Application of plasmapheresis and perftoran in thoracic diseases

: In patients with purulent disease of thoracic cavity the discrete plasmapheresis and infusion-transfusional therapy, using perftoran emulsion, were applied in complex of treatment. The efficacy of application of oxygentransporting blood substitutes, based on perfluorohydrocarbons, for the plasmexfusion and in the treatment of respiratory hypoxia in patients was established.