[The reactivity of the mononuclear phagocytes in the acute period of craniocerebral trauma].

The article analyses the condition of one of the main links of the defence status--the cells of the mononuclear phagocytotic system in the acute period of craniocerebral trauma (CCT). The authors established the existence of a dependence of the functional condition of the peripheral blood monocytes on the CCT severity. Disorders of the monocyte functional condition (phagocytosis, monocyte test) were most marked in a severe CCT. Early (in the first 24 hours after the trauma) activation of mononuclears develops in such case. Standard nonspecific response of monocytes to traumatic damage is maintained in mild CCT.