PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John M Shneerson
TI  - Respiratory failure in tuberculosis: a modern perspective
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-72
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 72--76
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/1/72.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/1/72.full
SO  - Clin Med2004 Jan 01; 4
AB  - 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.