[The potentials of a unified polyclinic-hospital system in raising the quality of the diagnosis and the efficacy of the differentiated therapy of bronchial asthma patients]. / Vozmozhnosti edinoi sistemy poliklinika--statsionar v povyshenii kachestva diagnostiki i éffektivnosti differentsirovannoi terapii bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi.

The authors review potential approaches to the upgrading of the diagnosis at the out- and inpatient stages of the rendering medical assistance to patients suffering from bronchial asthma (BA). Show the necessity of the counselling specialized aid, additional studies of the signs of atopy, wise combination of non- and medicamentous treatment methods to enhance the efficacy of the treatment of BA patients. Provide evidence for the advisability of solving the organizational problems concerned with a closer interaction of the polyclinic and hospital with the leading medical institutions on the problem "Pathology of the Respiratory Organs".

[Acupuncture therapy in the treatment of patients with bronchial asthma]. / Iulorefleksoterapiia bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi.

Erythron membrane impairment was investigated using membrane -active drugs (obsidan, delagil, morphium, ethanol) to specify indications to acupuncture in bronchial asthma (BA). The patients were studied during the treatment and followed up for a year. It was found that both immediate and long-term results of acupuncture were related to patterns of the membrane impairment. BA patients with a sharp, greater than 1.5 fold diminution of microcyte count upon delagil test should be assigned to repeated courses of acupuncture during a year. To monitor the treatment effect, it is recommended to define osmotic resistance of the red blood cells in obsidan test in addition to clinicofunctional indices.