[Characteristics of the diagnosis and prevention of pulmonary complications of severe cranio-cerebral injuries]. / Osobennosti diagnostiki i profilaktiki legochnykh oslozhnenii tiazheloi cherepno-mozgovoi travmy.

ABSTRACT

Under study was the clinico-roentgenological dynamic of the lung state in 79 patients with severe cranio-cerebral trauma. High continuous peridural blocade performed from the moment of admission to the hospital was shown to prevent the development of hard reactive alterations in the lungs. This method however fails to control acute severe aspiration pneumonia.