[Acute pneumonia in the practice of polyclinical internists (current problems of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation)].

The overwhelming part of patients with acute pneumonias are treated at home by district internists (only 10.2% of the sick was admitted to hospitals). Early disease diagnosis, adequate selection of patients who need hospitalization, adequacy of the treatment, control over rehabilitation, wise decision as to the time of reporting to work, and efficient dispensarization largely depend on the activities of district internists. Considerable reserves for improving this trend in the activities of polyclinics have been revealed.