostatic hypotension is extremely difficult. Probably, there is a combination of factors: direct and indirect effects on the nervous system at COVID-19. The direct effect is associated with the interaction of the virus with the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptors in the nervous system, which causes a significant increase in the concentration of bradykinin and the development of hypotension. An indirect effect is due to both increased thrombus formation with the development of PE, and autonomic dysfunction, within the framework of secondary polyneuropathy of fine fibers. Conclusion. It is likely that in the near future the number of such patients in the practice of doctors will increase, therefore, timely and correct diagnosis of these conditions, with their careful management, will be the fundamental postulates in the recovery of patients. Drawing attention to this topic will possibly expand our understanding of the spectrum of complications of COVID-19 and will greatly complement the information available today.


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