ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS OF SEVERE FORMS OF ACUTE INTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN ADULTS

Abstract

Summary. This article contains results of exploration clinical laboratory indicators of 23 adult patients with severe form acute intestinal infection based on RCIH intensive care units’ materials for 2019. Presented criterion of evaluation of severity of illness, predictive criterials developing lifethreatening condition. 47.8% cases are patients 19-40 yers old, with chronic pathology of gastrointestinal tract, endocrine, cardiovascular with acute course of the illness during day (56.5%), mostly course of the disease was type gastroenteritis. Mostly patients have fever (60%), repeated vomiting (87%), diarrhoea with frequency of stools more than 5-10 time in day (65.2%), development of hypovolemic shock signs (52.2%). Procalcitonin as marker of bacterial infection was exceeded in 56.5% cases. Hypomagnesemia (78.2%), hyponatremia and hypokalemia (30.4%), increased creatinine (91.3%) and urea (43.4%) require timely correction of water-electrolyte balance.