[Diagnostic and prognostic significance of study of acute phase proteins in children with appendicular peritonitis]. / Diagnosticheskoe i prognosticheskoe znachenie issledovaniia belkov ostroi fazy pri appendikuliarnom peritonite u detei.

Acute phase proteins (fibrinogen, alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-antitrypsin) were measured in 47 patients with destructive appendicitis and 203 children with local (n = 121) and disseminated (n = 82) appendicular peritonitis. The patients' ages varied from 3 to 15 years. Control group consisted of 45 age-matched children with uncomplicated umbilical and inguinal hernias. The significance of acute phase proteins in the diagnosis and preoperative and postoperative treatment planning was evaluated.

[Reversible aggregation of erythrocytes in children with appendicular peritonitis]. / Obratimaia aggregatsiia éritrotsitov pri appendikuliarnom peritonite u detei.

A microtest for quantitative evaluation of the kinetics of reversible aggregation of erythrocytes was used in 47 patients and 203 children with local (121 cases) and diffuse (82 cases) appendicular peritonitis. The patients' ages varied from 3 to 15 years. The diagnosis was confirmed clinically, intraoperatively, and morphologically during examination of removed appendices. The development of appendicular peritonitis of different dissemination was paralleled by pronounced intensification of reversible aggregation of peripheral blood erythrocytes, which suggests high diagnostic and prognostic significance of reversible aggregation of erythrocytes, determines the strategy of preoperative treatment, and helps plan the volume of intervention.