[Acute pancreatitis in children].

The article shows the results of treatment of 66 children, aged from 5 months to 14 years, with acute pancreatitis (AP), 17 of them had the destructive form of the disease. The causes of AP development in children are analysed and the criteria of its diagnosis are determined. Particular attention is focused on the methods of the diagnosis of destructive forms, ultrasonic examination of the abdominal cavity and laparoscopy among others.

[Treatment of generalized purulent appendicular peritonitis in children].

Experience in the treatment of 137 children with a most severe and complicated course of generalized purulent peritonitis of appendicular genesis is generalized. It is shown that such patients must be concentrated in centers of pediatric surgery providing the possibility of applying a complex of diagnostic examinations and therapeutic measures, including purposeful antibiotic therapy, differentiated immunocorrection, and effective detoxification. The detoxification and immunocorrection effect of discrete plasmapheresis with two-stage "washing out" of the red cells is illustrated in the discussion of 22 cases.