[Immunologic criteria of the evaluation of the severity of the condition of patients with mechanical jaundice].

Examination of 62 patients with mechanical jaundice has established a pronounced disproportion in the ratio of the amount of "general" T-, "active" T- and "theophylline-sensitive" T-lymphocytes which suggests the critical state of the patient especially if it persists in the early postoperative period. The dynamics of the content of serum immunoglobulin A reflects the degree of resolution of hypertension in bile ducts while the clinical value of this test is not high enough due to its being very time-taking.