title: [The search for new approaches to the treatment of bronchial asthma].
abstract: The results of the application of prolonged epidural blockade as a basic component of an original technique of management of severe forms of bronchial asthma have been analysed in 80 patients. It has been shown that the technique described has a marked bronchodilating effect with improved bronchial patency, improves pulmonary circulation, facilitates sputum separation, relieves asphyxia attacks, decreases the time of the patients stay in hospital, and ensures a more durable remission period than conventional therapeutic techniques.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Aliev
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D009407:Nerve Block; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine
vernacular_title: Poiski novykh podkhodov k lecheniiu bronkhial'noĭ astmy.