[The significance of an alpine climate in the combined treatment of occupational diseases].
The authors studied the influence of mountain climate (altitude: 2200 m) on the course of chronic dust-induced bronchitis, pneumoconiosis and vibration disease in 45 patients. It was found that a 1-month stay of patients with dust-induced bronchitis and pneumoconiosis in the mountains results in a positive clinical effect is accompanied by amelioration of the external respiratory function, positive changes of the hemodynamic values. Mountain climate treatment was ineffective in vibration disease.
Tolmach
D V
DV
Bondarenko
G A
GA
Soboleva
N P
NP
Denisenko
A F
AF
Ignatova
O A
OA
D000531:Altitude; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002980:Climate; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014586:USSR; D014732:Vibration / Q000009:adverse effects
Znachenie gornogo klimata v kompleksnoĭ terapii nekotorykh professional'nykh zabolevaniĭ.