[The prognostic importance of rheopulmonography in the diagnosis of thromboembolic complications].

A possibility was analyzed of use of rheopulmonography in the diagnosis of thromboembolic complications. Studies were made as exemplified by examination of patients operated on for abdominal hemorrhages. As a result of multiparametric statistical processing of the analysis results two groups were identified of indices for the state of pulmonary bloodflow and ventilation, effectiveness of alveolar-arterial gas transfer. In the first group, the values were within the relatively normal range, the second group being patients with microthromboembolism of the pulmonary artery. The use of pharmacological methods for the prophylaxis administration was seen to result in lower probability of pneumonia origination in the examined patients. Zonal rheopulmonography is believed to allow some judgement about the probability of the thromboembolic complications development and control over the efficiency of methods for their prevention.