METHOD FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS bacterial pneumonia in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome

摘要

FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to paediatrics and neonatology and concerns early diagnostic technique for bacterial pneumonia combined with respiratory distress syndrome of premature newborn. Said technique consists in semi-quantitative detection of procalcitonin level in blood serum of newborn from 4^th day by the semi-quantitative immunoassay. The increased procalcitonin level in blood serum to 2 ng/ml and more enables to diagnose bacterial pneumonia combined with respiratory distress syndrome.;EFFECT: application of the technique allows improving essentially early diagnostics of bacterial pneumonia combined with respiratory distress syndrome of premature newborn.;2 ex, 3 tbl