[Platelet aggregatory impairments in chronic obstructive bronchitis and a role of laser therapy in their correction]

A comparative follow-up was made to study platelet aggregatory function in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) prior to and following treatment. The patients were divided into study and control groups. In addition to conventional treatment, the patients of the study group received laser therapy as intravenous blood irradiation. According to the type of baseline platelet aggregatory changes, all the patients were divided into 3 subgroups: 1) patients with hyperaggregation; 2) those with normal aggregation; and 3) those with hypoaggregation. In the patients from the study group, the performed treatment corrected platelet aggregatory disorders--the degree of aggregation decreased from 78 +/- 8.6% to 56.8 +/- 6.9% in Subgroup 1, increased from 23 +/- 4.8% to 54.6 +/- 6.21% in Subgroup 3. The similar positive changes in aggregation rates and the cumulative aggregation index was observed in the study group. In the control group, conventional drug therapy caused no substantial changes in platelet aggregatory function. Thus, intravenous blood laser irradiation is an effective technique in correcting thrombocytic dysfunction in COB.