[The rehabilitation of patients with acute pneumonia in the convalescence phase by using balneotherapy procedures]. / Reabilitatsiia bol'nykh ostroi pnevmoniei v faze rekonvalestsentsii s ispol'zovaniem vodolechebnykh protsedur.

Effects of balneotherapy (underwater douche-massage, Gauffe baths, contrast douche) on clinical course of acute pneumonia (AP), external respiration function, cardiohemodynamics, surface activity of pulmonary surfactant, lipid peroxidation were studied in 88 AP convalescents. It was found that underwater douche-massage is indicated in prevailing hemodynamic disorders and moderate obstruction of the large bronchi. The efficacy of the douche was 93.8%. Gauffe baths were preferable (clinical response 88.9%) in marked bronchial obstruction with affection of all the bronchi but in satisfactory cardiovascular function. Contrast douche was not effective in AP convalescents (response--56.9%).

[The use of EHF therapy in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic bronchitis at a moderate altitude]. / Primenenie KVCh-terapii v reabilitatsii bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom v usloviiakh srednegor'ia.

Patients treated in mid-altitude conditions for chronic bronchitis were exposed to EHF radiation. As shown by positive changes in external respiration, systemic and pulmonary hemodynamics, immune status, surface activity of lung surfactant, EHF therapy is effective in chronic bronchitis with ventilation disorders. The more severe these disorders were, the more marked the benefit was.