[Changes in the function of external respiration and circulation in patients with acute pneumonia at the outpatient clinic stage of rehabilitation].

External respiration, circulation and gas exchange trends were investigated in acute pneumonia convalescents followed up on an outpatient basis. It was found that 72% of patients admitted to hospital for acute pneumonia, upon discharge demonstrated residual clinicoroentgenological effects. Cardiorespiratory distress, more pronounced in concomitant chronic bronchitis was recorded in 82% of acute pneumonia convalescents. Long-term tachycardia, hyperventilation, disturbed bronchial permeability, low aerobic productivity registered at outpatient stage of rehabilitation after acute pneumonia indicated ineffectiveness of the aftercare being a sign of a poor prognosis. Variations in cardiorespiratory basic parameters revealed suggest additional criteria of the assessment of the completeness of the recovery after acute pneumonia and promote more individualized approach to the patients' aftercare.