Comorbid patient with acute respiratory viral infections. Features of therapy and prevention

Abstract

The article presents the definition of comorbid pathology, discusses issues of prevalence, features of management, assessment of the forecast. The characteristic of complications of acute respiratory viral infections, risk groups of complications, the effect of comorbidity on the course of acute respiratory viral infections, the risk of complications and death, signs of disease progression are given, indications for hospitalization are defined. The treatment of ARVI, etiotropic therapy, interferons, interferon inducers are considered. The methods of prevention of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections are presented: specific and nonspecific prevention.