PMID: 11605892Oct 19, 2001Paper

The prognosis of respiratory failure in patients with tuberculous destroyed lung

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease : the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
J H ParkY Koh

Abstract

The medical intensive care unit of a tertiary referral hospital. To determine the prognosis of patients whose lungs are damaged by previous and/or present tuberculosis infection and who have subsequently been presented with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. A consecutive series of 38 patient cases with retrospective data analysis. Pulmonary function test results for tests performed within the previous year were made available in 21 of the 38 cases (55%). These showed a mean (+/- SD) forced vital capacity (FVC) of 1.52 +/- 0.46 L (41.0 +/- 14.5% predicted), a forced expiratory volume/second (FEV1) of 0.77 +/- 0.18 L (29.3 +/- 13.6% predicted), and an FEV1/FVC ratio of 55.1 +/- 16.2%. The acid-fast bacilli (AFB) positive group had a significantly higher mortality and more severe lung destruction when compared with the AFB-negative group. Patients with positive AFB were significantly more hypocapnic than those with negative AFB (6.4 +/- 2.7 vs. 9.3 +/- 3.9 kPa, P = 0.020). In multivariate analysis, the level of PaCO2 on admission was identified as the only significant prognostic index (OR 0.76, 95%CI 0.60-0.96). Patients with positive AFB smears or cultures may have higher mortality rates than those with ...Continue Reading

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