TY - JOUR T1 - Respiratory failure in tuberculosis: a modern perspective JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 72 LP - 76 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-72 VL - 4 IS - 1 AU - John M Shneerson Y1 - 2004/01/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/1/72.abstract N2 - 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. ER -