METHOD FOR PRENATAL PREDICTION OF CONTROL OF POSTNATAL BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B5/83 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: peak volume velocity of forced expiration (VVpeak, l/sec) is determined at 29-36 weeks of pregnancy in patients with mild bronchial asthma (BA) in the attack-free period by the use of spirography. Regional lung rheography is used to determine a respiratory volume of the lower right lung (RVr, Ohm). That is followed by the prediction of the clinical course of bronchial asthma for one year after the child birth by a discriminant equation: D= -5.999×VVpeak-7.491×RVr, wherein D is the discriminant function, a threshold of which is -48.39. If D is -48.39 or more, the controlled clinical course of bronchial asthma is predicted, and if D is less than -48.39, the uncontrolled clinical course of bronchial asthma is predicted.

EFFECT: well-timed complex of measures aiming at preventing the aggravations of bronchial asthma in the given category of patients by the acute prediction of the clinical course of bronchial asthma.

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