Open AccessClinical features and treatment of chronic bronchitis in elderly patients with tuberculosis
Author(s) -
R. I. Trofimova
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj101416
Subject(s) - chronic bronchitis , bronchial obstruction , medicine , bronchitis , pathophysiology , tuberculosis , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine , asthma , cardiology , pathology
The peculiarity of modern pathomorphosis of pulmonary tuberculosis is its high frequency of combination with chronic bronchitis, which, according to different authors, is from 23 to 93%. The prognosis of chronic bronchitis worsens considerably if it is complicated by bronchoobstructive syndrome. It is known that impairment of bronchial patency can be caused by various pathophysiological mechanisms: spasm of bronchial smooth muscle, bronchial glands discrinism, obstruction of bronchial drainage.