[The assessment of liver function in local suppurative processes (experimental research)]

The function of the liver was studied on an experimental model of a local purulent process in 40 rabbits. It is shown that a local purulent process may cause a hepatic damaging effect, the presence of which is confirmed by the active egress of the organ-specific enzymes histidase and urocaninase into the blood. Determination of these enzymes in blood serum is an authentic test which characterizes damage to the hepatic cells in a local purulent process. Appraisal of the functional condition of the liver in local purulent processes may be employed in clinical practice for early detection and timely treatment of possible hepatotoxic damage.