[An improvement in the technology of manual plasmacytapharesis]. / Sovershenstvovanie tekhnologii ruchnogo plazmotsitafereza.

A new system for manual-2 plasmocytapheresis from a medical polymer plant ready for use (Medpolymer, St. Petersburg) was evaluated in 15 donors. It makes manual-2 plasmapheresis more efficient, time-saving, and cost-effective. Its also decreases the contamination of blood components and the risk of air embolic complications. Thus, the new system may be recommended for use in transfusion medicine.

[A method of determining middle molecules]. / Sposob opredeleniia "srednikh molekul".

The authors suggest a method for the detection of 'medium molecules' to be used for rapid diagnosis of poisoning. They present their arguments in favor of a higher specificity of this method as against other rapid methods for 'medium molecule' detection in biologic fluids of the body. The authors' data evidence a high correlation between the results of the suggested method and gel filtration technique. The procedure may be used for the rapid diagnosis of peptidemia severity in the patients with grave endogenic intoxication and in cases when endotoxicosis is not the underlying condition.