[Role of pneumotachography in the diagnosis and assessment of treatment effectiveness in bronchial dystonia in respiratory tract diseases of dust etiology].

Flow-volume values and their changes in response to salbutamol and methacin inhalations were studied with the help of a pneumotachograph in 69 patients with anthracosilicosis stage I, and in 70 patients with chronic dust bronchitis stages I and II. Pneumotachography was shown to extend diagnostic potentialities in the detection of ventilation insufficiency in patients with dust pulmonary pathology, making it possible to determine not only a degree but also a site of obstructive disorders. Disorders of the sympathetic and parasympathetic bronchial innervation and associated biochemical mechanisms were important in the mechanism of bronchospasm development. Pneumotachography was recommended in combination with bronchospasmolytic drugs of sympathomimetic and cholinolytic action for elucidation of the mechanism of disorders of the bronchial tone, a choice of adequate therapy and assessment of its efficacy.