[The kinin system indices in the blood of patients with phlegmons of the maxillofacial area].

Blood plasma initial protamine-splitting activity, levels of prekallikrein, fast and slow kallikrein inhibitors were measured in patients with maxillofacial phlegmons making use of K. N. Veremeenko's method. All these parameters were found changed in the patients on the day of their hospitalization; on days 5-7 of treatment a trend to their normalization was observed, the differences between these values in the patients and normal controls becoming insignificant. The kinin system activation reflected the severity of the patients' condition.