[Blood fibronectin and liver phagocytic function in peritonitis patients].

The concentration of blood fibronectin and the state of the phagocytic function in the liver was studied in 19 patients with an emergency pathology of the abdominal cavity complicated by the infective-toxin shock and polyorganic insufficiency. Patients with severe abdominal pathology had a considerably decreased level of circulating fibronectin, disturbed phagocytic function of the liver and development of the hypercatabolic state. Hypofibronectinemia was accompanied by polyorganic disorders, systemic bacteriotoxemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

[Clinical and echoencephalographic diagnosis of lesions of the frontal lobe in the acute period of severe cranio-cerebral injury].

An analysis of clinical and echoencephalographic studies in 100 patients permitted the author to detect a dependency between the clinical signs of frontal lobe lesions and the mechanisms of the inflicted trauma. A clarification of the character of the traumatic injury of the frontal lobe (contusion or contusion-crush) is very important inasmuch as it determines the medical tactics in relation to treatment. According to the data of the author, patients with contusions of the frontal lobes require conservative treatment, while in traumatical crushing of the frontal lobes surgical treatment may be frequently necessary.