Reversible aggregation of erythrocytes in children with appendicular peritonitis

: A microtest for quantitative evaluation of the kinetics of reversible aggregation of erythrocytes was used in 47 patients and 203 children with local (121 cases) and diffuse (82 cases) appendicular peritonitis. The patients' ages varied from 3 to 15 years. The diagnosis was confirmed clinically, intraoperatively, and morphologically during examination of removed appendices. The development of appendicular peritonitis of different dissemination was paralleled by pronounced intensification of reversible aggregation of peripheral blood erythrocytes, which suggests high diagnostic and prognostic significance of reversible aggregation of erythrocytes, determines the strategy of preoperative treatment, and helps plan the volume of intervention.