[Clinical aspects, diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung diseases among the population of Afghanistan].

The authors analyzed 504 case histories of inhabitants of Afghanistan treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in a Kabul hospital, investigated the results of a study of function of the external respiratory system in 87 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis, bronchial asthma and pulmonary emphysema, and the results of determination of efficacy of bronchodilators with different mechanisms of action in 134 patients, and described clinical symptoms and the main principles of therapy of patients in Afghanistan. A two-stage system of medical care of patients with pulmonary diseases was recommended.