[Integral assessment of endogenous intoxication in patients with purulent mediastinitis].

The parameters of endogenous intoxication (EI) were studied in patients with purulent mediastinitis (PM). The integral index of E1--the coefficient C(EI) that included the relative indices (as to the normal values) of the total and effective concentrations of albumin, medium molecular-weight peptides, leukocytic intoxication index, and malonic dialdehyde, was developed. The values multiplied together are C(EI) and reflect the manifestation of EI. The level of EI in patients with PM was ascertained to be much increased on postoperative days 1 and 3. Extracorporeal hemocorrection (plasmapheresis, prolonged venovenous hemofiltration) used in complex therapy diminishes the degree of EI by several times, on day 10 after surgery in particular. The use of C(EI) is shown to considerably increase the diagnostic sensitivity of the early stage of EI, to prescribe adequate detoxifying therapy in time, and to evaluate its efficiency.