[Lymph circulation dynamics and protein-cellular responses of central lymph during the early postresuscitation...

Lymph circulation, the biochemical and cytologic composition of thoracic duct lymph were studied in experiments on dogs in the early postresuscitation period. In the course of rehabilitation of vital functions, the experimental animals manifested a considerable increase in the lymph flow rate in the thoracic ducts. Concurrently there was a significant rise, seen immediately after the postresuscitation period, in the absolute amount of protein and lymphoid cells transported by the lymphatic system into the general protein circulation. A conclusion is made that the lymphatic system plays an important role in the compensation of deranged homeostasis in the maintenance of optimal conditions for the metabolic processes in the intertissue space as well as in the mobilization and redistribution of body lymphoid cells in the postresuscitation period.