[Disorders of immunity in chest and abdominal injuries].

Under study were disturbances in the immune competent system in 245 patients with injuries of the chest and abdomen in dynamics of the early posttrauma period. Specific features of the disturbances were analyzed in the complicated and noncomplicated course of the trauma disease. The informative value and prognostic significance of certain indices are discussed as well as approaches to immune correction.

[Pathogenetic substantiation of photomodification of autologous blood in the prevention and treatment of complications of closed chest trauma].

Three groups of patients with traumas of the chest were investigated: 1. 1533 patients treated by traditional methods: 2. 258 patients treated by transfusions of photo-modified blood; 3.

[Complications of closed chest injuries].

The role of predisposing factors in the development of complications in 1533 patients with closed traumas of the chest was studied as well as the dynamics of the state of the system of humoral regulation of microcirculation. The factors predisposing to the development of complications are the age older than 40, hospitalization later than 1 day from the trauma, double fractures of the ribs, injuries of lungs, hemothorax, concomitant diseases. In all the patients there was a subacute syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation, activation of the Kallikrein-Kinin system and inhibition of the complement system.

[Diagnostic value of determining endogenous proteinase inhibitors in cancer patients].

Patients with stage III and IV cancers of different sites revealed a 47-76% increase in serum total antitrypsinic activity. A mean 40% increase was observed in cases of inflammatory pathology. Both study groups demonstrated raised alpha 1-antitrypsin levels, while that of alpha 2-macroglobulin did not show any significant changes.