Respiratory failure in tuberculosis: a modern perspective
John M Shneerson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-72
Clin Med January 2004 John M Shneerson
Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
MA DM FRCPAbstract
Acute respiratory failure is more common in miliary tuberculosis than in tuberculous bronchopneumonia and also has a worse prognosis. Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure is frequent after both spinal tuberculosis and surgical treatments for pulmonary tuberculosis. It may develop insidiously or present acutely, for instance, during a chest infection. Hypoventilation appears during REM sleep before non-REM sleep or wakefulness and is readily treatable with non-invasive ventilation. The prognosis is good even if initially tracheostomy ventilation is required temporarily.
- miliary tuberculosis
- nasal ventilation
- nocturnal hypoventilation
- phrenic nerve crush
- plombage
- respiratory failure
- spinal tuberculosis
- thoracoplasty
- tuberculosis
- weaning
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Respiratory failure in tuberculosis: a modern perspective
John M Shneerson
Clinical Medicine Jan 2004, 4 (1) 72-76; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-72
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