Peculiarities of diagnosis and therapy of respiratory failure in botulism patients
Author(s) -
В. В. Никифоров,
О. В. Степанова,
E. V. Vikhrov,
V. N. Nikiforov,
V. N. Semenov,
V A Eroshina
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
kazan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj96961
Subject(s) - botulism , medicine , swallowing , respiratory failure , disease , respiratory system , infectious disease (medical specialty) , phonation , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , audiology , genetics , biology
Botulism is a severe infectious disease characterized by damage to the central and peripheral nervous system and manifests itself in three main clinical syndromes: gastroenteric, general infectious and paralytic. The paralytic syndrome, the leading one in the clinic of botulism, causes all the main signs of the disease: disorders of vision, the acts of swallowing and breathing, articulation, phonation, etc.
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