The Korean Journal of Medicine

The Korean Association of Internal Medicine (대한내과학회)
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Acute Respiratory Failure

폐결핵과 급성호흡부전

  • Son, Jang-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
  • 손장원 (한양대학교 의과대학 호흡기내과학교실)
  • Published : 2011.10.01
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Abstract

Active pulmonary TB including miliary TB is a rare primary cause of acute respiratory failure and ARDS. Therefore, little has been known about the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with ARDS caused by pulmonary TB. However, the incidence of TB in Korea remains in the relatively high range (90 cases per 100,000 persons in 2010), and high mortality rates (over 60%) have recently been reported in patients with ARF arising from TB. Poor prognostic factors have been evaluated are old age, delayed treatment, bad physiologic scores and combined sepsis. To improve high mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure caused by TB, further prospective studies for ventilator strategy and corticosteroid treatment are needed.

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