[Choice of the parameters of artificial ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome].

The paper presents the results of use of two modes of controlled artificial ventilation (ALV) in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome of various genesis: 1) ALV with its controlled volume, the descending pattern of inspiratory flow, the limitation of respiratory volume in the airways (RV, 6-8 ml/kg; Ptr.peak < 30 cm H2O), 2) ALV with its controlled volume, the orthogonal pattern of inspiratory flow (RV, 12-15 ml/kg, Ptr.peak > 35 cm H2O).

[Dynamics of prekallikrein and kallikrein inhibitors in development of acute pulmonary lesion (experimental study)].

The reaction of the kallikrein-kinin blood system was studied in an experimental acute pulmonary lesion caused by a prolonged intravenous infusion of thrombin solution. It was established that the progressing of the acute pulmonary lesion brings about an increasing activation of the kallikrein-kinin blood system with a limited check by the lungs. It is displayed by lower levels of prekallikrein and its inhibitors observed first in the venous and later in the arterial blood.

[Assessment of unbalance in water compartments of patients with gestosis].

The water-sector misbalance was studied in 53 puerperants. The method of bio-impedance spectrometry was made use of to determine the total body water, extra-cellular- cellular- and interstitial water as well as the circulating blood volume. The levels of extra-cellular and interstitial water were found to be reliably higher in patients with moderate gestosis on day 1 after delivery versus healthy subjects.

[Acute hemorrhage. View on the problem].

Acute hemorrhage is a main cause of reduction of blood oxygen capacity. The main aim of correction of sequels of acute hemorrhage is to maintain effective gas exchange by restoring central circulation and microcirculation, the rate of diuresis, by normalizing water-salt exchange, to eliminate anemia, hypoproteinemia, and acute blood coagulability disorders. The values of oxygen budget with calculated oxygen delivery and consumption and those of hemoglobin and hematocrit which are of great value only after recovery of circulating blood volume are considered to be major indications for hemotransfusion.