[The possibility of using the inhalations of some types of Kamchatka mineral waters in bronchopulmonary pathology]. / Vozmozhnost' ispol'zovaniia ingaliatsii nekotorykh tipov mineral'nykh vod Kamchatki pri bronkholegochnoi patologii.

Kamchatka spring mineral water (wells 6.9 and 32 of Ketkinskoye, Malkinskoye and Verkhne-Paratunskoye deposits, respectively) was used in inhalations in 54 patients with chronic bronchitis. Clinical and experimental findings evidenced irritating effect of the water from well 9 which activated inflammation and reduced bronchial patency. Water from well 6 can be used in nonobstructive processes, whereas that from well 32 is effective in inflammation-induced bronchial obstructions and is fit to stimulate respiratory reserves.

[The differentiated treatment of obstructive bronchitis in children]. / Differentsirovannoe lechenie obstruktivnogo bronkhita u detei.

Infants with bronchial obstruction (BO) received differentiated regimens of physiotherapy. Spastic BO was managed most successfully by a complex involving ultrasonic inhalation of broncholytics and sinusoidal modulated currents. In BO with a hypersecretory component the best results were achieved with combination of UHF electromagnetic field plus ultrasonic saline-alkaline inhalations given in 2 steps.