[Hepatocyte function and hepatic blood flow in patients with peritonitis]

Under observation there were 35 patients with extended forms of peritonitis. The functions of hepatocytes, hepatic and systemic hemodynamics were studied. It was shown that the alteration of the liver function in patients with peritonitis was developing in the early terms of the disease and was a necessary component of the syndrome of polyorganic insufficiency. The period of half-elimination of cardiogreen may serve a diagnostic and prognostic criterion of the state of the liver function. The delayed cardiogreen uptake by hepatocytes points to the development of pronounced disturbance of the liver function and to unfavorable prognosis of peritonitis.