[Disorders of immunity in chest and abdominal injuries].

Under study were disturbances in the immune competent system in 245 patients with injuries of the chest and abdomen in dynamics of the early posttrauma period. Specific features of the disturbances were analyzed in the complicated and noncomplicated course of the trauma disease. The informative value and prognostic significance of certain indices are discussed as well as approaches to immune correction.

[Endogenous intoxication in chest and abdominal injuries].

Results of clinico-laboratory examinations of the endogenic intoxication in patients with injuries of the chest and abdomen are presented. Correlative relationships of the endogenic intoxication parameters and their association with the degree and character of injuries were established, the clinical informative value and prognostic significance of certain laboratory tests were determined. A conclusion is made on the necessity of a correction of endogenic intoxication in complex treatment of these patients.

[The effect of autotransfusion of photo-modified blood on the growth of Walker's carcinosarcoma].

The study deals with the influence of autotransfusion of blood treated with ultraviolet light on the growth of experimental Walker's carcinosarcoma in rats. Animals of the study group survived longer than controls. Autotransfusion of the photo-modified blood did not influence tumor growth rate.

[Perfusion across a medium of lyophilized xenogeneic spleen in peritonitis and septic shock].

The article presents results of an experimental study of hemoperfusion through slices of lyophilized xenogeneic spleen in peritonitis and septic shock in rabbits which demonstrated longer life and survival of the animals. The mechanisms of curative effect of the procedure and discussed. Two clinical observations of using the method in septic patients are presented.

[Injuries of the heart and pericardium].

The work presents data of 25 patients with wounds of the heart and pericardium. Clinical diagnostics, tactics and results of treatment are described. Attention is called to the importance of the method of thoracoscopy in determination of the character of injuries.