USU Conference Systems, International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) 2017

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OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE AS A COMPLICATION IN POST PULMONARY TB
Amira Permatasari Tarigan

Last modified: 2017-10-17

Abstract


Abstract. Background: The case of post TB is a problem that arises in the community. Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can affect lung function. Therefore, we evaluated impaired pulmonary function in subjects with diagnosed prior pulmonary TB. Method: A Case Series study, pulmonary function test was performed in subjects with history of pulmonary tuberculosis,  aged > 18 years were included. Exclusion criteria was subject who had asthma, obesity, abnormal thorax and smoking history. We measured FEV1 and FVC to evaluate pulmonary function. Airflow obstruction was defined as FEV1/FVC% < 75 and restriction was defined as FVC<80% according to Indonesia’s pneumomobile project. Results: This study was obtained from 23 patients with post pulmonary TB,  5 subjects (23%) had airflow obstruction with  FEV1/FVC% value <75%,  15 subjects (71.4%) had abnormalities restriction with FVC value < 80% and 3 subjects (5,6%) had normal lung function. Conclusion: Obstructive lung disease  is one of the complications of impaired lung function  in post pulmonary TB. Keywords: post pulmonary TB, impaired lung function, obstructive lung disease