[Clinical course of chronic bronchitis in Chernobyl wreckers].

Aim: To characterize clinical symptoms of chronic bronchitis (CB) in Chernobyl wreckers.

Material And Methods: 71 CB male Chernobyl wreckers exposed to low-dose radiation and 43 control patients were examined and treated in a specialized hospital in 1988-1996. Clinical features of CB were investigated by clinical (complaints, history, objective examination), laboratory (total blood count, biochemical and immunological blood picture, coagulogram) and instrumental (fibrobronchoscopy, x-ray, radiometry, spirography) findings with further statistical processing.

[Effectiveness of nondrug treatment of chronic bronchitis in persons exposed to radiation due to Chernobyl AES accident].

Aim: Assessment of efficacy of combined treatment of chronic bronchitis (CB) in subjects exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl accident including nonpharmacological (NP) modalities vs conventional chemotherapy (CT).

Materials And Methods: 149 patients with different forms of CB in exacerbation were divided into 2 groups. The study group of 62 patients received NP + CT.

[Specific approach to prevention and treatment of acute pneumonia in alcoholics].

Updated diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to acute pneumonia in chronic alcoholics suffering from alcoholic delirium resulted in lowering of acute pneumonia lethality in specialized medical clinics for alcoholics and drug addicts.