Disorders of the immune status in patients with acute diffuse peritonitis

: Analysis of various parameters of the immune system and non-specific resistance in patients with acute generalized peritonitis (AGP) has indicated that in AGP there is immunodeficiency involving all the links of immune defense and non-specific resistance. The T-cell immunity, primarily T helpers, is afflicted in AGP to the greatest extent. A magnitude of decreases in T helper counts may be used as a prognostic indicator in AGP. The severity of immune defense abnormalities correlates with the duration and intensity of intoxication, there is a "paralysis" of this defense in the terminal stage of AGP.