[Characteristics of the pneumonia syndrome in adults during the war in Sarajevo 1992-1993]

We have compared some vital statistics and symptoms as well as clinical findings of the patients hospitalised due to primary non specific lung inflammation in the previous period of aggression at Bosnia and Herzegovina with those in patients hospitalised before the aggression at Bosnia and Herzegovina. The frequency of hospitalisation due to bronchopneumoniae and pleuropneumoniae has been more frequent during the war about three times, while the frequency of treatment from pneumoniae has been the same as before the war. The war population of hospitalised is distinguished in aged persons and persons suffering from chronic diseases, in particular alcoholism, chronic hepatitis and so on. Generally observing, symptoms and physical signs has been more significantly expressed in the war than in the pre-war hospitalised population. The remarkable fact is that clinical findings of values drop of alpha 1 globulins is expressed as well as erythrocytes and the slow increase of leucocytes value in the war in relation to pre-war population of hospitalised from the non specific lung inflammation. The significantly prolonged is the treatment duration, the time of roentgenologic regression of the findings as well as the period of normalisation of haematologic findings with more frequent finding of acute complications (abscess, empyema) in the war than in the pre-war population.