[Autotransfusion of ultraviolet-irradiated blood in destructive pneumonia of young children].

Analysis of the results of clinicoimmunological study of the use of autotransfusion of blood treated by ultraviolet irradiation (ABUVI) in infants with acute purulent destructive pneumonia (APDP) revealed that imbalance of cellular and humoral immunity factors was the main factor determining the severity of the disease. ABUVI is an effective measure for correcting the immune response of the child's organism to the bacterial aggression through adequate production of monocytic phagocytes and plasma cells of the blood. It also influences the completeness of humoral immunity and reduction of T-lymphocyte deficiency in the acute phase of the disease.

[Inter-intestinal compression anastomosis in children].

Enterostomy of the afferent intestine with preliminary formation of an intestinal anastomosis with the efferent loop was carried out in 11 children. The anastomosis was created by means of a compression device of an alloy "with shape memory". Among the children who underwent operation 7 were newborns with intestinal atresia and 4 were children of an older age with peritonitis and perforation of the intestine.