[Effect of rehabilitation using antihomotoxic drug together with energy stabilizing electromagnetic therapy on morphological, biochemical, and system immunity indices in children with recurrent bronchitis].

There is now good evidence that the use of electromagnetic millimeter waves the following curative effects: analgesic, normalization of relations or increased formation of neurohumoral substances. The introduction of a therapeutic practice complex biological drugs that trigger, not overwhelming the body auxiliary immunological reaction, based on the activation of the regulation clones of T-lymphocytes and helper functions, is an important step in achieving a qualitatively level of health patients with chronic disease.

[Efficiency of aerosol therapy in rehabilitation programs for patients with occupational broncho-pulmonary diseases].

The authors demonstrated efficiency of aerosol therapy using "Dovolenskaya" mineral water in treating patients with occupational pulmonary diseases. Results are improved bronchial drainage, normal pro- and antioxidant status, lower inflammatory activity in patients with pneumoconiosis and occupational dust bronchitis.

Improving dyspnea management in three adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This case report describes occupational therapy intervention for three adult outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at one large urban hospital. The occupational therapy intervention was based on the Management of Dyspnea Guidelines for Practice (Migliore, in press). The learning and practice of controlled breathing were promoted in the context of physical activity exertion in a domiciliary environment. In addition to promoting dyspnea management, the controlled-breathing strategies aimed to facilitate energy conservation and to increase perceived breathing control. Although no causality can be determined in a case study design, the patients' dyspnea with activity exertion decreased and their functional status and quality of life increased following goal-directed, individualized occupational therapy intervention combined with exercise training.

[The use of the microclimate of artificial sylvinite speleoclimatic chambers in treating patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis]. / Ispol'zovanie mikroklimata iskusstvennykh sil'vinitovykh speleoklimaticheskikh kamer v lechenii bol'nykh khronicheskim obstruktivnym bronkhitom.

67 patients with purulent and 63 with catarrhal chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) were subjected to clinico-laboratory, functional and bronchoscopic examinations. 41% of the patients had COB exacerbation, 59% were in partial remission. As shown by improvement in clinical, immunological and morphological indices, blood biochemistry, sputum microscopy, spirometry, bronchoscopy findings, artificial sylvinite speleotherapy is effective in acute and purulent COB.

Chest physical therapy in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis: effectiveness of three methods.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the short-term effects of postural drainage (PD), oscillating positive expiratory pressure (using the FLUTTER device), and expiration with the glottis open in the lateral posture (ELTGOL) on oxygen saturation, pulmonary function, and sputum production in patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized study. SETTING: A clinical ward. PATIENTS: Ten patients with chronic bronchitis exacerbation received PD, FLUTTER, and ELTGOL by the same respiratory therapist at about the same time of day on separate days and in random order. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Oxygen saturation and pulmonary function were measured before, immediately after, and 15 minutes and 1 hour after each treatment. Improvement in sputum production was measured by total sputum wet weight immediately after and for 1 hour after treatment. INTERVENTIONS: PD consisted of positioning the patients in a posture that allows bronchial drainage by gravity. FLUTTER is a device that is claimed to combine oscillating positive expiratory pressure with oscillations of the airflow. ELTGOL is an airway clearance technique that uses lateral posture and different lung volumes to control expiratory flow rate to avoid airway compression. The total time spent for treatments was 30 minutes. RESULTS: All techniques were well tolerated, and oxygen saturation and pulmonary function did not change significantly during and after treatments. Thirty minutes after the beginning of treatment, sputum production increased significantly with all techniques, but during the 1 hour after the end of treatment, it was significantly larger with FLUTTER (from 15.0 +/- 8.6g to 19.0 +/- 9.3g, p < .01) and ELTGOL (from 17.0 +/- 7.0g to 20.6 +/- 6.9g, p < .02) than with PD (from 15.5 +/- 4.0g to 17.5 +/- 3.7g, NS). CONCLUSIONS: All three treatments were safe and effective in removing secretions without causing undesirable effects on oxygen saturation, but FLUTTER and ELTGOL techniques were more effective in prolonging secretion removal in chronic bronchitis exacerbation than was the PD method.

[An intensive regimen of pelotherapy in pulmonology]. / Intensivnyi rezhim peloidoterapii v pul'monologii.

The authors show that intensification of peloid therapy, i.e. more frequent procedures, in patients with pulmonary diseases imposes additional load on the regulatory systems: vegetative, cardiovascular, immune. Moderate balneological reactions become more frequent, therapeutic results worsen. How to correct the above negative effects is proposed.

[The use of an aerosol of natural brine and of sinusoidal modulated currents in chronic pneumonias in children]. / Primenenie aérozolia rapy i sinusoidal'nykh modulirovannykh tokov pri khronicheskikh pnevmoniiakh u detei.

Inhalations of 1% natural brine in combination with SMC electrophoresis of 1% natural brine above the lesion proved to ensure good correction of the defense of respiratory tract mucosa and to prolong remission to 15-18 months. This method can be applied in sanatoria, in rehabilitation centers, in pulmonary disease departments.

[Changes in the intrabronchial microflora of patients with chronic bronchitis after inhaling mineral water]. / Izmeneniia intrabronkhial'noi mikroflory u bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom posle ingaliatsii s mineral'noi vodoi.

The authors' investigations show that inhalations of sodium chloride bromine-iodine water given in spray modify intrabronchial microflora of patients with chronic bronchitis reducing the number of the pathogenic bacteria and elevating the number of bacteria typical for physiological composition of the bronchial mucus.

[Galvanization of the area of the spleen as a method of immunocorrection in patients with chronic bronchitis]. / Gal'vanizatsiia oblasti selezenki kak metod immunokorrektsii u bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.

The effect of galvanization of the splenic area on immune system was studied in 31 patients with chronic bronchitis versus that of immunomodulating drug thymalin (25 patients) or combined rehabilitation without special immunocorrectors (39 patients). Galvanization produced a good response in disorders of cellular and humoral immunities (primarily in low count of T-lymphocytes and T-suppressors), of interactions between immunity components. Immunocorrective effect of galvanization was comparable with that of thymalin.

[The use of a pulsed traveling magnetic field in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis]. / Primenenie impul'sivnogo beushchego magnitnogo polia u bol'nykh khronicheskim obstruktivnym bronkhitom.

A course treatment with pulse running magnetic field generated by ALIMP-1 unit of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis provides a subjective response, higher exercise tolerance due to improved function of the external respiration. The inductors-solenoids are fixed tangentially on the chest by means of the jacket.

[The efficacy in using an extremely high-frequency electromagnetic field in the combined treatment of chronic bronchitis patients]. / Effektivnost' ispol'zovaniia élektromagnitnogo polia kraine vysokoi chastoty v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.

Principles of administration of physiotherapeutic methods in patients with chronic bronchitis are outlined. It is shown that combined treatment including electromagnetic field of extremely high frequency (millimetric waves) is beneficial.

[Energy metabolic changes in the cardiorespiratory system of patients with chronic bronchitis under the action of galvanization and dalargin electrophoresis on the area of the chest cavity]. / Izmenenie énergoobmena kardiorespiratornoi sistemy bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom pod vozdeistviem gal'vanizatsii i élektroforezom dalargina na oblast' grudnoi kletki.

Galvanization and dalargin electrophoresis were examined for effects on external respiration, hemodynamics and oxygen-related energy metabolism of cardiorespiratory system of chronic bronchitis patients. Universal stress-limiting mechanism of these procedures, correcting cardiorespiratory function is based on more effective utilization of energy resources for support of self-cleaning activity of the body.

[Contrast baths in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic bronchitis]. / Kontrastnye vanny v reabilitatsii bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.

Chronic bronchitis with obstructive syndrome was treated in 91 patients with contrast baths. The latter produced good results in 80.3% of the patients. This treatment is analysed as to clinical efficacy, the effect on the external respiration, right heart hemodynamics, inflammation activity, changes in immunity system. Principal contraindications are defined. A differential approach to contrast baths in chronic bronchitis after treatment is advocated.

[The optimization of the treatment of patients with chronic bronchitis at climate health resorts]. / Optimizatsiia lecheniia bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom na klimaticheskikh kurortakh.

The system of staged rehabilitation of chronic bronchitis (CB) sufferers implies a sanatorium treatment stage involving climate, exercise, physical, psychological treatments, etc. In search for higher efficiency of sanatorium treatment, the analysis has been made of the response achieved in 6333 CB patients treated in sanatoria situated in various regions of the country. For all the climate conditions CB patients in remission proved the best responders. A therapeutic potential for such patients lies in better pretreatments preparation and appropriate choice of the patients in local outpatient departments, an individual approach to the diagnosis and treatment policy in sanatoria.