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[DYNAMICS OF CHANGES OF PROINFLAMMATORY AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, AS WELL AS SOME INDICES OF THE BLOOD
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The investigation was performed in 47 patients, operated on for pancreatic pseudocysts (PP). The PP type was established in accordance to A. D'Egidio, M. Schein (1991) classification. The blood plasma contents of proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines, including interleukins (IL): IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18, as well as malonic dialdehyde and activity of glutationperoxidase, were determined for estimation of the immune state disorders. Mostly expressed changes in IL-8 content were registered in complicated PP in 72 h postoperatively, what was have characterized by more expressed raising of its level in systemic blood flow, than in a splanchnic one, in all types of PP and witnessed a hepatic capacity to guarantee a cytokine's clearance in all the patients. The contents of glutationperoxidase and IL-18 in the blood serum in various types of PP have correlated immediately with pancreatitis severity. Close correlative connection between these indices while unfavorable prognosis of postoperative period course was established.
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