[Blood lipase activity in cancer patients]. / Lipaznaia aktivnost' plazmy krovi u onkologicheskikh bol'nykh.

Blood plasma lipoprotein lipase level was measured in lung and stomach cancer patients before surgery and during postoperative period. A drop in the enzyme level was observed, particularly, in patients at stage IV. Postoperative infusion and drug therapy was followed by increase in the enzyme activity in stage III disease whereas at stage IV, only a tendency of lipoprotein lipase to rise was observed. Deterioration in patient condition led to a sharp decrease in the enzyme activity.

[Efficacy of infusion-transfusion methods of treating burns complicated by blood loss]. / Effektivnost' metodov infuzionno-transfuzionnoi terapii ozhogov, oslozhnennykh krovopoterei.

In an experiment on 66 mongrel dogs of both sexes weighing from 6 to 24 kg, under thiopental sodium narcosis (40 mg/kg), the effectiveness of infusion therapy of a IIIB--IV degree burn of 5% of the body surface complicated by blood loss (30-35 ml/kg) was studied. Without treatment, the animals died within 1 h. Reinfusion didn't lead to restoration of hemodynamic indices. Irrespective of the method of blood injection (intraarterial, intravenous, intraosteal), the animals died within 24 h. Blood reinfusion, introduction of polyglucin in 1:1 proportion increased the duration of life of the animals 2.5-fold when compared with introduction of the blood alone.