[The expediency of assessing the severity of the state of patients with chronic bronchitis at the rehabilitative treatment stage]. / O tselesoobraznosti otsenki tiazhesti sostoianiia bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom na étape vosstanovitel'nogo lecheniia.

Notion of current gravity of patient's state was introduced in order to carry out aggregate estimation of pathological manifestations in patients with chronic bronchitis in rehabilitative stage of the treatment. There were suggested three degrees of patients' state: satisfactory, slightly compromised and moderately grave. Patients with different states were unlike with respect to most clinical, laboratory and instrumental parameters. Dependence of immediate and remote results of rehabilitation on initial and attained patients state proves advisability of its current estimation. Determination of patients state in chronic bronchitis allows to prognosticate effectiveness of the treatment.