[Study of leukocytic enzymes in patients with diffuse peritonitis]

Under observation were 25 patients with grave diffuse peritonitis. Histochemically, the activity of oxidation-reduction enzymes in leukocytes of peripheral blood was determined. It was found that the control of enzymic activity at the cellular level and determination of the concentration of lactic and pyruvic acids permitted the detection of hypoxic alterations in peritonitis, provided an opportunity to judge the dynamics of the pathological process.