[The clinical value of the middle-molecule metabolite index in assessing the severity of the intoxication syndrome in patients with maxillofacial phlegmons]. / Klinicheskaia tsennost' pokazatelia metabolitov srednei molekuliarnoi massy v otsenke tiazhesti intoksikatsionnogo sindroma u bol'nykh s flegmonami cheliustno-litsevoi oblasti.

A total of 74 patients with maxillofacial phlegmons were followed up. The examinations have revealed a relationship between the severity of the intoxication syndrome and signs of a local inflammatory process, on the one hand, and peripheral blood leukocyte count, leukocytic index of intoxication, and level of medium molecular mass metabolites, on the other. The latter index was the most objective indicator of the severity of the body intoxication. The authors claim that this index may become a valuable diagnostic test in the assessment of body intoxication in patients with maxillofacial assessment of body intoxication in patients with maxillofacial inflammatory processes, of the time course of these processes, of the treatment efficacy and prediction of their outcome.