| Abstract: | The dynamics of the serum lysozyme activity was investigated in dogs after surviving clinical death for a period of 1 min as a result of blood loss giving rise to hypovolemic hypotension lasting 2 h. A progressive increase in the serum lysozyme activity in the course of hypotension and during the first 30 min of the postresuscitation period was found. Increased lysozyme activity of the serum was detected during the 4 days after resuscitation. The importance of the serum lysozyme activity as an indicator of hypoxic damage to the internal organs in terminal states is discussed. |
