[The role of the Cell Saver autologous transfusion method in preventing the pulmonary distress syndrome during open-heart operations on children].

Complex estimation of the state of the lungs at the postperfusion and early postoperative periods based on roentgenological, clinical data, investigations of the parameters of oxygenation and mechanics of respiration was carried out in 32 children with septal defects of the heart, operated upon under conditions of artificial blood circulation with different kinds of the transfusion maintenance including the apparatus "Cell Saver 5" (CS) for the reinfusion of autoerythrocytes. The dynamics of endotoxicosis, hematological parameters during and after operation and requirements in transfusion media were studied. Differences in these indicators were established between the patients operated upon with the use of donor hemocomponents and those who were operated upon with CS.

[Tumors of the diaphragm].

The authors have generalized data on 22 primary tumors of the diaphragm published in our national literature for the period up to 1983. A detailed analysis of a case observed by the authors is given. Benign fibroma of the left-side cupola of the diaphragm weighed 1100,0.