[Microcirculation and tissue oxygen supply in chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex]

A study was made of the state of microcirculation and oxygen balance of tissues in 51 patients with chronic adrenocortical insufficiency with various degrees of severity of disease during decompensation and compensation. Methods of biomicroscopy of the eye conjunctival vessels using a photoslit tube and polarography on the LP-7 apparatus were employed. Considerable disorders of microcirculation and tissue oxygen balance in patients with Addison's disease depending on a degree of severity of disease indicated a great role of the adrenocortical hormones in maintaining homeostatic stability and body vital activity.