[The autonomic reaction of the body to stress and its prognostic value]

Responses of the autonomic nervous system, its central and peripheral parts, in the human organism exposed to a hypoxic gas mixture were studied to reveal the relationship between the parameters indicative of the activity of the central and peripheral parts of the autonomic nervous system in loading tests. The different autonomic responses of the organism to stress were of high prognostic value since they allowed for a preoperative assessment of surgical risks in surgical patients.