[Local radiometry in the diagnosis of postoperative pulmonary complications]

34 patients in the first 5 days after surgery have been examined by local radiometry technique, using 125I-fibrinogen. Significant differences in the accumulation of marked fibrinogen have been revealed in patients with and without postoperative lung complications. The analysis of the data obtained made it possible to reveal signs characteristic of patients at high risk of pulmonary complications already on the second day postoperatively. Local pulmonary radiometry is recommended as an informative diagnostic technique for early identification of postoperative pulmonary complications of thrombotic genesis.