[Effect of postoperative hemosorption on pulmonary function in patients with acute intestinal obstruction]

The effect of postoperative hemosorption (HS) on the pulmonary functions in 55 patients with acute ileus was studied. The severity of the state of the patients was conditioned by intoxication leading to ++over-stress of the non-respiratory pulmonary functions and development of I-II stage acute respiratory failure. HS contributes to detoxication of an organism, but is accompanied by the mean 30-35% loss of the oxygen on the adsorbent resulting in development of arterial hypoxemia. Thus, HS should be added with spontaneous breathing with positive pressure at the end of expiration.