[Diagnosis of the pancreonecrosis using the gas chromatography method]

In 62 patients with various forms of an acute pancreatitis (AP) the contents of methane, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide gas in the blood, using the gas chromatography method, was studied up. In 55 patients with pancreonecrosis the changes of concentration of methane, oxygen and nitrogen had correlated with the disease course severity, the data of ultrasound investigation and bolus computer tomography. Basing on the investigations performed in 62 patients with an AP, in 12--with other acute surgical diseases of abdominal cavity and in 20 healthy persons, it was established the possibility of determination of the methane level in the blood as a criterion of the various forms of pancreonecrosis diagnosis and the method of its diagnosis was proposed.