[Present-day bronchological methods of examination in the diagnosis of adult respiratory distress syndrome].

The authors describe the use of the fiber bronchoscopic method in the respiratory distress syndrome of adults (RDSA). The method permits visual assessment of bronchial status and allows obtaining cell elements and mediators which are regarded not merely as a result of bronchoalveolar involvement, but as markers of the degree of this involvement. Special attention is paid to cellular and chemical components of bronchial secretion and to detection of correlation with the identical values of arterial and venous blood.

[Acid-soluble blood glycoproteins in patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis].

The levels of acid-soluble blood plasma glycoproteins (ABP) were compared in patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis and normal subjects. The content of protein and total carbohydrates in the ABP fraction of normal subjects was 0.68 +/- 0.