Acute bronchitis: A modern view at diagnosis and treatment
Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of modern methods of diagnosis and therapy of acute bronchitis (AB). Many practicing physicians mistakenly understand AB as an intermediate condition between acute respiratory viral infection and pneumonia, so differential diagnostics of this disease is extremely important for choosing the right treatment tactics. Mostly often, AB is caused by viral agents, however, according to some studies, in Russia in 85.7% of cases antibiotics are prescribed for its treatment, which is associated with general stereotypes in curation or with a lack of understanding by doctors the etiology of AB. Prescribing antibiotics for AB for the purpose of preventing bacterial complications is questionable, since the efficacy of such kind of approach does not have a serious evidentiary base. The article considers modern approaches to the selection of antitussive remedies and mucolytics, analyzes data on the efficacy of essential drugs belonging to the specified pharmacotherapeutic groups.Budnevsky A.V., Avdeev S.N., Ovsyannikov E.S., Feigelman S.N., Budnevskaya S.A.
Keywords
acute bronchitis
cough
antibiotics
antitussive remedies
mucolytics
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About the Authors
Andrey V. Budnevsky, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, vice-rector for scientific and innovation activities, head of the Department of faculty therapy, N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Honored Inventor of the Russian Federation. Address: 394036, Voronezh, 10 Studentcheskaya St.E-mail: avbudnevski@vrngmu.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1171-2746. Scopus ID: 6506507539. eLibrary SPIN: 7381-0612
Sergey N. Avdeev, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, academician of RAS, head of the Department of pulmonology of N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University). Address: 119048, Moscow, 8/2 Trubetskaya St.
E-mail: serg_avdeev@list.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5999-2150. Scopus ID: 7003292838. eLibrary SPIN: 1645-5524
Evgeniy S. Ovsyannikov, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), associate professor, professor of the Department of faculty therapy, N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 394036, Voronezh, 10 Studencheskaya Str.
E-mail: ovses@yandex.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8545-6255. Scopus ID: 57189011728. eLibrary SPIN: 7999-0433
Sofia N. Feigelman, assistant at the Department of faculty therapy, N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 394036, Voronezh, 10 Studencheskaya Str.
E-mail: s.feygelman@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4128-6044. eLibrary SPIN: 1645-1203
Sofia A. Budnevskaya, student of the Faculty of general medicine, N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 393036, Voronezh, 10 Studencheskaya St.
E-mail: sofa_budnevskaya@mail.ru
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