[Leukocyte index of intoxication in acute suppurative and inflammatory lung diseases].

The leukocyte intoxication index (LII) was examined in 292 patients with acute abscesses, pulmonary gangrenes and pneumonias. The more extended and severe the process, the higher were the LII parameters. It was the highest in patients with pulmonary gangrene, the lowest with focal pneumonia.

[Diagnostic value of cutaneous electrothermometry and leukocyte index of intoxication in acute cholecystitis].

An analysis of results of studying skin electrothermometry in 112 patients and determining the leukocyte index of intoxication in 86 patients has shown that these examinations allow differentiating the forms of acute cholecystitis (destructive and nondestructive) and timely recognizing the developing purulent complications in the postoperative period.

[Selection of the time of operation in acute cholecystitis].

An experience with the treatment of 760 patients enabled the authors to recommend the early operative treatment only for irreversible (gangrenous and perforative) forms of cholecystitis. Multiple cutaneous electrothermometry, counting the electrocyte index of intoxication and urgent laparoscopy are considered to be helpful for the timely diagnosis of the disease.