Features of neuropsychiatry status in children who have suffered from peritonitis
In the article the data of results of investigation of clinical neurological status of 64 children who have suffered from peritonitis, including the study of higher cortical functions, such as mnestiko-intellectual and psycho-emotional functions of the nervous system have been presented. The age of the patients ranged from 6 to 17 years. From the results of the study children had suffered from peritonitis, have marked disturbances in the nervous system. The most significant disturbances are from the side of the autonomic nervous system and such higher cortical functions as memory, attention, mental capacity. These data have been confirmed by neuropsychological study and EEG data. The obtained changes allow to suggest the involving the structures of limbico-reticular complex. Violations identified in children who have suffered from peritonitis, are directly dependent on the number of operations performed. The most changes of neuropsychiatric status were observed in children had undergone more than three operations. The data obtained confirm the necessity of timely neurological consultation of children who had suffered from peritonitis to reveal and correct all the mentioned disturbances.