[Blood chemiluminescence in thermal skin injuries]

Chemiluminescence of blood was increased in weak forms of skin burns, whereas severe forms of burns of the III-IV degree were accompanied by inhibition of blood plasma chemiluminescence induced by ferrum ions. Middle-molecular fraction of polypeptides, occurring in blood during distinct burns toxemia, inhibited the ability of ferrum ions to initiate the chemiluminescence. The level of toxicosis in burns might be estimated by the rate of chemiluminescence quenching in blood plasma.