METHOD FOR ASSESSING ACTIVITY OF INFLAMMATORY PROCESS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N33/48 G01N33/49 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: venous blood samples are examined to measure rod nuclear cells according to clinical blood analysis findings, C-reactive protein according to biochemical blood assay findings, fibrinogen according to coagulologic analysis findings; tracheal aspirate samples are examined to measure neutrophil leukocytes according to cytologic analysis findings, isolated gram-positive and gram-negative clinical strains of microorganisms or a combination thereof and a quantity of a rate of growth of the microbial biomass. The prepared blood and tracheal aspirate values are analysed and assessed according to the 3-point scale. The total score is calculated, and the derived value is used to assess the inflammatory process activity: 6-9 points - low: 10-14 - medium; 15-18 - high.

EFFECT: using the declared method enables providing more objective assessment of the activity of the inflammatory process localised in the tracheobronchial tree with an increase of sensitivity and specificity of the assessment.

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