High academic loads are a common problem for Russian schoolchildren negatively affecting their mental and physical health. The article presents the main contributory factors of high academic loads, differentiated clinical features, course, and complications of the syndrome. The issues of high academic load syndrome treatment are separately covered. The main conclusion is that it is necessary to reinforce the prevention of psychoneurological disorders and their complications in schoolchildren of Russia.

Currently, researches are being actively carried out to identify genetic risk factors for the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants, including genetic polymorphism encoding surfactants, matrix metalloproteinases, cytokines, growth factors, and components of the body’s antioxidant defence. The review presents the results of foreign and domestic genetic trials in this field aimed at predicting the possible formation of BLD in premature infants and providing a personalized approach to the management of such patients.

The article is devoted to bronchiectases issue in children and reflects the most actual approaches to the diagnosis and management of patients with this pathology. Information on the true prevalence of bronchiectases both abroad and in Russia varies. Wherein, bronchiectases can be either an independent disease or a manifestation of another pathology, which necessitates an integrated multidisciplinary approach not only for diagnosis but also for patient management with this pathology. The material presented by the authors is based on clinical guidelines developed and approved by the profile association of the Union of Pediatricians of Russia and aimed at raising awareness of specialists providing medical care to children.

The article presents the most modern positions of healthcare delivery for children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Symptoms of this pathology in clinical practice vary that is conditioned by genetic heterogeneity of the disease. The most common disease manifestation in children is frequent inflammatory diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract. They are recorded in most patients, especially in young children, and the diagnosis is often determined untimely due to a low awareness of specialists about this nosology. Differential diagnostic approach is described in detail, peculiarities of treatment and management of children with this nosology are specified. The material is based on clinical guidelines developed and approved by the professional association «Union of Pediatricians of Russia».

Esophageal strictures are the most common complications of bullous epidermolysis in children. Strictures cause the development of dysphagia that prevents oral alimentation and receipt of an adequate amount of nutrients that is accompanied by a violation of nutritional status, weight loss, and delayed physical development of a child. Disturbed swallowing can also cause aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, and airway obstruction. To eliminate dysphagia and reduce the risk of complications, it is necessary to restore esophageal patency. The article describes the results of X-ray with assisted balloon dilatation in 19 children with bullous epidermolysis and dysphagia. It is shown that this method of esophagus recanalization allows to effectively and safely restore oral alimentation of children already in the first day after intervention with a gradual expansion of the diet.

Currently differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain syndrome in children at prehospital care units is vital and urgent problem which requires solution. Unfortunately, embarrassing mistakes are still followed by late or inadequate treatment and complications as a result. The problem solution requires both medical stuff alert and diagnosis algorithm revision and improvement. Improvement of technical equipment and availability of instrumental diagnostic methods at the out-hospital settings is a pressing need. The article provides a classification, detailed pathogenesis, and clinical presentation of acute abdominal pain in children under different nosologies (therapeutic and surgical). We considered the problem of adequate differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in children when the diagnostics is performed by primary care physicians and specialists of emergency medical services at the prehospital stage.