ACUTE PNEUMONIAS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC PULMONARY-DISEASES

The origin, course, diagnosis and treatment aspects of acute pneumonia have been studied in 394 patients with chronic bronchitis and 158 bro nchial asthmatics. In chronic bronchitis, acute pneumonia was diagnose d resting on clinical physical data in one-third of the patients, the rest cases simulated exacerbations of bronchitis and were detected onl y at x-ray. Clinical relationships between acute pneumonia and bronchi al asthma are variable (prepneumonic asthma aggravation, its early and late severe episodes because of pneumonia). Chronics with nonspecific diseases of the lungs are referred to high-risk-for-pneumonia groups, while acute pneumonias are considered affections negatively influenci ng background bronchopulmonary disorders.