Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
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Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] · Dec 1998
[Report of national survey on death due to tuberculosis in 1994 in national hospitals and the treatment and prognosis of tuberculous patients with mechanical ventilation].
1. National survey on died patients with active tuberculosis (tbc) or tbc sequelae had been held in national hospitals every five year from 1959 (3433 cases) to 1994 (688 cases). In 1994, 330 patients died due to pulmonary tbc. ⋯ In 10 patients with acute on chronic respiratory failure (mean PaO2 61 mmHg, PaCO2 92 mmHg) 2 patients fell into tracheal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (TIPPV). Eight patients recovered with NIPPV and 5 started HMV. NIPPV is supposed to be very effective to treat severe chronic hypercapmic respiratory failure.