ArticleJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia2022
Post-tuberculosis lung disease: a comparison of Brazilian, Italian, and Mexican cohorts.
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Rehabilitation of People With Post-tuberculosis Lung Disease
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on lung function and quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis survivors with post-tuberculosis lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of post-tuberculosis lung disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Integrating pulmonary rehabilitation into post-tuberculosis care: Evidence-based rationale for policy change in high tuberculosis burden countries.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026Article
- Effect of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on ventilation dynamics and small airway dysfunction in people with post-tuberculosis lung disease.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2025Article
- The Intricate Process of Calcification in Granuloma Formation and the Complications FollowingBiomolecules · 2025Review
- TB survivors: why curing TB is sometimes not enough.IJTLD open · 2024Article
- Proposed Etiotypes for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Controversial Issues.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2024Article
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of post-TB lung disease: a call to action.IJTLD open · 2024Article
- Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of post-tuberculosis lung disease.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and management of post-tuberculosis lung disease.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Article
- Residual respiratory disability after successful treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- First and Second-Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drug-Resistance Patterns in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Zambia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Performance during the Glittre-ADL test between patients with and without post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Breathing Back Better! A State of the Art on the Benefits of Functional Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Post-Tuberculosis and Post-COVID Lungs.Archivos de bronconeumologia · 2022Review
- Effects of COVID-19 on tuberculosis control: past, present, and future.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2022Article
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- Correlations between exercise oxygen consumption, lung function, image findings, and quality of life in adults with post-tuberculosis lung disease.Chronic respiratory diseaseArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate lung function in a cohort of patients with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil, as well as to evaluate the decline in lung function over time and compare it with that observed in similar cohorts in Mexico and Italy.
methodsThe three cohorts were compared in terms of age, smoking status, pulmonary function test results, six-minute walk test results, and arterial blood gas results. In the Brazilian cohort, pulmonary function test results, six-minute walk test results, and arterial blood gas results right after the end of tuberculosis treatment were compared with those obtained at the end of the follow-up period.
resultsThe three cohorts were very different regarding pulmonary function test results. The most common ventilatory patterns in the Brazilian, Italian, and Mexican cohorts were an obstructive pattern, a mixed pattern, and a normal pattern (in 58 patients [50.9%], in 18 patients [41.9%], and in 26 patients [44.1%], respectively). Only 2 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases were included in the Brazilian cohort, whereas, in the Mexican cohort, 27 cases were included (45.8%). Mean PaO2 and mean SaO2 were lower in the Mexican cohort than in the Brazilian cohort (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.002 for PaO2 and SaO2, respectively). In the Brazilian cohort, almost all functional parameters deteriorated over time.
conclusionsThis study reinforces the importance of early and effective treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients, because multidrug-resistant tuberculosis increases lung damage. When patients complete their tuberculosis treatment, they should be evaluated as early as possible, and, if post-tuberculosis lung disease is diagnosed, they should be managed and offered pulmonary rehabilitation because there is evidence that it is effective in these patients.
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