FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of medicine, namely to pulmonology, and can be used for the early diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Assess mucociliary clearance (MSC) with minimal recurring clinical signs of inflammation of the lungs, disappearance of functional impairment of bronchial patency, in the remission phase of the pathological process in the presence of risk factors for its development. In the case of a persistent reduction in mucociliary clearance of up to 1/3 from the lower limit of normal values, bronchoscopy is performed with biopsy taken. Conduct an electron microscopic research of ultrastructural changes in the cilia of the bronchial epithelium. Verify COPD when identifying characteristic changes.
EFFECT: method provides high informativeness in the diagnosis of COPD due to a targeted diagnostic approach.
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