Clinical aspects of outpatient rehabilitation of respiratory patients

Abstract

We examined 21093 patients with different bronchopulmonary pathologies to verify the diagnosis and perform treatment and rehabilitation in a specialized pulmonologic diagnostic and rehabilitation center. 17167 radiological and computed tomographic investigations, 5047 sputum examinations and 5597 lung function tests were performed. Ventilation disorders were revealed in 79.6% of the patients, they were severe in 33.2%. Results of the treatment and rehabilitation settings were analyzed in 2416 patients. Dyspnoe disappeared in 71.5%, cough stopped in 80.6%, sputum expectoration stopped in 78.2% of the patients. Lung function became normal in 64% and its disorders reduced to moderate in 30.2%. Among the patients who had received bronchodilators constantly before the rehabilitation 68.3% abolished them and 31.7% reduced the doses. A stable period lengthened up to 6-8 months in chronic bronchitis patients and to 3-4 months in bronchial asthma patients.

So, outpatient rehabilitation of ventilation disorders in a stable period facilitates respiratory function to become normal, reduces drug consumption and cost of the treatment, improves the quality of life.