[Comparative characteristics of rhino- and laryngo-bronchial reflexes in patients with bronchial asthma].

Modern methods of evaluating the status of upper airways (total body plethysmography, acetylcholine and cold tests) were applied to give a comparative characterization of rhino- and laryngo-bronchial++ reflexes. Altogether 157 patients were examined: 20 patients with polypous rhinosinusitis, 15 with laryngeal stenosis, 35 with nascent asthma, and 87 with bronchial asthma. The findings helped to isolate, among the patients with upper airways pathologies, a risk group susceptible to bronchial asthma.