[Prolonged peridural block in the overall treatment of the infectious-allergic form of bronchial asthma].

The authors describe the treatment of 23 patients with a severe form of infectional-allergic bronchial asthma by continuous peridural blockade. Positive results of the peridural injection of the anesthetic drug was observed in cases with localization of the autosensibilization in the broncho-pulmonary system. The peridural blockade was not found to be effective for the treatment of bronchial asthma against the background of chronic diseases of otorhinolaryngologic organs. The effect of peridural blockade was most pronounced and stable in restricted forms of chronic bronchitis or pneumonia without exacerbation.