[The rehabilitation under alpine conditions of the participants in the cleanup of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station who are ill with chronic bronchitis].
24 patients exposed to low-dose radiation after the Chernobyl accident were examined before and after 24-day treatment of chronic bronchitis in the high-altitude rehabilitation center (3200 m above the sea level) in Tien Shan. Sanogenic alpine climate improved the patients' general condition, physical performance and lung ventilation, corrected compromised immunity. After high-altitude adaptation tracheobronchial inflammation alleviated, cytologic composition and surface activity of bronchoalveolar fluid returned to normal. Therefore, high-altitude treatment of Chernobyl accident victims with chronic bronchitis is effective and can be recommended for such patients.
Brimkulov
N N
NN
Abdulina
A A
AA
Davletalieva
N E
NE
Bakirova
A N
AN
Karamuratov
A
A
Mirrakhimov
M M
MM
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007707:Kyrgyzstan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine
Reabilitatsiia v usloviiakh vysokogor'ia uchastnikov likvidatsii avarii na Chernobyl'skoĭ AES, bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.