The article presents an analysis of the experience of using chest multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) for the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in patients of intensive care unit. The indications for the application of this method are stated, and the optimal scanning protocol was determined. The possibilities of thoracic MSCT as the only method for the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in this group of patients are considered. The use of this method can significantly reduce the time of diagnosis and decrease mortality in patients with nosocomial pneumonia.

Ultrasound examination of the lungs in recent years is gaining popularity. Non-invasiveness, rapidity and availability of the method determine the possibility of its use in patients of all age groups and is especially promising in newborns. At the same time, the main echographic signes observed with ultrasonography of the lungs in infants have not been studied enough, especially for interstitial pulmonary syndrome. In this study, based on an examination of more than 500 infants, the most significant and reproducible in emergency neonatology echographic signes are determined, the process of pneumatization of pulmonary tissue in the early neonatal period is studied, the degrees of severity of interstitial pulmonary syndrome are identified and its manifestations in various nosological forms are shown.

Despite the preliminary calibration being conducted, the measurements of the sizes of the study objects on digital orthopantomograms are accompanied by the presence of an error, which is associated with the unevenness of the distortion of an orthopantomogram. Taking this fact into account, a hypothesis about the influence of the choice of the site of calibration of digital orthopantomograms on the measurement error was formulated. The performed study resulted in the confirmation of the presence of the most optimum zones for the calibration of orthopantomograms, and also a trend of the representativeness of a specific “optimum zone” not only for an individual orthopantomogram but also for all the orthopantomograms obtained using one orthopantomograph was determined.