Polarographic activity of denatured serum filtrate and external respiration in acute pneumonia

In order to add new objective data to the existing diagnostic complex of pneumonia and its complications, as well as to monitor the course of treatment and make prognosis of the disease we performed a comprehensive comparative study of patients using polarographic and pneumotachographic methods. We followed up 56 patients with acute pneumonia (men - 36, women - 20), aged 15 to 66 years (mean age - 41 years). Pneumonia in 15 (26,8%) patients was without complications, in 25 (44,6%) it developed against the background of chronic bronchitis, in 5 (8,9%) it was complicated by abscessed; in 4 (7,1%) patients there were acute bronchitis, in 3 (5,4%) bronchocarcinomas and cancer metastases into the lungs were revealed, in 4 (7,2%) acute pneumonia occurred against the background of exacerbation of non-pulmonary somatic diseases. Control group consisted of 21 people aged 16-24 years.