[Adaptational reactions in patients with acute pneumonia]

Adaptive reactions were studied in 80 patients with acute pneumonia. In the hospital 94.1% patients showed reactions of stress and incomplete reactions of training and activation. With improvement of the clinical condition the number of stress reactions reduces, while the number of physiological reactions of training and activation increased. The stress reaction is an unfavourable factor as to transition of acute pneumonia into chronic unspecific pulmonary diseases. These studies may be of value for evaluation of the prognosis and care of acute pneumonia.