[Modern view of people falling syndrome elderly and senial age (literature review).]

The review article analyzes scientific publications devoted to the actual problem of modern society - the syndrome of falls in elderly and senile people. The multifactorial nature of falls is demonstrated, which must be taken into account when carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic measures. The information obtained made it possible to identify the most significant conditions and diseases leading to an increase in the frequency of falls. The paper systematizes information about the causes of falls and the prevention of falls, diagnosis and complex treatment of elderly and senile patients. Attention is drawn to the victims of elderly and senile age with traumatic injuries.

[Improvement of the early diagnostic system and complex treatment elderly aged victims with severe traumatic brain injury of postoperative infectious - inflammatory complications.]

Improve the system of early diagnostic and complex treatment of postoperative infectious - inflammatory complications in victims of elderly ages with severe cranial injury. Medical institutions of Saint-Petersburg provided examination and treatment to 94 victims of elderly ages who were operated due to severe cranial injury. Examinations to identify inflammatory complications were provided from the body temperature rising and included laboratory tests, ultrasonography, X-Rays, Computer Tomography. The complex measures taken allowed to reduce severity and duration of postoperative inflammatory complications, cut the average bed-day hospital treatment from 42±6 days to 33±5 days in victims located in the neurosurgery department. Probability of infectious - inflammatory pulmonary complications development increases regardless of age. At the same time inflammatory urine tract complications most often occur among elderly age men who suffer from prostate hyperplasia and malfunction of the urination process after a long time of using intraurethral catheters. Early complex diagnostic examination allows the timely diagnosis of postoperative complications, and to begin the adequate treatment of victims.