"Public Health-2001" exhibition: medical equipment

The paper presents a review of medical equipment displayed at the 11th International Exhibition "Public Health, Medical Equipment, and Drugs" ("Public Health-2001"). The exhibition was held in Moscow on December 3-7, 2001.     

The use of extracorporeal detoxication methods in treating infectious disease patients]

The article summarizes the results of 1090 operations of extracorporal detoxication (ED) performed on severe infectious patients. ED was realized by methods of hemosorption, plasmasorption, plasmapheresis for viral hepatitis, typhoid diseases and mixed infections. For each category of patients indications and counterindications for ED application were worked out. Positive results were marked at 54-92% of cases, depending on nosological forms, period of illness and ED type. The authors propose a scheme of indications, optimal parameters and criteria for ED efficiency estimation. ED methods adopted for Afghan conditions can be successfully used in other regions with dry and hot climate.