[Lipid peroxidation and endogenous phospholipase hydrolysis during trauma and graded hypothermic load]

Rates of lipid peroxidation and endogenous phospholipase hydrolysis were studied under conditions of simultaneous moderate hypothermia and traumatic ischemia of muscles. Activation of the reactions studied, which was expressed as an increase in content of malonic dialdehyde and free fatty acids, was of importance for pathogenesis of muscles impairments occurring in trauma. Local cooling affected favourably these patterns of lipid metabolism.