Analysis of clinical and radiological features of tuberculosis associated pneumothorax
| Autor: | Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari, Saurabh Kumar Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Adolescent Radiography Thoracentesis Antitubercular Agents Chest pain 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Tuberculosis Pulmonary Aged Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Pneumothorax Retrospective cohort study respiratory system Length of Stay Middle Aged medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Hospitalization Infectious Diseases 030228 respiratory system Radiological weapon Case-Control Studies Chest Tubes Drainage Female medicine.symptom Chest radiograph business |
| Zdroj: | The Indian journal of tuberculosis. 66(1) |
| ISSN: | 0019-5707 |
| Popis: | Aim To investigate the demographic and clinico-radiological characteristic of patients of tuberculosis presented with pneumothorax in relation to the patients of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Material and Methods The retrospective study was conducted between January 2013 to June 2014 and records of 78 patients of pulmonary tuberculosis with pneumothorax (TP) and 156 patients of pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax (NPT) were analyzed. Demographic, etiologic, clinical, radiographic, and outcome data were collected. Results The mean age of tuberculous pneumothorax patients was 38.0 ± 14.3 years and that of non-pneumothorax was 39.5 ± 12.3 years. Most common presenting clinical feature was cough (76.9%) followed by dyspnoea (74.4%), chest pain (64.0%) and fever (56.4%) in TP patients. Chest radiograph showed cavity in 38 (48.7%) TP patients followed by consolidation in 32 (41.0%) patients and infiltration in 33 (42.3%) patients. All the TP patients had undergone underwater seal intercostal tube drainage procedure for the management of pneumothorax. The mean duration between chest drain insertion and removal was 17.14 ± 6.37 days. Twenty-five (32.1%) of the cases developed chest tube drainage related complications. Conclusion Patients of tuberculous pneumothorax required prolonged period of chest tube drainage and usually showed good response to the treatment. |
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