[Circadian organization of the indices of external respiration in bronchial asthma patients].

Circadian rhythms of external respiration function (ERF) and body function (BF) were studied in 20 patients with mild bronchial asthma, 20 patients with bronchial asthma of medium gravity and in 14 healthy subjects. Circadian rhythms of the medium-group parameters of ERF were shown to be statistically insignificant, whereas individual circadian chronograms demonstrated circadian rhythms for all the patients with BA and healthy subjects. Essential differences were found in the organization of the temporary structure of circadian rhythms of ERF in BA patients and healthy subjects. It was discovered that in BA patients, the maximal pathological alterations develop within the period from the midnight to 8 a. m., whereas the minimal disorders of ERF are recorded within the period from the noon to 8 p. m. It is suggested that deterioration of bronchial patency which brings about the development of obstruction in BA patients is the result of hypersynchronization and increased amplitude of the circadian rhythms of those parameters of ERF which determine the bronchial patency.