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FIELD: medicine. n SUBSTANCE: substance of the laboratory diagnostic technique for sepsis consists in a quantitative analysis of blood serum for nonprotein microorganism metabolism products, particularly n-hydroxyphenyllactic (HPLA), phenyllactic (PLA), n-hydroxyphenylacetic (HPAA) and homovanillic (HVA) acids. If the contents of said four acids listed above synchronously excess the a healthy level by 5 times or more, sepsis is diagnosed. n EFFECT: use of said technique allows higher reliability of diagnosing sepsis in the patients with hyperthermia of an uncertain aetiology, in impaired state of the patients in hopital, in the intensive care patients, and in surgical postoperative complications. n 4 tbl, 3 ex |