On the question of changes in the acid-base balance and the redox processes in peritonitis associated with blood loss

Summary

The loss of 15% of the blood volume accompanying infectious peritonitis weakened the leukocytic and the temperature reaction in rabbits and decreased the phagocytic activity of leukocytes. In rabbits with blood loss and peritonitis there were less leukocytes in the peritoneal exudate than in those without any such loss; there was a rise of the acidity and protein level in the exudate. Arterial pressure dropped (both spontaneously and after intravenous administration of the exudate)-more so in peritonitis complicated by blood loss than in an uncomplicated one.