title: [Acoustic brain stem evoked potentials in patients in patients with different forms of acute tick-borne encephalitis].
abstract: Acoustic brain stem evoked potentials (ABSEP) have been investigated in 90 patients with different types of tick-borne encephalitis, in acute and remote stages. In all types of tick-borne encephalitis structural alterations mainly concerned II, III, IV and V complexes; changes of peak III, V latencies and interpeak I-III, I-V intervals have been detected as well. Focal type with multilevel CNS affection was distinguished by interpeak interval (III-V) elongation, higher per cent of abnormal III, V complexes and changes in wave amplitude V/I ratio. Stabilization of the peak latency and interpeak intervals in fever type occurred in 1-2 months, in meningeal type--in 2-3 months, in focal type--in 6-12 months. In several cases the ABSEP appearance preceded a focal type development, positive ABSEP dynamics was behind local neurological symptom regress. ABSEP method in acute tick-borne encephalitis allows predicting disease dynamics and outcome, conducting timely treatment correction and adequate rehabilitation, and substantiating optimal terms of out-patient clinical control in different types of the disease.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Nadezhdina
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged